Senior Consultant, Cyber Resilience, Cyber, Financial Services

Cyber & Resilience – Consulting – Senior Consultant

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. 

The financial services industry is currently undergoing a period of unparalleled change. Since the financial crisis, banks and financial institutions have been subjected to more stringent regulations, increased supervision and overall global economic instability. These changes have not come without a cost and has made these institutions re-evaluate the way they have been doing business traditionally. Moreover, the proliferation of technological advances including disruptive technologies and digital are compounding the pressures of maintaining competitiveness, being adaptable and increasing profit margins.

It is an exciting time for our Financial Services Cyber and Resilience practice. We’re looking for Senior Consultants to join our ever-expanding team of professionals to help continue contributing to Client engagements.  

The opportunity

The team you join - EY’s UKFS Cyber & Resilience practice is part of a global team of over 5,000 professionals focused on developing and delivering cutting edge security and resilience transformation programmes. We are part of a wider consulting organisation that collectively comprises a $4B global consulting practice with 18,000 professionals. We have large scale plans to expand our already market leading Cyber & Resilience practice and anticipate continued growth throughout the next five years. We need excellent people to join us and be part of our exciting growth strategy.

The role

UK Financial Services Cyber Security professionals draw upon their knowledge and experience to support client engagement teams, provide research underpinning advice to a variety of clients and contribute to a variety of business development activities. This means helping clients understand and navigate UK and international cyber-related regulations (e.g., NIS2). You will support the delivery of cyber programmes, as well as some of the more foundational cyber disciplines such as identity and access management, data loss protection and data protection.

Your role will require you to lead teams or parts of teams on engagements of different sizes under the guidance of senior team members. They will look to you to anticipate and identify delivery risks and raise any issues as appropriate. As an influential member of the team, you will help to create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel junior team members to assist in their professional development. You will lead by example and act as a role model for our people in the way that you live our values.

Your key responsibilities

You will be working across a portfolio of engagements with our financial services clients, reporting to a Manager or Senior Manager. Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting our clients in developing and enhancing their cyber frameworks and capabilities.
• Helping clients understand the regulatory requirements they are faced with.
• Conducting security assessments and gap analyses related to threat, vulnerability and penetration testing (e.g., MITRE, CBEST, TIBER) determine develop measures and roadmaps to remediate them.
• Facilitating training to client teams.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure a holistic approach to cybersecurity.
• Evaluating and creating measures and controls to implement the regulatory requirements in diverse client environments.
• Keeping abreast of regulatory changes, events, and industry best practices in cyber.
• Contributing to thought leadership and business development activities.
• Assisting in overseeing project metrics by organising staffing, tracking budget, and proactively communicating risks, issues, and dependencies to project leaders.

Skills and attributes for success

You will have a broad background across cyber with an understanding of and interest in one or several of the following areas:

• Cyber regulatory requirements across the UK and EU (e.g., PRA, FCA, BoE, ECB)
• Design and implementation of governance frameworks, processes, and controls
• Financial services cybersecurity threat landscape
• Cybersecurity architecture design and implementation, including Cloud
• Cyberthreat management
• Information security and non-financial operational risk requirements and frameworks
• Security policies and procedures, standards, and controls in line with regulation and/or current standards (e.g. ISO27001)
• Data privacy, implementation of data protection/GDPR programmes to address confidentiality and security

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Strong academic record including a relevant undergraduate (Bachelors) degree.
• experience in a relevant industry (desirable experience in resilience, continuity or cyber).
• A passion for collaborating with a team and clients to solve complex problems.

Additional requirements (desirable):

• Experience in Financial Services, Consulting, Government Organisations or Military.
• Security related qualifications such as CISSP, CISA or CISM.
• Project and programme related qualifications; Prince II, Scrum, Agile.

What we look for

We are interested in professionals who are not only developing technical expertise in their field but who can also demonstrate a breadth of skills and experience in a collaborative and innovative environment. A Big 4 background or comparable consulting experience is helpful, although EY will provide ongoing training and support to develop your consulting skills. If you have a strong desire to help businesses thrive in the face of challenges and a passion for building a safer and more resilient world, this role is for you.

What working at EY offers

• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.
• Excellent training and development prospects, both through established programmes and on-the-job training.
• Support, coaching and feedback from our collaborative colleagues.
• An excellent team of senior colleagues, dedicated to managing and varying your workload and supporting your growth.
• An international work environment with a diverse and inclusive team.
• A competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings, and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.

 Way of working

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world. 

Apply now.

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