Cybersecurity Risk & Advisory Manager

Crowe; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 105,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

Crowe is seeking a Cybersecurity Manager to lead engagements across banks, fintechs, and payments providers, translating complex cybersecurity risks into practical client guidance. You will advise on governance, third-party risk, and regulatory expectations while growing Crowe's financial-services cybersecurity capabilities.

The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and client relationships, with a strong foundation in digital assets, blockchain, and Banking-as-a-Service.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of professional experience in cybersecurity, technology risk, IT audit, security consulting, or a related field.
• Experience working in or serving the financial-services industry, such as banking, fintech, payments, capital markets, asset management, insurance, or financial-market infrastructure.
• Broad exposure to emerging financial technologies and business models, which may include digital assets, cryptocurrency, blockchain, stablecoins, tokenization, digital-asset custody, embedded finance, payments innovation, or Banking-as-a-Service.
• Ability to identify and explain the cybersecurity, third-party-risk, data-protection, compliance, and operational-resilience implications of emerging financial technologies.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity governance and controls, including identity and access management, data protection, cloud and application security, third-party risk, incident response, and business continuity.
• Demonstrated ability to learn unfamiliar technologies and business processes, identify relevant risks, and apply established cybersecurity and control principles.
• Experience managing cybersecurity or technology-risk engagements from planning through reporting.
• Strong written, verbal, project-management, and client-relationship skills.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• One or more professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, or an equivalent cybersecurity credential.

Responsibilities

• Lead cybersecurity, technology-risk, and operational-resilience engagements for banks, fintech companies, payments providers, and organizations developing or supporting emerging financial products.
• Evaluate the cybersecurity implications of evolving technologies and business models, including digital assets, blockchain platforms, stablecoins, tokenized assets, cryptocurrency custody, embedded finance, and Banking-as-a-Service.
• Assess risks related to areas such as digital-asset custody, cryptographic-key management, wallet infrastructure, smart-contract dependencies, blockchain infrastructure, APIs, third-party integrations, cloud platforms, transaction integrity, and access controls.
• Help clients understand how established cybersecurity principles apply to new products, technologies, partnerships, and delivery models.
• Evaluate cybersecurity governance, control design, third-party risk, incident response, business continuity, and operational resilience across interconnected financial-services ecosystems.
• Advise clients on relationships among banks, fintech companies, program managers, technology providers, digital-asset custodians, and other critical third parties.
• Assess cybersecurity programs against applicable regulatory expectations and industry frameworks, including FFIEC, GLBA, NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and other relevant guidance.
• Communicate emerging risks and their business implications clearly to executives, risk committees, technical teams, and other client stakeholders.
• Manage engagements from planning through reporting, including scope, team oversight, client communication, quality, timelines, and budgets.
• Mentor junior professionals and contribute to the continued development of Crowe's financial-services cybersecurity capabilities.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Technology risk

IT audit

Security consulting

Client relationship

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CISSP

CISM

CRISC

Job description

Crowe is seeking a Cybersecurity Manager to lead engagements across banks, fintechs, and payments providers, translating complex cybersecurity risks into practical client guidance. You will advise on governance, third-party risk, and regulatory expectations while growing Crowe's financial-services cybersecurity capabilities.

The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and client relationships, with a strong foundation in digital assets, blockchain, and Banking-as-a-Service.