Security Technical Lead; Financial Services

Remote or Hybrid from Sheffiled or Birmingham

Up to £500 per day

6-Month Contract

Inside IR35

We are seeking an experienced Security Technical Lead to provide cyber security leadership, risk oversight, and governance support across a complex financial services environment.

Working closely with Risk, Finance, Treasury, Corporate Functions, Technology, and Cyber Security teams, you will act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, helping to manage cyber risk, strengthen control effectiveness, improve security posture, and support the secure delivery of business and technology change.

• Act as the senior cyber security partner for business and technology stakeholders across Risk, Finance, Treasury, and Corporate Functions.
• Provide expert guidance on cyber risk, security controls, governance, and risk-based decision making.
• Own and manage cyber risk registers, ensuring risks are clearly articulated, prioritised, tracked, and remediated.
• Lead control governance, assurance activities, thematic reviews, and audit readiness programmes.
• Coordinate the remediation of control weaknesses, audit findings, and risk issues through to closure.
• Embed security-by-design principles across projects and change initiatives, providing input into solution design, delivery plans, and acceptance criteria.
• Oversee third-party and SaaS security risk activities, including supplier onboarding, risk assessments, renewals, and remediation planning.
• Strengthen security controls across identity and access management, privileged access, vulnerability management, threat management, data protection, and security monitoring.
• Support major cyber incidents and service events, providing leadership, escalation management, and risk-based decision support.
• Produce executive-level reporting, management information, and governance materials for senior stakeholders and risk forums.
• Translate technical cyber risks and vulnerabilities into clear business impacts and actionable recommendations.
• Work closely with Security Architecture, Engineering, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Technology teams to improve overall cyber resilience.

• Significant experience within Cyber Security, Information Security, Cyber Risk, Security Governance, or Security Assurance roles.
• Strong background working within Financial Services
  , Banking, Insurance, or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience managing cyber risk, controls, governance frameworks, remediation plans, and assurance activities.
• Strong understanding of identity and access management, privileged access, vulnerability management, threat management, data protection, cloud/SaaS security, and third-party risk.
• Experience supporting senior business and technology stakeholders with risk-based security advice.
• Ability to translate technical findings into clear business outcomes and executive-level recommendations.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
• Experience chairing governance forums, risk meetings, and assurance reviews.