Security Consultant – Risk & Resilience - Financial Services

Accenture; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Volunteering leave

Learning and development

Global opportunities

Flexible/hybrid working

Diverse and inclusive environment

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Financial Services Cybersecurity Risk & Resilience Consultant to join our growing UK & Ireland Cybersecurity Practice. You will support leading banks, insurers, and capital markets firms to strengthen resilience to cyber threats, technology failures, and operational disruptions.

You will work with clients to identify, assess, and manage cyber and technology risk while ensuring compliance with evolving regulatory and resilience requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security, Information Technology, Business, Risk Management, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Experience in cyber security, technology risk, operational resilience, risk management, or a related field.
• Experience working within financial services or other highly regulated industries.
• Understanding of cyber risk management, operational resilience, business continuity, disaster recovery, and incident response principles.
• Knowledge of common security and risk frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, COBIT, CIS Controls, and FFIEC guidance.
• Familiarity with financial services regulatory requirements relating to technology risk and resilience.
• Experience conducting risk assessments, control reviews, audits, compliance assessments, or governance activities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex risks and develop practical recommendations.
• Excellent written, verbal, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency, insight generation, or risk management outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, and manage cyber, technology, and operational resilience risks across critical business services and technology environments.
• Develop and implement cyber resilience, operational resilience, and technology risk management frameworks.
• Conduct risk assessments, control reviews, and resilience evaluations to identify vulnerabilities and opportunities.
• Design and execute scenario testing, cyber exercises, tabletop exercises, and resilience validation activities.
• Assess effectiveness of security controls against regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Identify important business services, impact tolerances, and supporting assets in resilience programmes.
• Support third-party and supply chain risk management activities, including security assessments.
• Help clients prepare for and respond to cyber incidents and disruptions.
• Translate regulatory requirements into practical policies and implementation plans.
• Produce risk reports, presentations, and governance-ready recommendations.
• Collaborate with client teams across security, risk, compliance, and business functions to drive resilience.

Skills

Cyber security

Risk management

Operational resilience

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security or related field

Tools

NIST

ISO 27001

CIS Controls

Job description

Security Consultant – Risk & Resilience - Financial Services

Location Flexible: UK (With Client Travel)

Career Level: Consultant

Salary: Competitive Salary & Package (Dependent on Experience)

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

"Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us." –Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

As a team

We are seeking Financial Service Cybersecurity Risk & Resilience Consultant to join our rapidly growing UK & Ireland Financial Services Cybersecurity Practice.

You will become a pivotal member of a high-performing team that working on the most complex security challenges in the financial sector – banking, payments, capital markets, and insurance – to help safeguard the economy of which we all depend.

You’ll work on innovative projects with colleagues to drive collaboration from strategy through to implementation. You will be using the latest technologies with clients to help them get to the next level. You’ll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

Role Responsibilities

As part of our Financial Services Cyber Security practice, you will help leading banks, insurers, capital markets firms, and payment providers strengthen their resilience to cyber threats, technology failures, and operational disruptions.

You will work with clients to identify, assess, and manage cyber and technology risk while supporting compliance with evolving regulatory and operational resilience requirements.

You will:

• Support clients in identifying, assessing, and managing cyber, technology, and operational resilience risks across critical business services and technology environments.
• Assist in the development and implementation of cyber resilience, operational resilience, and technology risk management frameworks.
• Conduct risk assessments, control reviews, and resilience evaluations to identify vulnerabilities and improvement opportunities.
• Support the design and execution of scenario testing, cyber exercises, tabletop exercises, and resilience validation activities.
• Assess the effectiveness of security, technology, and operational controls against regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Contribute to the identification of important business services, impact tolerances, and supporting assets within operational resilience programmes.
• Support third-party and supply chain risk management activities, including security assessments and due diligence reviews.
• Help clients prepare for, respond to, and learn from cyber incidents and operational disruption events.
• Interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into practical policies, controls, and implementation plans.
• Produce clear risk reports, presentations, and recommendations for stakeholders and governance forums.
• Work collaboratively with client teams across security, technology, risk, compliance, and business functions to drive resilience outcomes.

Support the delivery of client engagements, including workshops, assessments, maturity reviews, and transformation programmes

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security, Information Technology, Business, Risk Management, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Experience in cyber security, technology risk, operational resilience, risk management, or a related field.
• Experience working within financial services or other highly regulated industries.
• Understanding of cyber risk management, operational resilience, business continuity, disaster recovery, and incident response principles.
• Knowledge of common security and risk frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, COBIT, CIS Controls, and FFIEC guidance.
• Familiarity with financial services regulatory requirements relating to technology risk and resilience.
• Experience conducting risk assessments, control reviews, audits, compliance assessments, or governance activities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex risks and develop practical recommendations.
• Excellent written, verbal, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency, insight generation, or risk management outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, CBCI, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer/Auditor, or equivalent.
• Experience supporting regulatory programmes involving PRA, FCA, DORA, NIS2, ECB, EBA, or similar regulatory frameworks.
• Knowledge of operational resilience requirements, including important business services, impact tolerances, and scenario testing.
• Experience with business continuity management, disaster recovery, crisis management, or cyber resilience testing.
• Understanding of cloud risk, third-party risk management, and supply chain security.
• Familiarity with banking, insurance, payments, capital markets, or wealth management operating environments.

• Previous consulting experience or experience working directly with business, risk, compliance, and technology stakeholders.

What's in it for you

At Accenture, you'll work alongside some of the industry's leading cyber security professionals, helping clients solve complex business and technology challenges.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer:

• 30 days annual leave, plus public holidays
• Private medical insurance
• An additional three days of paid volunteering leave each year
• Access to industry-leading learning, certifications, and career development programmes
• Opportunities to work with leading financial institutions and global organisations
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• A diverse, inclusive, and collaborative working environment

Flexibility and mobility are important for this role, as there may be opportunities to spend time onsite with clients and partners while delivering the high-quality services for which Accenture is known.