Associate Manager - Cybersecurity in Transaction Strategy and Execution

Ernst & Young LLP ( EY India ); Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EY Bengaluru invites you to join the S&O - Associate Manager role within EY-Parthenon, offering exposure to Transaction Strategy, IT integration, and cybersecurity across global client engagements. You will lead workstreams, shape integration plans, and guide teams through challenging deal life cycles.

A post‑graduate degree in business with 5–8 years of applicable consulting experience is required, along with strong leadership, communication, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Post Graduate degree in business management and 5–8 years of applicable consulting experience.
• Strong leadership and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience in Transaction Strategy, Cybersecurity Strategy or Technology Transformation in a top-tier firm.

Responsibilities

• Lead large IT project execution with end-to-end lifecycle management.
• Advise on cybersecurity integration and separation during M&A deals.
• Develop cyber risk, governance and compliance workstreams.
• Support business development activities and client engagements.

Skills

Cybersecurity

M&A

IT risk

Leadership

Communication

Education

Post Graduate degree in business management

Tools

CISSP/CCSP/CISM/CISA certifications

Job description

EYP - S And O - Associate Manager At EY, you'll 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 we're 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.

About the job

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom. At EY, we don't just focus on who you are now, but who you can become. We believe that it's your career and "It's" yours to build which means potential here is limitless and we'll provide you with motivating and fulfilling experiences throughout your career to help you on the path to becoming your best professional self.

About EY-Parthenon

EY-Parthenon is a leading global strategy consulting organization, providing deep sector expertise and strategic insights to help clients navigate complex business challenges. We offer a dynamic work environment that fosters innovation and growth, with a strong emphasis on client impact and personal development. Within SaT – EY Parthenon, the Transaction Strategy and Execution team services clients with a full range of hands-on, operationally focused support and advice across the transaction life cycle, across buyers and sellers. We cover a wide range of operational aspects, including divestiture advisory services, carve‑out readiness and support, operational due diligence, synergy assessment and delivery, day‑one readiness assessment, 100‑day planning, integration process support, carve‑out/stand‑alone costs assessment and risks, and cost reduction. Our professionals work on transactions and business development across the globe.

What We Offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well‑known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever‑expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career. Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next. Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way. Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs. Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

EY | Building a better working world

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long‑term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

The Opportunity

EY‑Parthenon’s GDS Transaction Strategy and Execution (TSE) Technology team helps clients with IT‑related aspects of M&A transactions: Deal tech: The TSE Technology team assesses the technology ecosystem and its role in M&A transactions. Cybersecurity: Managing sign‑to‑close, and post‑integration activities from an Information Security perspective EY‑Parthenon’s GDS TSE Technology professionals help clients navigate transaction risk and increase value from the beginning of a deal to its execution. This role requires prior expertise in managing complex IT integrations, separations, and transitions during mergers, acquisitions with extensive knowledge of information security, identity and access management, detection and response, and cyber risk and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• M&A Cybersecurity Integration & Separation: Identify cybersecurity risks and integration/separation challenges across buy‑side and sell‑side transactions. Design and execute cybersecurity integration and separation plans aligned with business goals. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure seamless cyber integration during the sign‑to‑close phase. Identify risks and issues related to cyber during the deal process and develop mitigation strategies. Provide expertise in cyber cost optimization and consolidation post‑deal closure.
• Cybersecurity Strategy Development: Develop comprehensive cybersecurity strategies post‑transaction to align with business and regulatory requirements. Advise clients on target operating models for cybersecurity functions.
• Cyber Risk & Compliance: Conduct cyber risk assessments leveraging frameworks like NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and regulatory requirements (GDPR, CCPA, etc.). Provide recommendations for achieving and maintaining regulatory compliance.
• Identity and Access Management (IAM): Assess and design IAM strategies and solutions during M&A activities. Ensure identity security is maintained throughout integration or divestiture processes.
• Cyber Maturity Assessment: Conduct cyber maturity assessments pre‑ and post‑M&A to evaluate the cybersecurity posture of organizations. Create remediation roadmaps to enhance cybersecurity maturity.
• Data Security Strategy: Develop strategies to protect sensitive information assets across the data lifecycle. Address data governance, classification, privacy and protection considerations.
• Detection and Response: Design and advise on detection and incident response capabilities. Ensure continuity of threat monitoring and response processes during organizational transitions.
• Cyber Program Management: Manage large to mid‑sized engagements or workstreams of large engagements that help clients solve some of their most pressing issues during transaction lifecycle. Support key decision makers in developing and executing their transaction strategy to secure deal value. Manage the execution of integration and separation projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. Document lessons learned and best practices to improve future IT deal processes.
• Business Development: Assist in business development activities, including preparing internal materials, GTM content and presentations for client and internal pursuit meetings, engage on larger SaT projects and pitch for potential technology interventions. Ability to analyse the evolving market environment and build solutions / services to cater to the same. Develop Point of View documents and support business development initiatives.

Skills and attributes for success

• Business and Commercially Driven - work in a fast‑paced, exciting environment with strong business acumen to drive value to our clients
• Capability Development - contribute to our practice development initiatives, supporting the continued focus on our team as a great place to work
• Learning - learn and develop technical and personal skills to support achievement of career goals, through a blend of structured learning, coaching and experiences
• Building Relationships - cultivate strong working relationships with clients and support to key decision makers

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A post Graduate degree in business management from a premier institute with 5‑8 years of applicable consulting experience
• At least 4 years of experience in Transaction Strategy, Cybersecurity Strategy or Technology Transformation in a top tier consulting firm
• Lead large IT project execution experience with in‑depth knowledge of IT project life cycles.
• Broad knowledge and deep understanding of one or more cyber areas such as Cyber Security Framework (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, MITRE ATT&CK), compliance frameworks (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA), security architecture etc.
• Experience in using cyber maturity models (e.g., CMMI, NIST, bespoke maturity models)
• Experience in Technology aspects of Transaction lifecycle during Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures, and Carveouts.
• Post‑Deal transaction lifecycle: Working experience in post‑deal lifecycle for Sell and Separate and Buy and Integrate transactions: Separation / Integration planning, Standalone models and Costing, Infrastructure Separation, Cutover Management, TSA Costing and Exit, Day‑1 planning, and Logical Separation
• Experienced in Business Development activities such as RFPs, opportunity pursuits, winning large to mid‑sized deals
• Strong leadership and team management abilities, with experience in building and motivating high‑performing teams
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels
• Good to have relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP/CCSP/CISM/CISA etc.)

What you can look for

• A Team of people with commercial acumen, technology experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast‑moving environment
• An opportunity to be a part of market‑leading, multi‑disciplinary team of 3,500+ professionals
• Opportunities to work with EY SaT practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries