Business Information Security Officer

Raymondjames; Saint Petersburg (FL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Raymond James is seeking a Business Information Security Officer (BISO) to liaison with business units within our Private Client Group. This role balances security risk with business strategy, influencing senior leaders to embrace security initiatives and align with regulatory requirements.

The position follows a hybrid workstyle with a minimum of 3 days per week in an office. Not eligible for Work Visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Qualifications

• Financial services experience highly preferred.
• Knowledge of information security programs including audit reviews, risk assessment, awareness and training, identity and access management, data protections, secure SDLC, incident management, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, third-party assessment, secure configurations and patch management.
• Technical skills and proficiency in Windows, UNIX, SQL, Tandem and related platforms.
• Clear verbal communications; provide guidance on expressing ideas, requesting actions and policies.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and ensure full compliance with security policies and standards.

Responsibilities

• Articulate security perspectives to the business and translate it into effective controls.
• Align security with business strategy and needs through clear communication with IS team.
• Counsel on regulatory information security compliance and drive adherence across units.
• Represent business units in developing policies and standards.
• Serve as primary contact for IT audits and coordinate with leadership to close action items.

Skills

InfoSec programs

Audit & risk

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Security governance

Threat assessment

IT controls

Communication skills

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Business Information Security Officer (BISO) liaises with our business units and serves as the primary point of contact between Information Security and our business units. Coverage for this opportunity will be with our Private Client Group division. The BISO assists in enabling business strategies, while balancing the security risk and ensuring security is aligned with business strategies. Interacts with all levels of leadership in the firm to accelerate solutions through better communication and alignment. The key to success is the ability to influence senior business leaders about the need to embrace security initiatives.

Job Description

This position follows our hybrid workstyle policy : Expected to be in a Raymond James office location a minimum of 3 days a week.

Please note: This role is not eligible for Work Visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future.

Responsibilities:

• Articulates the security perspective to the business and helps them understand the potential impact and possible controls in business terms
• Communicates business knowledge and requirements to the Information Security organization thus ensuring security is aligned with business strategy and need
• Counsels business units in understanding regulatory information security compliance requirements and helps ensure compliance
• Represents the business unit in development of policies and standards
• Act as primary point of contact for all IT internal audits, participates in scoping, deliverable requests and collaborates with senior leadership to clear audit reports and ensure action plans are complete and effective
• Ensures IT owners are held accountable for their controls and understand responsibilities as to risk mitigation and remediation as well as compliance to security policy and standards to reduce liabilities
• Understands and reports on the overall information security risk posture of the business unit, and provides an enterprise view of vulnerabilities and associated risks to both the business and information security
• Focuses on process improvement to manage risk, proactively prevent problems and identify opportunities for efficiencies and automation.
• Investigates security incidents for the business and works with Information Security teams to recommend/implement appropriate corrective actions
• Understands, tests and implements security plans, products, strategies and control techniques
• May lead or participate in security related projects and strategy
• Design and implement disaster recovery and contingency plans to protect company data
• Help develop procedures for an area of the organization and monitor their implementation
• Contribute to stakeholder engagement by identifying stakeholders; by finding out their needs, issues, and concerns; and by reacting to these needs, issues, and concerns, arranging meetings and events and drafting supporting materials to promote understanding and commitment
• Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media
• Support strategy formulation for digital by exploring how information technology can be used to help the organization become more responsive to customer needs and changing business requirements
• Provide specialist advice on the interpretation and application of policies and procedures, resolving queries and issues and referring very complex or contentious issues to others
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Skills:

• Financial services experience highly preferred
• Knowledge of Information Security programs including, but not limited to, audit reviews, risk assessment, awareness and training, identity and access management, data protections, secure SDLC, incident management, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, third-party assessment, secure configurations and patch management
• Advanced knowledge of infrastructure and logical security technology with experience working with ITIL, ISO 17799 and/ or CoBit processes and procedures
• Experience translating business drivers and priorities into security design
• Knowledge of government and other regulations related to Information Security (e.g., GLBA, SOXA 404, FFIEC, PCI, Privacy, HIPAA, etc.)
• Technical skills and proficiency in a wide array of platforms and systems (e.g., Windows, UNIX, SQL, Tandem)
• Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas, requesting actions and formulating plans or policies
• Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on achieving full compliance with applicable rules a