Security Consultant – Risk & Resilience - Financial Services

Job Description Security Consultant – Risk & Resilience - Financial Services Location Flexible: UK (With Client Travel)

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Consultant Salary:
Competitive Salary & Package (Dependent on Experience)

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture:
We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” –
Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

We are seeking Financial Service Cybersecurity Risk & Resilience Consultant to join our rapidly growing UK & Ireland Financial Services Cybersecurity Practice.

You will become a pivotal member of a high-performing team that working on the most complex security challenges in the financial sector – banking, payments, capital markets, and insurance – to help safeguard the economy of which we all depend.

You’ll work on innovative projects with colleagues to drive collaboration from strategy through to implementation. You will be using the latest technologies with clients to help them get to the next level. You’ll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you’ll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

• Support clients in identifying, assessing, and managing cyber, technology, and operational resilience risks across critical business services and technology environments.
• Assist in the development and implementation of cyber resilience, operational resilience, and technology risk management frameworks.
• Conduct risk assessments, control reviews, and resilience evaluations to identify vulnerabilities and improvement opportunities.
• Support the design and execution of scenario testing, cyber exercises, tabletop exercises, and resilience validation activities.
• Assess the effectiveness of security, technology, and operational controls against regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Contribute to the identification of important business services, impact tolerances, and supporting assets within operational resilience programmes.
• Support third-party and supply chain risk management activities, including security assessments and due diligence reviews.
• Help clients prepare for, respond to, and learn from cyber incidents and operational disruption events.
• Interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into practical policies, controls, and implementation plans.
• Produce clear risk reports, presentations, and recommendations for stakeholders and governance forums.
• Work collaboratively with client teams across security, technology, risk, compliance, and business functions to drive resilience outcomes.

Support the delivery of client engagements, including workshops, assessments, maturity reviews, and transformation programmes

• Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security, Information Technology, Business, Risk Management, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Experience in cyber security, technology risk, operational resilience, risk management, or a related field.
• Experience working…