FS Technology Risk and Resilience - Senior Associate

FS Technology Risk and Resilience - Senior Associate

PwC UK, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Our Financial Services Technology Risk and Resilience team helps FS firms navigate a fast‑moving regulatory landscape while managing robust, future‑proof technology estates. From shaping digital resilience frameworks under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) to helping firms enhance their technology risk maturity as they list, we combine deep sector insight with leading technology to solve problems alongside our clients.

• Deliver fieldwork on technology risk and digital resilience engagements.
• Perform control walkthroughs, sample testing and evidence review across technology risk and resilience domains and design remediation plans to address identified gaps.
• Draft gap analysis and maturity assessment artefacts aligned to COBIT, ITIL and other frameworks.
• Support regulatory readiness and assurance projects, including supporting startups through the authorisation process.
• Prepare working papers and write reports for clients, regulators and other stakeholders.
• Build trusted relationships with client SMEs and control owners.
• Contribute to thought‑leadership blogs.
• Support business development activities such as preparing responses to tenders and creating proposal documents.
• Own your personal development to ensure you are equipped with the skills relevant to the proposition now and in the future.
• Coach junior members of the team, providing support, training and feedback.
• Engage with the firm’s digital agenda and tools to help us deliver innovative solutions.

• Experience in technology risk, IT audit, digital resilience or related consulting within financial services.
• Working knowledge of UK and European Technology and Resilience Regulation, as well as frameworks such as COBIT, ITIL, NIST CSF and ISO 27001/22301.
• Practical experience of control testing or assurance fieldwork (e.g., evidence sampling, walkthroughs, KRI analysis).
• Strong communication skills – able to translate technical findings into clear, concise messages for business stakeholders.
• Possession of strong team‑working and leadership skills, including the ability to work as a team and under your own initiative.
• A willingness to learn new skills and help develop and innovate new client propositions.
• Strong oral and written communication skills (e.g., running walkthroughs, report writing).
• Demonstrable experience of using AI in your current role.
• Progress toward professional certifications such as CRISC, CISA, CISSP, CBCI, ISO 22301 Lead Auditor, or Prince2/Agile
  
  PM and exposure to regulatory remediation programmes (e.g., s166 Skilled‑Person reviews) preferred.

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.

We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.