Associate Director, Cyber M&A Infrastructure

LGBT Great; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Associate Director for Cyber M&A Infrastructure in London. This role offers a unique opportunity to leverage your deep cyber technical knowledge and drive growth within a dynamic team. You will be responsible for client delivery, leading meetings, and supporting the Cyber M&A sales cycle. Join a diverse and inclusive environment that values innovation and well-being, where your contributions will significantly impact the infrastructure sector. If you're passionate about Cyber Security and eager to make a difference, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Global Wellbeing Days

Flexible Working Solutions

Continuous Learning Opportunities

Qualifications

• In-depth technical understanding of Cyber landscape and compliance regulations.
• Experience in delivering quality client pitches and proposals.

Responsibilities

• Lead client meetings advising on cyber approaches for M&A.
• Support Cyber M&A sales cycle including client pitches and proposals.

Skills

Cyber Security Knowledge

Project Management

Client Engagement

Cyber Due Diligence

Technical Solutions Understanding

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Cyber Security or related field

Tools

CI/CD Pipeline

Data Protection Regulations

Job description

Associate Director, Cyber M&A Infrastructure

Can you bring deep cyber technical knowledge with the ability to understand and articulate Cyber Security risks and trends including common threat vectors that are impacting the infrastructure sector?

Are you keen to join Aon's thriving M&A Infrastructure cyber practice to drive growth by encompassing report writing, proposition building, client delivery and much more?

If so, then we would love to hear from you in connection with this phenomenal new opportunity based with our Aon’s multifaceted M&A Transactions Solutions (AMATS) practice situated within our flagship London office!

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organisation, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What the day will look like

In this wide and varied role your key responsibilities will include:

• Being involved in client delivery across Cyber Due diligence, Cyber post-deal reviews, improvement activities and other transaction scenarios.
• Being part of a team and required to operate optimally with high-performing Cyber Solutions consultants in London and across EMEA.
• Supporting the Cyber M&A sales cycle including client pitches, proposals and engagement onboarding.
• Leading client meetings with senior stakeholders to advise on the cyber approach for due diligence, integration, carve-out and incident response.
• Supporting activities to continue the scale up of our delivery model with contributions to key templates and engagement with wider internal collaborators.
• Presenting to our infrastructure fund and corporate clients on Cyber Security in the context of M&A.

How this opportunity is different

Our Transaction Advisory team is passionate about being the leading provider of specialist transaction related advice. Our capabilities include Cyber Security, Climate impact analysis plus Risk & Insurance and Human Capital (pension, health and benefits, compensation, talent). We advise clients through the transaction cycle from pre-deal due diligence, post close consulting, sell-side preparation and vendor due diligence.

Cyber has been a critical growth driver for the Infrastructure team. As the team continues to grow we are now looking to recruit an Associate Director to support the next phase on the team's expansion.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• Demonstrate knowledge of cyber within the context of Infrastructure assets to include (one or all): energy (including natural resources), water, transportation (including maritime), telecommunications (including data centres) and social infrastructure assets.
• Grasps significance of policies, procedures, governance, and technical solutions for infrastructure compliance.
• Strong appetite to operate in a dynamic M&A environment working with Infrastructure funds and Corporate M&A deal teams.
• In depth technical understanding of the Cyber landscape in one or more Cyber domains areas such as security design, infrastructure, network, applications, data, operations, cloud architecture and/or secure SDLC including CI/CD pipeline. Potentially including ethical hacking.
• Validated experience in conceptualising, developing, and delivering quality client pitches and proposals.
• Proven experience in project management and collaborator management.
• Knowledge of data protection and compliance regulations.

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognise that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working!

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status.

We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email [e-mail]

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