Cyber Advisory - Senior Consultant

Cyber Advisory - Senior Consultant

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The Cyber Advisory team provides cyber security assurance, advice and guidance to clients on all aspects to help them build and maintain a robust security environment. We identify cyber risks and work closely with clients to understand their unique set of digital opportunities and challenges, providing tailored and strategic advice and guidance. We support our clients in assessing, building and managing their cyber security capabilities, from ensuring compliance with industry regulations and mitigating potential risks to moving them towards a more mature security posture.

Within the national cyber security team you will be responsible for delivering cyber security assurance and advisory work to a range of clients nationally and internationally. Our broad range of clients, including those in FTSE 350, will allow you to gain experience across a range of sectors.

• Financial Services, Banking, Insurance and Investment
• Corporates/Private Sector/Industry & Services
• Central and Local Government
• Retail and Consumer products organisations

The role is to support the team in delivering internal audits but also larger scale advisory engagements. This means assisting in all aspects of the project lifecycle, primary execution of fieldwork and preparation of deliverables, including actively contributing to final recommendations.

Your responsibilities include:

• Actively engage in the delivery of our Internal Audit/Consulting engagements.
• Act as a subject matter expert in various security and risk management domains (e.g., IT risk management, cyber risk, security target operating model, governance, compliance, cyber security maturity assessment, metrics and C-level dashboards…) and lead industry-based practices (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 2700x…).
• Manage the coordination and communication of key findings and results of engagements, producing written reports and supporting oral presentations to senior client management and key senior stakeholders.
• Maintain an expertise and currency in industry trends.
• Manage and mentor junior consultants assigned as members of engagements.
• Contribute to the development of project management, quality assurance and professional consulting and auditing approaches/methodologies.

The candidate will be expected to use their technical expertise to deliver projects and to ensure that our clients comply with their regulatory obligations including NIS2 or DORA.

You will need to have a broad experience of security risk management and evidence of experience in the following fields of expertise:

• Full understanding of the DORA regulation & NIS2 Directive and experience in implementing the regulations.
• Experience working with regulated financial services entities.
• 3+ years experience in information security, risk management.
• Strong understanding of security governance, risk, and compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST 800-53 / CSF, NIS2 and DORA.
• Hands‑on experience building credibility with external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to guide and collaborate with senior stakeholders in a similar GRC, security, or risk management role.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and effectively to non‑technical stakeholders.
• The ability to explain complex topics to a diverse range of audiences.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to deliver high quality work.
• Comp Tia Security +, CRISC, CISM or CISSP certification advantageous.

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