Cybersecurity - Data Protection - Senior Consultant

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior Consultant to join the Cybersecurity, Privacy and Data Trust team in Toronto. You’ll help clients design and operate privacy programs, assess and mitigate risks, and support data protection initiatives across industries.

You will collaborate with privacy and cyber managers, explore new technologies, and deliver measurable, sustainable data privacy solutions that align with regulatory requirements and client goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Law or in Computer Science, Management Science, Information Security, Data, Business, Ethics or a related field and 5 years of progressive post-baccalaureate work experience.
• Alternatively, a Master’s degree and 2–3 years of work experience.
• Knowledge and 2–3 years of hands-on experience in privacy risk/compliance assessment.
• Knowledge and 2–3 years of practical experience with privacy frameworks and standards.
• Experience conducting risk assessments and testing privacy controls.
• Excellent analytical and data analytics knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Deliver client engagements and internal projects.
• Help clients assess privacy programs and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Advise on privacy program design, PET, and governance improvements.
• Develop sustainable privacy processes and measure maturity using our framework.
• Present findings clearly to clients using MS Office tools.

Skills

Analytical skills

Oral and written communication

Privacy regulations knowledge

MS PowerPoint

MS Excel

MS Visio

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Master’s degree in a related field

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Visio

Job description

Cybersecurity - Data Protection - Senior Consultant

Location: Toronto

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Date: Aug 26, 2026

Requisition ID: 1738917

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The opportunity

We are actively seeking a Senior Consultant to join our Cybersecurity team specifically the Privacy and Data Trust specialty. You’ll work alongside respected industry professionals, learning about and applying leading practices to better manage people, processes and technology capabilities within the data protection and privacy domains. You’ll gain insights into the design and operations of privacy and data trust programs and strategies in a variety of industries and learn how to design measurable, sustainable programs to keep up with the constantly evolving privacy landscape.

This position falls within our Consulting practice, which helps our clients enhance the effectiveness of operations functions by assisting them as they shift their emphasis from transaction-level control, processing and reporting to more value driven, decision support and analytics.

This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within our organization.

Your key responsibilities

As a Cybersecurity, privacy and data trust senior you’ll deliver client engagements as well as internal projects. You will help clients gain insights into their privacy programs and capabilities to maintain compliance to local and global privacy regulations while building consumer trust. Consult with privacy and cyber managers to determine the role of IT systems in an organization. Research emerging technologies to determine if installing them can increase the organization’s efficiency and effectiveness and identify any potential impact in privacy. Advise clients on managing their privacy programs to mitigate their business risks. Assess privacy programs and strategies using our proprietary framework, design solutions to remediate gaps or enhance maturity of specific privacy capabilities, improve measurements and monitoring, and develop sustainable processes to enable our clients to achieve business goals and mitigate their risks.

Skills and attributes for success

Client Responsibilities

• Consistently deliver quality client services.
• Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client’s business.
• Demonstrate technical capabilities and professional knowledge. Demonstrate ability to assimilate to new knowledge.
• Remain current on new developments in advisory services capabilities and industry knowledge.
• Demonstrate and apply a thorough understanding of complex data processing systems. Use knowledge of the current data processing environment and industry trends to identify engagement and client service issues and communicate this information to the engagement team and client management through written correspondence and verbal presentations.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Law or in Computer Science, Management Science, Information Security, Data, Business, Ethics or a related field and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate work experience. Alternatively, will accept a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Management Science, Data, Business, Ethics, Law, or a related field and 2 to 3 years of work experience.
• Knowledge and 2 to 3 years of hands‑on experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Assessing client risk and compliance against privacy regulations.
  • Designing or operationalizing functional privacy within or on behalf of a business.
  • Providing support of privacy enhancing technology (PET).
• Knowledge and 2 to 3 years of practical experience with common frameworks, standards and methodologies used in the data protection and privacy field.
• Practical experience with conducting risk assessments and testing of data protection and privacy controls
• Excellent analytical skills and knowledge of data analytics methods
• Ideally possess one of the following certifications: CIPP (Canada), CIPM or CIPT.
• Solid knowledge and experience presenting using MS Power Point, Excel and Visio.
• Solid oral and written communication skills.
• Experience on writing reports on findings and analysis of privacy issues.

What we look for

We’re interested in intellectually curious people with a genuine passion for cybersecurity, data protection and privacy. If you have the confidence in both your presentation and technical abilities to grow into a leading expert here, this is the role for you.

What working at EY offers

At EY, our Total Rewards package supports our commitment to creating a leading people culture - built on high-performance teaming - where everyone can achieve their potential and contribute to building a better working world for our people, our clients and our communities. It’s one of the many reasons we repeatedly win awards for being a great place to work.

We offeracompetitivecompensationpackage where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package allows you decide which benefits are right for you and which ones help you create a solid foundation for your future. Our Total Rewards package includes a comprehensive medical, prescription drug and dental coverage, a defined contribution pension plan, a great vacation policy plus firm paid days that allow you to enjoy longer long weekends throughout the year, statutory holidays and paid personal days (based on province of residence), and a range of exciting programs and benefits designed to support your physical, financial and social well-being. Plus, we offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues in the industry
• Learning 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

EY reports salary ranges in accordance with applicable provincial pay transparency legislation. Individual salaries within the anticipated salary ranges noted below are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to internal equity, education, relevant experience, knowledge, and applicable skill sets.

• Toronto/Calgary/Vancouver/Edmonton/Montreal: $90,000 to 136,000 per year

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