Senior Consultant, Cyber Security Cyber Risk & Compliance FS GB

EY US; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A top financial advisory firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Consultant for their Cyber Security practice. In this role, you will lead client engagements, mentor junior consultants, and contribute to business development initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in cyber security and project management, along with strong communication skills to interact effectively with clients. This position requires a blend of technical ability, strategic insight, and leadership to deliver exceptional outcomes for financial services clients.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration package

Support for flexible working

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Broad experience in Cyber Security with technology involvement and risk awareness.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Experience in managing and developing junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Cyber Security engagements and manage client engagement teams.
• Support business development activities including proposal writing.
• Mentor junior staff and contribute to their professional development.

Skills

Cyber security experience

Project management

Communication skills

People management

Understanding of regulatory landscape

Education

Relevant cyber security qualifications

Tools

Microsoft Security Copilot

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Senior Consultant Cyber FS

At EY were all in to shape your future with confidence.

Well help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Onsite requirement: you are required to be onsite 3 times per week in your local office which can be Edinburgh Bristol or London.

At EY youll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are with the global scale support inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And were counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself and a better working world for all.

It is an exciting time for our Financial Services Cyber Security practice. Were looking for Senior Consultants to join our ever expanding team of professionals to help us deliver the exceptional client experience.

The opportunity

EYs EMEIA Cyber Practice is rapidly growing and the UK team is looking for a Cyber Security Senior Consultant experienced in working on a range of projects covering the breadth of Cyber Security including : Cyber Strategy Development Cyber Programme Management and Definition Cyber Maturity Assessments Cyber Transformation and Cyber Risk.

You will join an expanding team of over 1000 Cyber professionals across EMEIA and align to the UK team dedicated to providing Cyber advisory services to leading Financial Services organisations.

Your key responsibilities

UK Financial Services Cyber Security professionals draw upon their knowledge and experience to manage client engagement teams act as an advisor to a variety of clients and contribute to business development activities on strategic and global priority accounts.

Drawing on their industry knowledge and experience professionals provide innovative commercial insights for clients adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs and contribute to thought leadership. Professionals also actively improve operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives in line with EY's commitment to quality.

Your role will require you to deliver engagements with teams of different sizes under the guidance of Managers and Senior Managers. You will help to create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel junior team members to assist in their professional development. You will lead by example and act as a role model for our people in the way that you live our values.

Client responsibilities

Deliver Cyber Security engagements

Supporting in client business development activities including proposal writing and presentations to potential clients

Support senior members of the team in go-to-market activities across UK in collaboration with our European teams

Build EY brand awareness and start to build key client relationships

Assist in managing financial aspects of engagements by organising staffing tracking fees and communicating issues to engagement partners

Build strong internal relationships within Consulting and across other services

People responsibilities

Develop people through effectively supervising coaching and mentoring staff

Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff

Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting retaining and training Cyber professionals

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role you must have :

Broad cyber security experience with a combination of technology involvement business knowledge and risk awareness

Pragmatic approach to identifying and explaining cyber risks within complex transformation initiatives

Project management and delivery experience across the following Cyber Security areas : frameworks (e.g. NIST CSF CPMI-IOSCO ISO NIST CRI Profile - Financial Services sector-specific distillation of the NIST CSF MITRE etc.) assessments implementation roadmap definition (tactical and strategic) strategy risk identification and management controls framework programme management and target operating modelling

Understanding of the Financial Services Cyber Security threat landscape and the UK Financial Services regulatory landscape (e.g. PRA FCA BoE ECB MAS)

Awareness of security frameworks standards and regulations within the UK Financial Services sector (ISO27001 NIST SP800-53 PCI-DSS DORA etc.)

Experience in supporting winning proposals and RFP responses and working in complex multinational engagements

Excellent communication skills both oral and written

Experience in people management coaching and development of colleagues

Security and Cloud related qualifications such as : CISSP CISA CRISC CRISK CCSP CCSK TOGAF SABSA and / or vendor architectural qualifications in : AWS Azure and / or GCP is a plus

Experience with Microsoft Security Copilot gen AI LLM ChatGPT etc.

Ideally youll also have :

Some experience and an understanding of the concepts and terminology in the following :

Cyber Security architecture design and implementation experience including Cloud

Identity & Access Management (IAM) and solutions (e.g. Saviynt Entra ID SailPoint etc. )

Endpoint security (e.g. Defender Tanium CrowdStrike etc.)

Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) (e.g. Sentinel Splunk QRadar etc.)

Cloud Security (CASB / CSPM) (e.g. CASB Zscaler etc.)

Security Orchestration & Response (SOAR) (e.g. Palo Alto IBM etc.)

Data Loss Protection and Data protection (e.g. Purview Symantec etc.)

Security assessments related to threat vulnerability and penetration testing (e.g. MITRE CBEST Tiber)

What we look for

We look for candidates with experience in the industry that can prove their knowledge of Cyber regulations and frameworks in the UK. We are looking for people with the motivation and ambition to lead teams and the communication skills required to interact with clients.

What we offer

We offer a competitive remuneration package where youll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs covering holidays health and well-being insurance savings and a wide range of discounts offers and promotions. Plus we offer :

• Continuous learning : Youll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you : Well provide the tools and flexibility so you can make a meaningful impact your way.
• Transformative leadership : Well give you the insights coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture : Youll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. Its yours to build.

Apply now.

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