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Mashreq

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1967

🏦 Banking

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

Banking • Finance • Fintech

Mashreq is a leading financial institution based in the UAE, offering a wide range of banking services including personal, corporate, and investment banking. The bank focuses on providing innovative financial solutions to its customers and has a strong digital banking presence.

📋 Description

• Lead the development and execution of the Technology Applications audit strategy, focusing on evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of Technology Applications, Systems, and Processes. • Ensure compliance with regulatory and industry standards, and identify areas for improvement to enhance the overall Technology and Information Security controls within the Bank. • Collaborate with Internal Audit senior management to design a risk-based audit coverage strategy, set audit priorities, and deliver independent evaluations of the technology applications audit process. • Work alongside other audit seniors to provide technological support for comprehensive bank-wide integrated audits. • Recognize emerging risks by engaging with business units to understand organizational changes, and conducting risk assessments in these areas. • Establish the scope and objectives for technology application audits to ensure alignment with industry best practices. • Assess internal controls within critical technology risk domains to guarantee adherence to internal policies and relevant laws and regulations. • Provide guidance to management regarding new developments impacting the portfolio or controls and offer proactive solutions. • Carry out technology audits by examining the design and operational effectiveness of controls, ensuring compliance, and pinpointing weaknesses and vulnerabilities. • Set performance standards and evaluate whether these standards and deadlines are met. • Oversee audit work, ensuring it follows the planned methodology and is completed within the agreed timeframes. • Counsel and guide auditors to ensure that the approved audit objectives are met and adequate coverage is achieved. • Develop team skills by identifying training needs and ensure that subordinates keep abreast of professional developments. • Identify and assess technology-related risk, evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls, security measures, and operation resilience, ensuring appropriate controls are in place to mitigate potential risks. • Prepare comprehensive audit reports detailing findings and management action, present audit results to senior management including key risk areas, control deficiencies and opportunities for improvement. • Maintain updated industry knowledge and requirements, ensure that subordinates are kept abreast of professional developments, monitors professional development programs for assigned employees. • Communicate complex technical concepts and audit findings in a clear and concise manner to non-technical stakeholders. • Support the creation of excellence and high performance organization culture by embedding learning and creativity, in order to incorporate agility to accelerate transformation. • Review and assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the bank's IT controls related to advanced digital footprint, including but not limited to, cloud, API, microservices, and emerging technologies.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science or related field. • At least 10 years of experience in IT, preferably in the banking industry • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), CISSP and or other relevant professional certifications. • In-depth knowledge of IT audit methodologies, tools, and techniques related to cybersecurity and recent technology stack including but not limited to, cloud, API, microservices, and emerging technologies. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on identifying and mitigating risks related to advanced digital footprint. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Ability to work independently, lead a team, and collaborate across departments.

🏖️ Benefits

• Professional development opportunities • Health insurance • Flexible work arrangements • Paid time off