Head, Internal Audit

Job Overview

Unified Payment Services Limited is recruiting a Head of Internal Audit to provide independent assurance on the effectiveness of the organisation’s information technology controls.

Based in Ilupeju, Lagos, the successful candidate will lead reviews of enterprise applications, networks, databases, information-security controls and technology-related business processes. The role involves identifying control weaknesses, explaining the risks they create and recommending practical remediation measures.

Although the title is Head, Internal Audit, the official responsibilities are strongly focused on information systems auditing and IT general controls. Candidates should therefore have substantial professional experience in IT auditing, enterprise technology environments and computer-assisted audit techniques.

Job Details

• Employer: Unified Payment Services Limited
• Job title: Head, Internal Audit
• Employment type: Full Time
• Location: Ilupeju, Lagos State, Nigeria
• Job field: Internal Audit / Information Technology Audit
• Qualification: First degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field
• Experience: Minimum of 10 years in IT auditing or a similar role
• Application deadline: October 23, 2026
• Work arrangement: Not specified
• Salary: Not specified

Purpose of the Position

The Head of Internal Audit will provide management with independent assurance concerning the design and effectiveness of IT general controls.

The position will promote recognised audit practices during the planning and execution of information systems audit programmes. It will also review whether business processes and operations comply with internal policies, procedures and documentation requirements.

The jobholder will assess technology-related risks, prepare audit findings and develop remediation plans that strengthen controls while remaining practical for the business.

Principal Responsibilities

Information systems and technology audits

The successful candidate will:

• Review database management systems and related controls.
• Assess enterprise network security and device configurations.
• Examine antivirus controls, system-patch management and log-management processes.
• Review software development life-cycle controls.
• Assess project implementation and change-management procedures.
• Review data-encryption processes and key-management lifecycles.
• Examine operating-system controls.
• Review the physical and logical security of cardholder environments.
• Assess Active Directory administration and access controls.
• Review data-backup and tape-management procedures.
• Evaluate enterprise systems and general IT controls.
• Identify technology-control weaknesses and recommend appropriate corrective measures.

Audit reporting and remediation

Responsibilities will include:

• Preparing audit reports that clearly explain significant control weaknesses.
• Describing the actual or potential effects of identified weaknesses on the organisation.
• Reviewing risk-related control issues and preparing appropriate remediation plans.
• Discussing audit observations with responsible business teams.
• Developing business-focused recommendations that strengthen weak controls.
• Maintaining the department’s required quality standards.
• Completing agreed audit assignments and submitting reports within established timelines.

Departmental and stakeholder responsibilities

The Head of Internal Audit will also:

• Manage multiple risk and audit assignments at the same time.
• Work independently when required and collaborate effectively within audit teams.
• Build constructive professional relationships with audit clients.
• Contribute to departmental training and development initiatives.
• Participate in internal projects assigned to the audit function.
• Monitor departmental tasks and agreed performance indicators.
• Communicate audit findings and remediation requirements clearly to relevant stakeholders.

Team leadership and development

The position includes responsibility for supporting the audit team by:

• Helping fill vacant departmental roles within appropriate timelines.
• Providing training, mentorship and professional-development opportunities.
• Recognising individual and team contributions.
• Encouraging open communication and constructive feedback.
• Giving employees appropriate responsibility and ownership of their work.
• Promoting collaboration, innovation and creativity.
• Engaging direct reports to understand professional needs and workplace concerns.
• Supporting an inclusive environment that values different perspectives.

Qualifications and Experience

Applicants should have:

• A first degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related discipline.
• At least 10 years of professional experience in IT auditing or a similar role.
• A clear understanding of technology controls surrounding enterprise applications and information systems.
• Knowledge of systems and general IT controls.
• Experience assessing operational and compliance requirements for application systems and infrastructure.
• Strong data-analysis capabilities.
• Experience with computer-assisted audit techniques.
• The ability to communicate audit findings and remediation plans effectively.

Professional Certifications

The following certifications are listed as added advantages:

• Certified Information Systems Auditor — CISA.
• Certified Information Security Manager — CISM.
• ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor.
• Another relevant information systems audit or security certification.

These certifications should be presented as preferred, not mandatory.

Skills and Professional Competencies

The role requires:

• IT audit planning and execution.
• Enterprise-application and infrastructure-control assessment.
• Information-security and technology-risk analysis.
• Audit reporting and remediation planning.
• Strong analytical and data-review capabilities.
• Ability to manage competing assignments and priorities.
• Careful attention to detail.
• Deductive reasoning and problem-solving ability.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
• Team leadership, mentorship and staff development.

Performance Expectations

Performance in this position will include:

• Completing agreed audit assignments on time.
• Submitting audit reports within the required review and approval timelines.
• Completing departmental tasks and agreed performance indicators promptly.
• Producing useful recommendations that address identified control weaknesses.
• Maintaining appropriate audit-quality standards.

Who May Be Well Suited to This Position

This vacancy may suit an experienced IT audit professional who has reviewed complex payment, banking, financial-technology or other enterprise technology environments.

Candidates should be comfortable examining both technical controls and their business implications. The employer is likely to require someone who can independently identify risks, defend audit conclusions, communicate with business stakeholders and guide an audit team.

What to Highlight in Your Application

Applicants should make the following information easy to identify in their CV:

• At least 10 years of relevant IT audit experience.
• Enterprise applications, databases and networks previously audited.
• Experience reviewing IT general controls.
• Information-security, access-control and change-management audits.
• Software-development and project-implementation reviews.
• Data-analysis and computer-assisted audit tools used.
• Audit reports prepared for senior management or audit committees.
• Examples of control weaknesses identified and remediation actions monitored.
• Audit teams previously managed, trained or mentored.
• CISA, CISM, ISO/IEC 27001 or other relevant certifications.

Candidates should include measurable achievements only where they can accurately explain and support them.

About Unified Payment Services Limited

Unified Payment Services Limited, also known as UP®, provides payment and financial-technology infrastructure and services to banks and other payment-service providers.

The UP® Group includes Unified Payment Services, Hope Payment Service Bank, Payattitude, UP Digital and TM30. This background is relevant because the audit position involves technology controls within a digital-payment and financial-services environment.

Application and Verification

AfriJobSpace reviewed this vacancy against the official Unified Payment Services Limited recruitment portal. The official listing identifies the position as full-time and places it in Ilupeju, Lagos.

Candidates should review the official application page before submitting because the employer may update or close the vacancy.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should use the Apply for Job button on this page to access Unified Payment Services Limited’s official SeamlessHR recruitment portal.

Applicants should complete the official form and submit the requested CV, qualifications and supporting documents before October 23, 2026. No applicant should pay an individual or third party to process or guarantee an application.