- Company: Unified Payment Services Limited
- Location: Lagos
- Job type: Full-time
- Deadline: 30 October 2026
About the role
Unified Payment Services Limited is a group of companies involved in Banking, Payment Schemes, Financial Technology, and Digital Commerce. They are a principal member or licensed acquirer of American Express, Mastercard, Visa, and UnionPay. The company plays a key role in building the infrastructure for Nigeria’s modern payments ecosystem.
This is a full-time position based in Lagos. The role focuses on providing independent assurance to management regarding IT General Controls and ensuring best practices in the planning and execution of IS Audit Programs.
Responsibilities
- Provide independent assurance to management on IT General Controls.
- Ensure best assurance practices in the plan and execution of IS Audit Programs.
- Ensure enterprise-wide compliance of business processes and operations to internal policies, procedures, and documentation.
- Incorporate standard practices, principles, and processes into audit programs and execution.
- Review risk-related control issues and draft appropriate remediation plans.
- Understand the business environment and develop relationships with audit clients to provide value-added solutions.
- Conduct audit reviews of Database Management Systems, Enterprise Network security, Device configuration, Antivirus, Systems Patches, and Log Management.
- Review Software Development Life Cycle, Project Management Implementation, and Change Management Procedures.
- Review Data Encryption Processes, Key Management Lifecycle, and Operating Systems, as well as physical and logical security of the cardholder environment.
- Review Active Directory, Operating Systems, Data backup, and tape management.
- Assess systems and general IT controls and provide practical, value-added remediation plans.
- Prepare audit reports summarizing significant control weaknesses and their impact on the organization.
- Participate in multiple and simultaneous risk-based audits.
- Contribute to internal departmental initiatives such as training and development projects.
- Discuss audit issues and develop business-focused control recommendations to strengthen control lapses and weaknesses.
Requirements
- Education: First Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Certifications: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor, or related professional certifications are an added advantage.
- Experience: Minimum of 10 years’ experience in IT Auditing or a similar role.
- Skills: Understanding of key technology and general controls around enterprise applications and information systems.
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates should click here to apply online.
