Business Information Security Expert, Finance

Novartis; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 4,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis is seeking an experienced Business Information Security Expert (BISE) for the Finance portfolio in Hyderabad. You will partner with Finance teams to deliver governance, risk management, and secure-by-design practices across applications and platforms.

Responsibilities include advising on identity and data protection, managing third-party risks, and supporting audits and assurance activities. This role emphasizes executive communication and strong stakeholder engagement in a hybrid work

Qualifications

• 8+ years in enterprise information security and cybersecurity.
• Ability to assess risk across applications, infrastructure, cloud, identity, data, AI tools and third parties.
• Strong analytical, investigative and executive communication skills.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt in fast-moving environments.
• Judgement to distinguish material risk from technical noise.

Responsibilities

• Provide Information Security guidance for Finance applications throughout their lifecycle.
• Identify and communicate material security risks and remediation priorities.
• Ensure security requirements are considered early in design and development.
• Guide identity, access management, data protection and third-party risk.
• Support audits and assurance activities and address identified gaps.
• Coordinate with security teams to translate findings into actionable steps.
• Build strong partnerships across Finance, IT and Information Security.
• Translate complex security matters into business-focused recommendations.
• Drive continuous improvement across the portfolio.

Skills

Information Security

Cybersecurity

Governance & Controls

Risk Assessment

Stakeholder Management

Executive Communication

Autonomous Working

Problem Solving

Tools

SAP

Cloud Security

Identity & Access Management

Job description

Job Description Summary

Location: Hyderabad, India #LI-Hybrid

Internal job title: Associate Director DDIT ISC FM&A Compliance

About the Role

Finance relies on a complex portfolio of applications and technology platforms supporting critical business processes, data and reporting. Protecting this environment requires strong Information Security expertise combined with business judgement, effective governance and close partnership with the teams that own, operate and transform these solutions.

As a Business Information Security Expert (BISE) supporting Finance, you will act as a trusted Information Security adviser and business partner for a portfolio of Finance applications, platforms and initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Application Security & Governance: Provide Information Security guidance and oversight for assigned Finance applications, platforms and initiatives throughout their lifecycle.
• Risk & Security Posture Management: Identify, assess and communicate material security risks, vulnerabilities, control gaps and policy exceptions, helping stakeholders prioritize and drive appropriate remediation.
• Security by Design: Engage with projects and significant application changes to ensure security requirements are considered early and appropriately incorporated into solutions.
• Identity & Data Protection: Provide guidance on security areas including identity and access management, privileged access, sensitive information, data protection and application integrations.
• Third-Party Risk: Identify and help manage security risks associated with vendors, technology providers and externally delivered services.
• Audit & Assurance: Support security-related assurance, audit and compliance activities and help application teams address identified gaps.
• Security SME Coordination: Recognize when specialist expertise is required, engage the appropriate Information Security or Cybersecurity teams and translate their findings into practical actions.
• Business Partnership: Build strong relationships across Finance, DDIT and Information Security, constructively challenging where necessary while helping stakeholders achieve business objectives securely.
• Executive Communication: Translate complex security matters into clear business impact, recommendations and decisions.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify recurring risks and systemic weaknesses across the portfolio and help improve security governance and ways of working.

Essential Requirements

• 8+ years of experience with strong understanding and knowledge of enterprise Information Security and Cybersecurity, with experience in compliance, governance and controls aspects.
• Ability to assess risk across applications, infrastructure, cloud, identity, data, AI tools and third parties.
• Strong analytical, investigative and critical-thinking skills, pragmatic proportionate and risk-based decision-making.
• Ability to rapidly understand unfamiliar technologies, companies and business environments, and judgement to distinguish material risk from technical noise.
• Confidence making recommendations when information is incomplete, ambiguous or evolving.
• Excellent written, verbal and executive communication skills, with strong stakeholder-management and influencing capabilities.
• Ability to work autonomously while knowing when specialist expertise or escalation is required.
• Intellectual curiosity, ability to learn quickly and comfort operating in fast-moving, complex environments.

Desirable requirements

• Experience in Finance technology, enterprise applications, SAP, security governance, technology risk, audit and assurance, cloud security, identity and access management, third-party risk or another regulated environment is highly desirable

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Why Novartis?

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture