Staff/Assistant -IT Auditor at Ernst & Young

Job purpose

• As an IT Auditor, you will work on various audit engagements in different industry sectors in which EY is acknowledged as a market leader, specifically: financial services, energy & utilities, oil & gas, mining & metals, telecommunications, industrial products, automotive, retail and consumer products, real estate, etc.

Your client responsibilities

• Working in a team, you will interact with the client in order to collect all necessary data/ information, obtain an understanding of their IT environments, IT risks and controls, and cyber security profiles.
• You will test their controls against their policies and/or leading practice, evaluate the effectiveness of their control environments and recommend improvements.
• You will work with the data analytics team and perform extraction, loading and transformation of client data to provide quality assurance of the data for audit purposes.
• You will use automated tools to perform data analytics of client primary and secondary data sets and provide client insight as well as meeting general audit requirements.

Your people responsibilities

• Positive attitude and demonstrate willingness to learn
• Work constructively with team
• Ability to negotiate positive outcomes with clients based on the right thing
• Be the driver for Data and IT related insights within internal and external teams

Qualifications

• A university or higher education qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.  (Second Class Upper and above)
• A relevant IT audit or information security professional certification(s) (CISA/CRISC/CISM/CISSP etc
• Qualified or pursuing professional certification in CA/ACCA can be an added advantage 

Experience

• 1 or more years’ experience in information systems auditing or information technology, preferably in banking or telecommunications 

Skills

• Ability to interpret and use audit standards/security frameworks such as COBIT, SOX, ISO27001/2 and ISO22301
• Knowledge of computer security and infrastructure.
• Data analytics skills is a requirement.
• Hands-on knowledge of a major operating system, and a database management system
• Self-motivated, positive attitude
• Attention to detail with a commitment to high quality and accuracy
• Desire to exceed expectations
• Ability to resolve problems and pursue objectives to completion
• Very good learning skills and ability to adapt to changing technology
• Very good communication skills including writing, presentation skills. Proficient IT skills (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Ability to plan for and design the IT audit steps
• Execution of the audits and documentation of working papers
• Experience with Alteryx or ACL and SQL Management tool
• Reporting and presentation skills