Senior Manager, Cyber Security, Financial Services

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Senior Manager - Cyber Strategy

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The financial services industry is currently undergoing a period of unparalleled change. Since the financial crisis, banks and financial institutions have been subjected to more stringent regulations, increased supervision, and overall global economic instability. These changes have not come without a cost and has made these institutions re-evaluate the way they have been doing business traditionally. Moreover, the proliferation of technological advances including disruptive technologies and digital are compounding the pressures of maintaining competitiveness, being adaptable and increasing profit margins.

It is an exciting time for our Financial Services Cyber and Resilience practice. We are looking for Senior Managers to join our ever-expanding team of professionals to help continue contributing to client engagements.

The opportunity

EY's Financial Services Cyber and Resilience practice is growing fast. For you, that means great opportunities to work on a range of projects covering the breadth of the Cyber and Resilience landscape including cyber threat management, cyber program management, strategy development, cyber transformation, identity and access management, maturity assessments, data protection, privacy, and operational Resilience.

You will join a fast-growing team of over 1,000 cyber and resilience professionals dedicated to providing advisory services to leading financial services organizations.

EY's EMEIA Cyber Practice is rapidly growing, and the UK team is looking for a Cyber Security Senior Manager experienced in working on a range of projects covering the breadth of Cyber Security including Cyber Strategy Development, Cyber Programme Management and Definition, Cyber Maturity Assessments, Cyber Transformation and Cyber Risk.

You will join an expanding team of over 1,000 Cyber professionals across EMEIA and align to the UK team dedicated to providing Cyber advisory services to leading Financial Services organisations.

Your key responsibilities

UK Financial Services cybersecurity professionals draw upon their knowledge and experience to manage client engagement teams, act as an advisor to a variety of clients and contribute to business development activities on strategic and global priority accounts.

Drawing on their industry knowledge and experience, professionals provide innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs and contribute to thought leadership. Professionals also actively improve operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives, in line with EY's commitment to quality.

Your role will require you to manage teams or parts of teams on engagements of different sizes under the guidance of Directors and Partners. Your team will look to you to anticipate and identify risks and raise any issues with them as appropriate. As an influential member of the team, you will help to create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel junior team members to assist in their professional development. You will lead by example and function as a role model for our people in the way that you live our values.

Client responsibilities

• Assist in managing financial aspects of engagements by organizing staffing, tracking fees, and communicating issues to engagement partners
• Lead business development activities including writing proposals and supporting go-to-market activities across the UK and beyond
• Build EY brand awareness and strong internal relationships within and across service lines
• Lead development of client control environments and provide industry insights
• Advise on technology investments to reduce cyber risk
• Make progress towards compliance with commercial and regulatory requirements

People responsibilities

• Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring staff
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff
• Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining, and training cyber professionals

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Experience in advising Financial Services organisations on what good cybersecurity looks like, based on the cyber security threats, and risks they face
• Pragmatic approach to identifying and explaining cyber risks within complex transformation initiatives
• Project management and delivery experience across the following Cyber Security areas: frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, CPMI-IOSCO, ISO, 'Profile' - Financial Services sector-specific distillation of the frameworks), assessments, implementation, roadmap definition (tactical and strategic), strategy, risk identification and management, controls framework, programme management and target operating modelling
• Experience in Security strategy and transformation / business change / programme management / target operating modelling / Data Loss Protection and Data protection experience
• Understanding of the Financial Services cybersecurity threat landscape and the UK Financial Services regulatory landscape (e.g., PRA, FCA, BoE, ECB, MAS)
• Good understanding of the Security assessments related to threat, vulnerability, and penetration testing (e.g., MITRE, CBEST, Tiber)
• Awareness of security standards and regulations within the UK Financial Services sector
• Experience in supporting winning proposals and RFP responses, and working in complex multinational engagements
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Experience in people management, coaching and development of colleagues
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISA or CISM is a plus

Ideally, you will also have:
Some experience, and an understanding of the concepts and terminology in the following:

• Experience in Financial Services, Government Organisations or Military
• Senior stakeholder management skills
• Strong academic record including a relevant undergraduate (Bachelors) degree
• Awareness of National and International security standards
• Project management experience - Prince2 / PMI / MSP
• Management experience
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISA or CISM

What we look for
We look for candidates with experience in the industry, which can prove their knowledge of Cyber regulations and frameworks in the UK. We are looking for people with the motivation and ambition to lead teams and the communication skills required to interact with clients.

What we offer
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you will be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings, and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You will develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We will provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We will give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You will be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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