Kenya Airways, the leading African airline flying to more African destinations than any other carrier, takes pride in being at the forefront of connecting Africa to the world and the World to Africa through its hub Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Summary

The purpose of the role is to conduct internal audit reviews of information systems and technology as per the audit plan and other tasks assigned within the Internal Audit department.

Responsibilities     

• Participate in the execution of IT audits and advisory assignments on IT systems focusing on general IT controls and application controls and system security reviews.
• Ensurethat quality audit working papers are documented for all audit assignmentscovering the work performed during planning, fieldwork, and reporting.
• Identifyand document potential IT risks and recommend appropriate mitigating measuresto minimize the impact of such risks.
• Participatein the preparation and submission of timely, quality audit reports, engage inmeetings with management and departmental heads to discuss the audit findingsand recommendations.
• Automateand suggest practical ways of improving audit work using analytics.
• Promotethe use of digital automation and analytics to improve the effectiveness of theInternal Audit’s risk assessment process.
• Participatein major IT initiatives and projects as well as in reviews of security systemsand internal controls under development.
• Regularlyfollow up and monitor the implementation of agreed actions plans from internaland external audit reviews across the business units.
• Supportthe implementation of continuous auditing and controls monitoring programsusing technology and other modern tools.
• Pursueprofessional development opportunities, including external and internaltraining and professional association memberships, and share information gainedwith co-workers.
• Performother ad-hoc tasks, assignments and investigations as requested by InternalAudit Management.

Job Requirements        

• Bachelor’sdegree in computer science, IT, Business Information Systems, Electrical orComputer Engineering, Management Information Systems from a recognizeduniversity.
• CertifiedPublic Accountant (CPA) and / or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)and / or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) – desirable.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in IT and/or IT Audit in a public accounting firm or inan internal audit department with experience in data analytics, datatransformation and scripting. Experience in process-oriented financial andoperational audits is an added advantage.
• Extensiveknowledge and experience in use of data analysis tools such as ACL, IDEA orTeammate analytics.
• Experiencein visual communication of analysis (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau, QlikView)