It auditor at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja (FCT)

Mandate of OAG

The Workspace of the Audit officer General of ECOWAS Institutions (OAG) is an self-sufficient guarantee workspace established to help the ECOWAS Compliance Bodies, in particular, the Council of Ministers and Oversight panel to carry out monitoring processes, advance good business oversight, responsibility, and value for money in all Group Institutions, Expert Agencies and Workspaces. The OAG is mandated to carry out Group-wide financial audits, adherence audits, effectiveness audits, Inquiries, and other Special Audits.

Position Overview

Under the oversight of the Chief Audit officer, Information Operational structures Audit, the incumbent will offer self-sufficient guarantee and professional guidance on the compliance, guard, and performance of Information and Information exchange Tech (ICT) operational structures across ECOWAS institutions and Agencies. The IS Audit officer analyzes the design and process of ICT regulates, examines adherence with regional and international guidelines, and supports to the advancement of IT risk mitigation strategy, digital transformation monitoring, and institutional responsibility.

Position duties

• Implement complete audits across ECOWAS institutions, agencies, and programs in line with international guidelines (ISACA, INTOSAI, AFROSAI-E).
• Evaluate IT General Regulates (ITGCs), application regulates, cybersecurity measures, structure reliability, and system adjustment management methods.
• Assess adherence with ECOWAS ICT rules, cyber security guidelines (e.g., ISO 27001, COBIT, ITIL), regional information security rules, and broader risk compliance frameworks.
• Confirm the precision, guard, and reliability of enterprise operational structures which includes Enterprise platform planning (e.g., SAP, Oracle), financial operational structures, and HRIS channels.
• Evaluate risks connected with data administration, cloud adoption, disaster recovery, artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and cybersecurity threats.
• Engage in audits of system purchase and deploying to guarantee suitable vendor selection, organizing, consolidation, and regulate mechanisms.
• Assist project setup of audit organizing memoranda and ensure thorough audit recordkeeping which includes operating papers and finding memoranda.
• Formulate and show premium quality documented and spoken communication documentation with brief findings, risk ratings, findings, and implementable strategic guidance for the Audit officer General and top level management.
• Carry out client engagement assessments to evaluate execution status of prior audit strategic guidance and track management’s corrective actions.
• Assist contracted out audits to guarantee on-schedule finish and quality status updates and support to external audit synchronization.
• Preserve and improve automated audit software, resources, and automated methods.
• Educate other audit employees in their use and formulate methods for analyzing automated operational structures.
• Supply development and mentoring for audit employees and participants across ECOWAS institutions on IT audit methods, automated audits, and succession organizing.
• Organize with external auditors, lawful governing bodies, managerial departments, and law enforcement as suitable.
• May serve as specialist witness in lawful proceedings.
• Serve as a Super User for Compliance, Risk mitigation strategy, and Adherence (GRC) operational structures, offering risk findings and strategic guidance on IT and enterprise risk matters.
• Carry out or assist business, adherence, financial, and investigation audits in sync with institutional key focuses.
• Support to the uninterrupted evaluate and improvement of audit structured approaches, frameworks, and resources to assist a highly efficient audit directorate.
• Stay updated with continuously adapting tech practices, digital advancements, and emerging audit resources applicable to modern IS audit processes.

Specialist Qualifications:

CISA (Accredited It auditor) is wanted. Possessing CRISC, CGEIT, CISSP, and ISO 27001 Head Audit officer would be beneficial.

Expertise:

• Least experience Requirement:
• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively in charge expertise in organizing, design, execution, audit, and assessment of IT support, cybersecurity frameworks, digital channels, and enterprise-level applications.
• Audit-Specific Skilled:
• Demonstrated expertise in carrying out IT audits in accordance with ISACA/INTOSAI/AFROSAI-E guidelines.
• Exhibited capability to evaluate and assess IT General Regulates (ITGCs), application regulates, and cybersecurity protections.
• Expertise using the TeamMate+ audit management software.

Logical and Verbal abilities:

Robust documented and spoken communication competencies to prepare brief audit documentation, convey technical risks, and report results to top level senior leaders and overseeing bodies. Verified ability to shape auditee teamwork and promote enhancements without compromising autonomy.

Adjustment and Quickness:

Capability to advocate creative invention, oversee resistance to adjustment, and advance adaptive thinking within audit environments.

Customer support Onboarding:

• People skills with capability to keep a customer informed of advancement or setbacks in projects of significance to timeline, quality, and quantity.
• Capability to proactively interact with customers and build robust trusting connections based on reciprocal regard and consistent discussions.
• Capability to establish and sustain specialist credibility with customers/participants in a manner that anticipates their need, mitigates concerns and that carefully balances specialist obligations with the need to be sensitive and responsive to their needs.
• Capability to counsel, advise, advise, and mentor others on matters pertaining to allocated customer support duties and established customer support guidelines.

Logical & Critical Thinking:

• Capability to study data/information from a range of suppliers, recognize anomalies, practices and concerns, report results, and make strategic guidance.
• Capability to break down challenges or methods into key parts to recognize and solve differences in service, QA, adherence, and effectiveness targets.
• Expertise in and capability to submit application methods to produce innovative creative thoughts and new approaches to meeting targets.
• Capability to use evidence and analysis to guide rules and programs and recognize applicable and suitable suppliers of information, which includes participants, regional institutions and/or internal panels.

Information exchange:

• Show business computer competence using suitable resources.
• Capability to make sound use of graphics and tables to productively show quantitative data to compose semi-sophisticated technical documentation/proposals and refine/check design frameworks, letters, etc.
• Capability to share data transparently and succinctly in a succinct and structured manner through both drafting and verbal means.
• Exhibit people skills, make demonstrations, express opinions, and debate creative thoughts with others in a productive manner.
• Competence in Information Information exchange Technical solutions (ICT).
• Fluency in spoken communication and documented expressions in one of the ECOWAS formal languages of the Group (English, French & Portuguese). Expertise in an additional one is a plus.

Organizing and Execution:

• Capability to formulate and execute an individual action strategy for delivering specific work targets.
• Recognize, arrange, and track duty throughout to coordinate implementation.
• Capability to support productively to audit project implementation in line with established guidelines and methods, while managing input from others to guarantee due dates are repeatedly met.
• Capability to arrange work, set key focuses, and work within timelines, offering attention to description, participants, indicators, and risks.
• Capability to recognize, collect and evaluate indicators to track results and to take initiative-driven remedial action as necessary.

Expertise in ECOWAS:

• Expertise in ECOWAS institutions, sectors, program, and rules.
• Expertise in ECOWAS internal business qualifications of programs, projects, solutions, and operational structures necessary to attain work tasks and meet targets.
• Expertise in regulations and standardized processes of ECOWAS connected allocated duties and capability to clarify these transparently to others.
• Expertise in the ECOWAS culture, systems and effectiveness concerns and key focuses affecting allocated duties.
• Expertise in member states development practices, indicators, hurdles, and avenues as it concerns project/program allocated to own role.

Note

• Select applicants may be necessary to undergo a documented test and subsequently an interview session.
• Successful applicants shall be subjected to further screening / profile checks.
• Job proposals are contingent upon acceptable due diligence.