Cybercx - Financial Services Security Lead

Accenture Global; Sydney; Presencial; AUD 250.000 - 350.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Accenture is seeking a cybersecurity leadership role within its CyberCX practice to manage embedded client engagements and drive growth across Australia and New Zealand. You will lead security advisory for senior stakeholders, shape strategies, and expand footprint across mid-market to enterprise clients.

Based in Sydney, this leadership position requires deep regulatory knowledge of the ANZ landscape and a proven track record in consulting, with the ability to align CyberCX capabilities with

Qualificações

• Proven experience in cybersecurity consulting or advisory within the financial services sector.
• Track record of managing and growing senior client relationships in a professional services or consulting environment.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience identifying, shaping, and converting security opportunities— both standalone and as part of larger transformation deals.
• Deep understanding of the ANZ financial services regulatory and threat environment.

Responsabilidades

• Client Account Leadership: Own the relationship for a portfolio of embedded financial services clients, oversee delivery quality and outcomes.
• Market Development & Go-to-Market: Identify cybersecurity-led opportunities within ANZ financial services, including advisory, risk, compliance, and MSS services.
• Strategic Engagement: Engage with enterprise and strategic clients on high-value security programs and shape the financial services security strategy across Asia Oceania.

Conhecimentos

Cybersecurity consulting

Senior client relationships

Commercial acumen

ANZ regulatory knowledge

Cross-functional leadership

Descrição da vaga

The work we do matters

CyberCX, part of Accenture, protects and defends our customers and communities by providing the most comprehensive range of cyber security professional services in the region. With more than 1,400 team members across Australia, New Zealand, the UK and US, we are a leading force in cyber security, offering services from strategy, GRC, managed security services, cloud security, digital forensics and cyber education. If you’re ready to work with teammates that get you, a leader that supports you and customers that need you, then you’re ready for CyberCX.

How will you make an impact

This is a leadership role within Accenture CyberCX's Financial Services practice, reporting directly to the Asia Oceania Financial Services Lead. The role sits at the intersection of client account management, market development, and strategic security advisory, with a remit spanning embedded client engagements through to enterprise and mid-market growth across Australia and New Zealand.

Key Responsibilities

Client Account Leadership

• Serve as Security Account Lead for a portfolio of embedded, priority financial services clients — owning the relationship, overseeing delivery quality, and driving strategic outcomes.
• Develop deep trusted-advisor relationships with senior client stakeholders, including CISOs, CIOs, and risk executives.
• Ensure consistent delivery excellence and client satisfaction across the account portfolio.

Market Development & Go-to-Market

• Identify and pursue cybersecurity-led go-to-market opportunities within the ANZ financial services sector, including standalone security engagements across advisory, risk, compliance, and managed security services.
• Identify and drive integrated opportunities where cyber can be embedded into broader transformational deals — including cloud migrations, core system modernisation, and regulatory uplift programs.
• Engage mid-market financial services clients to expand CyberCX's footprint and build pipeline beyond the enterprise segment.
• Partner with Accenture's broader industry and technology teams to position cyber as a critical enabler within large-scale transformation pursuits.

Strategic Engagement

• Engage enterprise and strategic financial services clients on complex, high-value security programs —bringing together CyberCX capabilities to address their most critical challenges.
• Contribute to shaping the Financial Services security strategy across Asia Oceania, working in close collaboration with practice leadership.
• Maintain a current view of the ANZ regulatory landscape (APRA CPS 234, SOCI, NZ CCCFA, etc.) and translate this into client-relevant advisory and propositions.

Skills & Qualifications

• Proven experience in cybersecurity consulting or advisory within the financial services sector.
• Track record of managing and growing senior client relationships in a professional services or consulting environment.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience identifying, shaping, and converting security opportunities— both standalone and as part of larger transformation deals.
• Deep understanding of the ANZ financial services regulatory and threat environment.
• Ability to operate across embedded client accounts, mid-market pursuits, and enterprise strategic engagements simultaneously.
• Collaborative leader who can work across a matrixed organisation to bring the best of CyberCX and Accenture to clients.

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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