Corporate Security And Crisis Management Lead

Accenture Global; Buenos Aires; On-site; ARS 185,448,000 - 278,173,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Regional Protective Services Manager for Argentina. The role oversees incident and crisis management, emergency preparedness, security strategy, and risk assessments across Argentina, Chile, and Colombia.

Travel ~25% and on-call responsibilities are required, with potential for after-hours work. You will collaborate with Business, IT, Cyber Security, Legal, Travel, Workplace, and HR leaders, plus external agencies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant security experience or equivalent in private/government/security forces.
• Degree from an accredited college or university required; advanced degree a plus.
• Industry certifications PSP/ CPP are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Foster security culture and awareness across the region.
• Oversee physical security standards and operational procedures.
• Manage incident notifications and risk assessments for events.
• Prepare executive briefings, risk summaries and reports.
• Support investigations, threat assessments, and security training.

Skills

Security leadership

Crisis management

Stakeholder collaboration

Analytical thinking

On-call readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Company Overview:

Accenture, a Fortune 500 company, is a global management consulting and professional services firm that solves its clients' toughest challenges by providing unmatched services in strategy, consulting, digital, technology, and operations. We serve clients in more than 120 countries and have over 745,000 employees.

Overview of the Team:

People are at the heart of Global Protection & Security, Accenture's Corporate Security Team. They are an organization of highly skilled, experienced, and diverse professionals who take immense pride in serving Accenture and helping grow the business. The Regional Protective Services team is a core part of Global Security & Protection, and its members are based out of various regions of the world.

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Regional Protective Services Lead for Latin America, the Regional Protective Services (RPS) Manager in Argentina is a full-time role responsible for incident and crisis management, emergency preparedness, physical security strategy and standards compliance, facility threat, vulnerability and risk assessments, workplace violence prevention, travel security, geo-political threat monitoring, corporate security related training. They also support investigations, behavioural threat assessment and management, executive protection and event security, security officer vendor selection, deployment, and performance reviews within their area of responsibility (Argentina, Chile, and Colombia). They will provide guidance and support in a complicated corporate environment that values collaboration, independent thinking, proactive problem-solving, integrity, collegiality, efficiency, and continuous organizational transformation. They are expected to develop a close collaborative relationship with Accenture's Business, IT, Cyber Security, Legal, Travel, Workplace, and HR leaders, as well as with domestic and foreign law enforcement and diplomatic and intelligence services. They will support the wider Latam Regional Protective Services team, it is required to be flexible and be available on call (24/7). Travel 25% of the time & work outside normal business hours and at short notice. Must be able to work nights, weekends, and holidays as operational needs dictate.

Requirements:

All candidates must have at least 5 years of relevant security experience or the equivalent in private, government, or security forces. A degree from an accredited college or university is required, and an advanced degree is a plus. Motivated to work in a meritocratic, collaborative culture in which work ethic, humility, collaboration, and a "roll-up your sleeves mentality" are critical. Nimble, highly responsive, able to pivot quickly between projects and priorities, and meet time-sensitive deadlines. Uncompromised ethics and integrity. Industry-recognized local and international professional security certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities may include some or all of the following:

Security Management:

• Foster a security culture and awareness.
• Apply broad security risk management knowledge and an understanding of policies, procedures, and frameworks to enable business operations activities.
• Contribute/implement security strategy, plans, procedures, and controls.
• Oversee the implementation and effectiveness of physical security standards and operational procedures across the region.
• Ensure adherence to corporate policies, governance standards, privacy requirements, and records management obligations.
• Identify, anticipate, assess, and help resolve complex business challenges where collaboration and cooperation between individuals is often needed to affect the solution.
• Conduct systematic threat, vulnerability and risk assessments.
• Cultivate, build engagement / relationships with internal and external stake holders including vendors, industry organizations, law enforcement and other related government agencies.
• Establish near term goals and provide input to longer term goals within the area of responsibility.
• Maintain awareness of relevant Regional and local regulations and decisions.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across the GP&S team.

Crisis Management, Risk Intelligence, Event Monitoring, and Employee Notification:

• As crisis and emergency management serve as a key contact for internal and external stakeholders.
• Deal with difficult and sensitive situations appropriately and confidentially.
• Manage incident notifications and security assessments by vendors to ensure timely receipt of information and analysis on events which could impact Accenture’s facilities, people, or operations.
• Oversee the dissemination of such information to Accenture leadership and coordinate any messaging to employees.
• Prepare executive-level briefings, reports, risk summaries, and operational updates.
• Be on point for escalations from the Global Accenture Security Operations Center.

Personnel Security:

• Support and deputize for the Employee Assistance Officer on Behavioral Threat Assessment Teams (BTAT).
• Support employees/contractors/clients affected by internal / external security incidents.
• Support the GP&S Intelligence team in conducting threat assessments, including domestic and international operations, and disseminating findings as needed.
• Support security awareness training.
• Support executive protection and event security management.

Other desired competencies include:

• Basic computer skills (experience/proficiency in Microsoft suite – Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Possess strong analytical skills, understand complex issues, quickly absorb information, and deploy conceptual and creative problem solving.
• Be a natural leader with the ability to easily establish trust-based relationships; skilled in gaining valuable insights through collaboration and communication.
• Strong time management skills and ability to multitask.
• Corporate security management experience.
• General understanding of investigative process.
• Extensive knowledge of physical security and systems.
• General understanding of safety/security in a corporate environment.
• General understanding of legal and corporate terminology.
• Exposure and demonstrated ability to work in multicultural environments.
• Language skills: Fluency in English.
• Certifications such PSP and/or CPP are expected.

Relationships:

Reports to: Regional Protective Services Lead – Latin America Supervises: N/A External Relationships: External security vendors, domestic and foreign law enforcement, diplomatic and intelligence services, security industry peer networks, and organizations. Location: Buenos Aires

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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