Cybercx - Senior Manager - Grc

Accenture Global; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18 weeks paid parental leave

Career development program

Local and international career options

Flexible work arrangements

Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Senior Manager to lead Governance, Risk and Compliance initiatives within cyber security for CyberCX clients in Australia. The role focuses on delivering complex cross-practice security projects, coaching consultants, and shaping client engagement from opportunity qualification through delivery and closure.

Strong leadership and deep security knowledge are essential. You will support strategic client relationships and collaborate with sales, solutions and marketing teams

Qualifications

• Diplomatic, tactful, and empathic stakeholder engagement & communication skills enabling active customer relationship development
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for sustainable, scalable solutions to complex problems
• Deep theoretical understanding of Governance, Risk and Compliance for leading large security projects

Responsibilities

• Identify and manage security risks with clients
• Lead sizable teams delivering complex cyber security projects with multiple streams
• Prepare high-quality reports detailing issues, recommendations, and solutions
• Coach and mentor team members and contribute to development plans and delivery excellence
• Develop customer relationships through strategic support with Sales, Solutions and Marketing
• Collaborate across CyberCX to add value and engage customers
• Foster cross-pollination and partnerships across the business to improve service delivery

Skills

Governance, Risk & Compliance

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Project delivery

Education

Diploma or higher in ICT or related field

Job description

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.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Find out more about us at www.accenture.com.

About the Role

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Senior Manager has a comprehensive understanding of all major cyber security domain, allowing them to use their deep theoretical understanding within Governance, Risk and Compliance to lead sizable security teams to deliver complex cross-practice or multiple work package projects. This is achieved by providing direction, coaching, mentoring and quality control to consultants as part of engagement teams, and through building client trust by communicating with influence, demonstrating excellence in planning and execution, and applying deep security knowledge. The Senior Manager actively contributes throughout the client engagement life cycle, from identifying and qualifying opportunities to delivery and closure. In addition, the Senior Manager actively supports the ongoing management of strategic client relationships and the identification of flow through opportunities for all CyberCX service lines.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Work with our customer base to assist them in identifying and effectively managing security risks
• Lead sizable teams to deliver complex cyber security projects that have multiple project streams or work packages in the Governance, Risk and Compliance domain and within cross-practice engagements.
• Prepare and present high-quality reports detailing security issues, making recommendations, and identifying solutions
• Supports GRC Leadership in coaching and mentoring team members and providing input into development plans. Works with them in developing delivery excellence
• Contribute to the development of customer relationships through direct strategic customer support and working with Customer Sales, Customer Solutions and Marketing teams to support relevant activities
• Demonstrate strong alignment with CyberCX values to peers and customers.
• Actively collaborate across CyberCX, and continuously look for ways to add value.
• Facilitate communication, partnerships, and cross-pollination across the business to allow teams to better engage and service customers

Preferred Qualifications, Experience & Skills

• Australian citizenship or permanent residency
• Minimum of 10 years of experience dealing with a diverse range of Cybersecurity, Information, Communications & Technology projects and challenges, preferably over a number of industry domains
• Hold or held one or more major security certification (IRAP, CISM, CISA, CISSP, ISO Lead Auditor or Lead Implementor, PCI QSA)
• Strong computer skills, particularly experienced working with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Outlook, Project, and Visio
• Diplomatic, tactful, and empathic stakeholder engagement and communication skills that enable them to actively contribute to the development of customer relationships
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to build sustainable, scalable solutions and processes to meet complex operational problems
• A high performing and proficient consultant with a deep theoretical understanding of Governance, Risk and Compliance domain that allows them to perform complex projects independently
• Skilled in responding to setbacks in an agile and resilient manner
• Attention to detail, proactive and organised individual
• Diploma or higher level tertiary qualification in Information, Communications & Technology or other fields with experience

Benefits of working at Accenture

• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Long & short-term career break opportunities
• Structured career development program
• Local and international career opportunities.
• Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace™
• Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture’s Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
• We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year’s Diversity & Inclusion Index!

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