Security Consultant

NatWest Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Security Consultant to lead security risk management and governance. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate with various teams to promote high security standards and ensure compliance with industry regulations. Your expertise will be critical in creating a secure environment while driving continuous improvement initiatives. This is a unique opportunity to influence decision-making processes and deliver high-quality services that address key risk areas, all while fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation. If you are passionate about security and risk management, this role offers a chance to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading or delivering risk and security management.
• Ability to communicate technical issues clearly to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage security risk governance and third-party security risks.
• Lead a team of domain specialists to enhance security practices.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Problem Solving

Risk Management

Communication Skills

Information Security Controls Development

Knowledge of Security Good Practices

Education

CISSP or equivalent

Job description

Join us as a Security Consultant

• In this key role, you’ll be working with the domain lead to define and manage Security risk governance, third party security risks and policy assurance
• We’ll look to you to lead the management of security risk across the Group. This requires building extensive networks with other risk teams and working closely with second and third lines of defence
• We’ll look to you to provide advice and guidance on the best course of action required to manage or solve any identified security risks
• It’s an opportunity to use your risk and security expertise to create a well evidenced security environment while supporting other areas to do the same

What you'll do:

As a Security Consultant, you’ll stay abreast of industry good practice and regulations, finding ways to adopt these into our ways of working. You’ll work with teams in Security, across the group to promote high standards of Security. Additionally, you’ll prepare and communicate complex Security principles to expert and non-expert audiences across the bank.

Additionally, you’ll be:

• Enabling a culture of continuous improvement and collaborating with others, focusing on automation, embedding and robustly measuring controls
• Making sure that decisions are based on robust data, that demonstrate thoughtful and intelligent risk management
• Encouraging the identification of ideas and driving the delivery of initiatives that will reduce risk and simplify the bank
• Building and leveraging relationships with colleagues across the bank to ensure decisions made are risk focused and create long term value for the bank
• Delivering high quality services that address key areas of risk to meet the bank’s requirements
• You will be responsible for leading a team of domain specialists

The skills you'll need:

To succeed in this role, you'll need experience of leading or delivering risk and security. You'll also need excellent problem solving and leadership skills, allowing you to work with our stakeholders to create solutions that deliver for the business.

You’ll also need:

• A relevant security qualification, such as a CISSP or equivalent
• The ability to lead or influence teams of specialists, ensuring consistency in processes across multiple teams
• Experience in developing information security controls
• The ability to communicate technical issues in a clear and concise manner to stakeholders
• Knowledge of security good practices and risk frameworks

Hours:

35

Job Posting Closing Date:

03/04/2025

Ways of Working: Hybrid