Koins Microfinance Bank Limited is a fully licensed, technology and impact-driven microfinance bank focused on promoting financial inclusion through loans, savings, and investments.
Job Summary
Koins Microfinance Bank Limited is seeking an experienced IT Control Officer to monitor, review, and test the Bank’s information technology controls. The successful candidate will help ensure that IT systems, applications, infrastructure, and processes operate securely and effectively while complying with approved policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
The role will involve IT control assessments, access management reviews, cybersecurity controls, change management, application controls, incident investigations, and support for the Bank’s annual IT control and audit activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and monitor user access to critical banking applications, systems, databases, servers, and administrative portals.
- Ensure user access is properly authorized, role-based, and aligned with the principle of least privilege.
- Conduct periodic user access reviews and certifications, including privileged and administrative accounts.
- Review access for terminated or transferred employees and assess maker-checker and segregation-of-duties controls.
- Review IT change management processes to ensure changes are properly initiated, authorized, tested, approved, implemented, and documented.
- Review emergency system changes and ensure appropriate post-implementation assessments are conducted.
- Monitor IT operational controls covering EOD/EOM processing, batch jobs, scheduled activities, system interfaces, downtime, incidents, and other critical operations.
- Assess cybersecurity controls covering endpoint security, firewalls, SIEM, encryption, vulnerability management, and security monitoring.
- Develop and execute IT control assessment and testing programmes covering IT General Controls (ITGCs).
- Assess controls across applications, operating systems, databases, networks, data centres, access management, change management, backup and recovery, incident management, and system operations.
- Review and test application controls across critical banking systems, including T24, NIP, Mobile Banking, and other integrated applications.
- Assess the completeness, accuracy, validity, security, and integrity of data and transactions.
- Identify, document, and report IT control deficiencies, risks, and compliance gaps.
- Provide practical recommendations and monitor agreed corrective actions through to closure.
- Participate in IT-related fraud and incident investigations by reviewing system access, transaction trails, logs, user activities, and system changes.
- Support root-cause analysis and resolution of technology-related incidents and control weaknesses.
- Support the development and execution of the Annual IT Control/Audit Plan.
- Help ensure key technology risks and emerging threats are appropriately assessed.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of the Bank’s IT control framework and methodologies.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
- At least 6 years of hands-on experience in relevant IT control, audit, risk, cybersecurity, or technology assurance functions.
- Strong understanding of IT General Controls and technology risk management.
- Knowledge of access management, change management, application controls, IT operations, and cybersecurity controls.
- Relevant professional certifications are an added advantage, including:
- CISA
- CISM
- CRISC
- CISSP
- ISO certifications
- CompTIA Security+
- ISO 27001 certification
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate should have strong analytical and risk-assessment skills, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to evaluate technology controls within a financial services environment. Experience with banking applications and IT control frameworks will be valuable for this role.
Salary and Benefits
Koins Microfinance Bank Limited offers:
- Competitive Compensation
- Leave Allowance
- Medical Allowance
- Hybrid Work Model
- 13th Month
Application Closing Date
15th October, 2026
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to careers@koinsbank.com using “IT Control Officer” as the subject of the email.
