Senior Specialist - Cyber Crime

About the role

MTN Group is hiring a Senior Specialist - Cyber Crime in Kampala. The role covers internal investigations into fraud, cybercrime and telecom fraud, analysing physical and digital evidence and reporting findings. It also includes expert testimony, risk assessment and recommendations to strengthen controls.

Key responsibilities

• Digital evidence collection and preservation, and forensic analysis using specialised tools
• Incident response and threat detection, and collaboration with law enforcement and legal teams
• Gather financial records, digital information and transaction histories, and use SQL and ACL to find patterns and anomalies
• Investigate suspicious transactions and trace fund flows in FINCO and TELCO environments
• Prepare detailed forensic reports, visual aids and executive summaries, and give expert witness testimony
• Assess fraud trends, run risk assessments and recommend internal controls
• Support assurance providers and internal audit with fraud risk input
• Conduct fraud awareness training for staff and track fraud incidents and control weaknesses
• Manage administrative duties for the section and track the forensics team's performance

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as accounting, statistics, telecommunications engineering or information technology
• Relevant certifications such as CFE, CHFI, GCFA, CISM, CISA, CEH or CISSP
• Minimum 5 years' experience in fraud detection, prevention and investigations, including cybercrime, telecom and fintech fraud
• 3 years' experience with analytics techniques and tools, including big data analytics
• Technical experience in fintech and telecom environments, and in penetration testing and digital forensics software such as Encase and FTK
• Experience with CAATs, preferably ACL

Required skills

• Data mining, extraction and analytics
• SQL scripting and ACL
• Digital forensics and fraud investigation
• Excellent interview, interrogation and listening skills