Information Security Consultant (Salesforce) Day rate Contract

Handelsbanken; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits package

Job summary

Handelsbanken is seeking an experienced Information Security professional to join a major transformation in the UK. You will lead risk assessments, advise on regulatory requirements, and collaborate with engineers, product managers, and risk teams to embed security into delivery.

This role requires strong communication, CISSP expertise, and a deep understanding of security controls in financial services. You will shape the security posture of critical systems in a flexible, hybrid environment,

Qualifications

• Experience in information security with hands-on risk assessments.
• Ability to communicate complex security topics to non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with risk management and the 3LoD model in financial services.
• Strong collaboration across engineering, product, compliance, and business teams.
• Awareness of data protection and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk and control assessments using bank processes, including privacy impact assessments.
• Provide advisory on Information Security best practice and regulatory requirements to stakeholders.
• Develop deep knowledge of secure change processes and assist in approval gates.
• Build trusted relationships with developers, testers, product managers, and delivery leads.
• Identify security risks and propose practical, timely mitigations with the team.

Skills

Strong communication

Security knowledge

Risk management understanding (3LoD)

Interpersonal skills

Education

CISSP certification

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Job Introduction

Handelsbanken combines a long-established relationship banking model with secure, resilient, and customer-focused technology. Our technology teams enable the Bank’s decentralised way of working, delivering systems built for stability, trust, and long-term value.

We are on a multi-year technology and digital transformation journey to enhance customer experience and improve how colleagues work together. By modernising platforms, simplifying processes, and better connecting data and systems, we help relationship teams focus on customers and less on complexity.

Our decentralised culture extends to technology. Teams are trusted to take ownership, make informed decisions, and deliver sustainable, high-quality solutions. We value engineering excellence, pragmatic problem-solving, and strong collaboration across technology, business, and risk.

We offer technologists the opportunity to build lasting careers, deepen their expertise, and contribute to meaningful change. We look for people who care about quality, security, long-term impact, and who want to shape the future of a relationship-led bank.

We also recognise that flexibility can support people to perform at their best, and that it looks different for everyone. While arrangements will depend on the requirements of the role and the needs of the business, we are open to having a conversation around what flexibility could look like for you.

Check our Handelsbanken website for further information.

The opportunity

This is a unique opportunity to work on an exciting transformation programme, influencing the security posture of critical Bank systems while collaborating closely with engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders. You’ll often operate independently of other security and privacy subject matter experts, so a broad and deep understanding of security and privacy domains is essential — from secure architecture and threat modelling to data protection and regulatory compliance.

If you thrive on autonomy, love solving complex problems, and want to see the real-world impact of your work in a critical industry — this is the role for you.

Key responsibilities

• Problem Solving - You will develop a deep knowledge of your workstreams technology stack and business outcomes allowing you to not only identify security risks but identify and propose practical solutions to the team. This role is all about helping teams deliver securely not just calling out risks.


• Risk and Control Assessments – You will lead risk & control assessments using the Banks defined processes, covering supplier due diligence, privacy impact assessments and project security.


• Risk Management – You will support your workstream identify and articulate risks, steering them towards appropriate treatment plans, documenting mitigating controls and ensuring these are actions within agreed timeframes. You will operate in line with the Bank's Risk Management framework (including sub-frameworks) and relevant risk and compliance policies and procedures, ensuring appropriate and timely escalation of any concerns to your line manager.


• Advisory – You will provide specialist advice and interpretation of Information Security best practice and UK regulatory requirements to a range of different stakeholders as new products, processes and systems are developed. You will need to be aware of your own knowledge gaps and when & where to seek specialist input to solve a particular problem or query


• Subject Matter Expertise – You will develop a deep knowledge of the Banks secure change processes and procedures, shepherding your workstream through various assessments and approval gates


• Relationship Management – You will build deep, trust based relationships with key stakeholders within your delivery team such as developers, testers, product managers, delivery leads and tech leads. You will be an active member of the delivery team, attending daily stand-ups, PI planning sessions and working groups.

What we’re looking for

Research (by Harvard University) shows that women are particularly likely to second guess themselves and not apply - so if you are worried you don't meet all the criteria, get in touch anyhow and let us do the worrying…

• Salesforce experience


• You are a skilled communicator, able to convey complex security issues to a wide audience, including non-technical colleagues.


• Hold or have the capability to attain appropriate external qualifications, such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).


• You love building strong interpersonal relationships across engineering, product, compliance, and business teams to foster a culture of shared security ownership.


• You are great at identifying information security risks and you enjoy finding creative solutions problems.


• You have a wide range of information security knowledge and, crucially, you are aware of your own knowledge gaps and able to seek support and guidance as required.


• You understand the intersection of Risk Management and Information Security and how these relate to each other in a Financial Service business (3LoD model)

Why join Handelsbanken

We want everyone at Handelsbanken to feel supported, motivated, and able to do great work. That’s why, alongside brilliant colleagues, meaningful work and training and development opportunities, we provide a variety of benefits designed with your wellbeing in mind.

In addition, there is a flexible benefits package with the key highlights detailed below.

The Bank is deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practice into all of our activities. This is so that we are an inclusive, welcoming and inspiring place to work that encourages everyone to apply, regardless of socio-economic background, age, disability, pregnancy and/or parental status, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), veteran status, marital and civil partnership status, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.