Information Security Advisor

Provides information security consulting services for BMO overall and businesses/groups. Liaises with stakeholders to understand problems and opportunities and enables BMO to meet its goals by understanding business vision, objectives and KPIs. Leads the development of information security strategy by understanding business processes, policies, information and information systems. Builds exceptional relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Ensures that requirements and solutions align to a real business need, are approved by all relevant stakeholders, and meets essential information security standards.

Provides thought leadership, promotes new processes and methodologies and emerging technologies, with the flexibility to align to the unique requirements of the business/group and deliverables.

• Acts as a trusted advisor to assigned business/group.

• Assists in the development of strategic plans.

• Understands and can explain to others the core processes, risks and mitigation techniques for designated areas.

• Supports the execution of strategic initiatives in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

• Helps determine business priorities and best sequence for execution of business/group strategy.

• Breaks down strategic problems, and analyses data and information to provide insights and recommendations.

• Acts as the day to day contact for vendors; supports the implementation, maintenance, and sustainment of vendor solutions.

• Understands the strategy, plans, activities and needs of all stakeholders and translates those business needs into solutions and makes recommendations.

• Provides advice, counsel and support on information security matters and recommends solutions to assigned business/group leaders on principles, frameworks, programs, approaches, trends, legislation and regulatory requirements including interpretation of policy and identification and management of risk.

• Builds credibility and influences/negotiates effectively to drive business performance through development and delivery of information security solutions.

• Tracks metrics and milestones, providing recommendations for resolution and escalating as appropriate when issues arise.

• Facilitates discussions and follows a disciplined approach to plan, elicit, analyse, document, communicate and manage initiatives and issues with stakeholders by applying a variety of elicitation techniques to probe, challenge and understand associated risks.

• Promotes process improvements and methodologies; keeps emerging information security issues and trends in mind and ensures standards are followed.

• Creates professional presentations and deliver them in a meaningful concise way.

• Assesses information security impact to a project’s benefits and risks when scope changes.

• Develops and champions information security best practices, including staying abreast of industry information security and business trends through benchmarking and/or participation in professional associations.

• Gathers, examines and interprets data and information to extract meaningful insights, answer business questions and provide actionable recommendations.

• Assists with continuous improvement activities and root cause analysis with the goal of strengthening information security capabilities.

• Ensures consistent, high quality practices/work and the achievement of business results in alignment with business/group strategies and with productivity goals.

• Focus is primarily on business/group within BMO; may have broader, enterprise-wide focus.

• Provides specialized consulting, analytical and technical support.

• Exercises judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within given rules.

• Works independently and regularly handles non-routine situations.

• Broader work or accountabilities…