Senior Cyber Security Awareness Consultant - Financial Services

EY; Belgique; Sur place; EUR 50 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working arrangements

Career-long training and coaching

Supportive team environment

Résumé du poste

A global professional services firm located in Belgium is looking for a Security Awareness Consultant to develop and implement security awareness initiatives. The ideal candidate should have a degree in relevant fields, experience in security awareness, and fluency in Dutch or French. This role requires creativity, strong communication skills, and the ability to assess and promote a solid cyber culture. Join a dynamic team and contribute to building a better working world.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of related work experience in security awareness or cyber training.
• Preferred certifications such as CISSP, COMPTIA+, CISM.
• A passion for educating and empowering employees against digital threats.

Responsabilités

• Design and implement security awareness roadmaps and initiatives.
• Create engaging content in various formats to convey security messages.
• Conduct maturity assessments to evaluate awareness levels.

Connaissances

Fluency in Dutch or French

Proficient business English

Strong understanding of cyber security

Creativity and imagination

Ability to communicate complex concepts simply

Formation

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Information Technology, Business Management

Outils

Content-creating and content-editing tools

Description du poste

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

The opportunity

In response to strong market demand, EY has ambitious plans to expand our already market leading Cybersecurity practice. We continue to build our Cybersecurity practice and are now looking for highly skilled and experienced individuals in the security awareness and training domain. By joining us now, you will be part of our exciting growth strategy where you will get the opportunity to develop it in line with your own interests.

As a security awareness consultant, you will be responsible for conceiving, developing and implementing security awareness roadmaps, campaigns or initiatives aimed at reinforcing the human firewall of our clients (financial industry), based on the latest cybersecurity best practices, secure behaviors and threat landscape, and promoting a strong organizational cyber culture. You will play a critical role in enhancing the overall organization’s risk posture by ensuring employees are provided with all the necessary resources and knowledge to protect data, assets and people from information security threats.

Our team counts one of the most active security awareness teams in the market with dedicated experience in the field, strong thought leadership credentials and present at national level initiatives.

We will support you with career-long training and coaching to develop your skills. As EY is a global leading service provider in this space, you will be working with the best of the best in a collaborative environment.

Your key responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement security awareness roadmaps tailored to the organization’s unique environment with engaging and informative initiatives, both towards all employees and specific target groups.
• Create engaging content to ensure that the message is heard and applied in diverse and original forms (e.g. articles, posters, board games, videos, flyers, learning modules, etc.).
• Conduct security awareness maturity assessments to evaluate the current situation awareness levels and identify areas of vulnerabilities based on an existing maturity framework.
• Monitor and measure the effectiveness of the security awareness initiatives in place through engagement and behavioral metrics.
• Organize security events.
• Convey technical security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences, including executives.
• Stay current with the latest technological developments, human threats and developments in behavioral science.

Skills and attributes for success

This role requires a combination of strong technical knowledge, communication skills and creativity.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Information Technology, Business Management, or related major.
• A minimum of 2 years of related work experience in security awareness, cyber culture management or cyber training.
• Language Proficiency: Fluency in Dutch or French, along with proficient business English, to effectively communicate with diverse stakeholders and clients.
• Preferred: certifications such as CISSP, COMPTIA+, CISM, CRISC, SSAP, CSAP...
• A passion for the human factor in security.
• A passion for educating and empowering employees against digital threats.
• Strong understanding of the basics of cyber security, social engineering techniques, human vulnerabilities, phishing attacks.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts in a simple yet impactful manner and linking cyber security to the corporate strategy.
• ‘Marketing-minded’: Creativity and imagination, capacity of coming up with new ways of delivering the message in engaging and innovative ways.
• Gamification (gamifying the learning experience).
• Ability to constantly stay up to date with the evolving cyber threat landscape and latest developments in the fields of cyber security and learning science.
• A talent for behavioral change.
• Preferred: familiarity with content-creating and content-editing tools.
• High achiever, team player, quality-oriented, enthusiastic, people person.
• General consulting: appetite for client work, presentation skills, ability to work independently and in teams.

What we offer you

• You will be part of a leading global professional services firm.
• You will be part of the EY family where everyone is willing to offer support and senior management is very accessible.
• You will join a dynamic and growing team with a great mix of young and experienced professionals focusing on financial services.
• You will get extensive trainings on technical matters, as well as soft skills and project management, and you will have access to new technologies and innovative equipment.
• We are proud of our flexible working arrangements, and we will support you to build a successful career and deliver excellent client service, without sacrificing your personal priorities.
• While our client-facing profession might require part-time working at client site and business traveling at times, we are committed to helping you achieve a lifestyle balance.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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