Abayomi Obagade

CISA- and CISM-certified IT Audit Manager with 10+ years of progressive experience across IT audit, technology risk, cybersecurity, compliance, internal controls, and banking operations. Leads end-to-end risk-based audits from planning and risk assessment through control testing, issue development, reporting, and follow-up. Strong background in IT General Controls (ITGCs), application controls, logical access, change management, IT operations, and enterprise applications.

Recognized for translating complex control and risk issues into clear audit conclusions and practical recommendations for senior stakeholders, while coaching team members and building collaborative relationships across the business.

IT Auditor (Manager) - Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) - Edmonton, Alberta

(2020-01)

• Lead end-to-end risk-based audits from planning and risk assessment through fieldwork, control testing, issue development, reporting, and follow-up, aligned with approved scope and audit objectives.
• Develop risk-based audit programs and testing strategies to assess control design and operating effectiveness across technology and business processes.
• Identify key process and technology risks, evaluate mitigating controls, and consider organizational risk appetite when assessing control gaps and audit observations.
• Assign audit procedures to team members, review workpapers and evidence, provide review comments, and coach staff to strengthen audit quality and consistency.
• Lead walkthroughs and stakeholder meetings to understand processes, systems, risks, control activities, and areas of potential operational or control failure.
• Synthesize audit evidence, testing results, and risk assessments to support audit conclusions, ratings, and reporting to audit management and senior stakeholders.
• Develop clear audit observations and reports that communicate condition, risk, impact, and practical recommendations to strengthen controls and operational effectiveness.
• Monitor management responses and corrective actions, challenge remediation where appropriate, and support follow-up on outstanding audit findings.

IT Auditor (Senior) - Diamond Logic Consulting - Winnipeg, Manitoba

(2016-05 - 2019-12)

• Executed risk-based IT and compliance audits, including walkthroughs and ITGC testing across UNIX/Linux, Windows, ERP applications, and supporting technology environments.
• Assessed logical access, change management, IT operations, and application-related controls affecting business and financial processes.
• Used ACL to extract and analyze audit populations, identify exceptions, and focus testing on higher-risk transactions and control failures.
• Performed compliance risk assessments and gap analyses, assigned risk ratings, and collaborated with stakeholders on practical mitigation actions.
• Coordinated reviews against PCI DSS, SOX, ISO, and internal control requirements; communicated findings and monitored management action plans through remediation.

IT Auditor - Proficient Resource Consulting - Georgia, USA

(2014-03 - 2016-04)

• Performed IT control testing, risk assessments, and gap analyses across technology infrastructure and business processes to identify control weaknesses and assess risk exposure.
• Conducted security and controls assessments of SAP and other enterprise systems supporting critical business and financial reporting processes.
• Evaluated control design and supporting evidence, documented audit results, and worked with management on practical corrective actions.

Business Analyst - Just Energy Group - Winnipeg, Manitoba

(2012-05 - 2014-02)

• Translated business needs into documented requirements and collaborated with business owners, subject matter experts, development, and testing teams.
• Supported change and project delivery by coordinating stakeholder input, resolving requirements and testing issues, and participating in quality assurance reviews.
• Conducted independent reviews of quality assurance practices, software products, information systems, and application capabilities.

Branch Manager - Enterprise Bank Plc - Lagos, Nigeria

(2010-09 - 2012-04)

• Managed branch operations in a banking environment, with responsibility for operational risk, compliance, budgeting, internal controls, and adherence to organizational policies.
• Conducted compliance risk assessments and gap analyses and developed mitigation actions for operational and control weaknesses.
• Reviewed policies, procedures, budgets, access and change controls, and operational information to identify exceptions and opportunities for process improvement.
• Designed and implemented an incident reporting and response process for security incidents, policy violations, and external complaints.

MBA - Specialized Business Management - Federal University of Technology Akure

B.Sc. - Mathematics with Statistics - The Polytechnic Ibadan