Financial Services Cyber Risk Leader

Crowe; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 81,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Crowe is seeking a Financial Services Cybersecurity Senior Consultant to help financial institutions navigate evolving cyber threats, regulatory expectations, and technology risks by delivering practical, risk-based cybersecurity solutions. This role focuses on second-line cybersecurity and technology risk management and advisory, not internal audit.

You will work with banks, insurers, asset and wealth managers, fintechs, and other financial services organizations to assess and enhance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 2+ years of experience in cybersecurity, technology risk, information security, regulatory advisory, or related consulting or industry roles.
• Experience working with or supporting financial services organizations or other highly regulated environments.
• Understanding of second-line risk management, including risk assessment, oversight and challenge, issue management, risk appetite, governance, and reporting.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and financial services regulatory expectations.
• Strong analytical, project management, written communication, and executive presentation skills.
• Ability to translate technical cybersecurity risks into clear business and risk implications.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support second-line cybersecurity and technology risk assessments, program enhancements, and transformation initiatives.
• Assess cybersecurity governance, policies and standards, risk and control frameworks, risk appetite, metrics/KRIs, issue management, and executive and board reporting.
• Advise clients on financial services regulatory expectations and industry frameworks, including FFIEC, GLBA, NYDFS Part 500, SEC cybersecurity requirements, NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, and CIS Controls.
• Provide cybersecurity risk expertise across areas such as IAM, data protection, cloud security, third-party risk, vulnerability management, incident response, and cyber resilience.
• Support cybersecurity regulatory readiness, examinations, remediation efforts, and responses to regulatory findings.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and extension of client CISO, cybersecurity risk, technology risk, and enterprise risk teams, providing effective second-line oversight and challenge.
• Communicate cybersecurity risks, findings, and recommendations clearly to technical teams, senior executives, and board-level stakeholders.
• Lead engagement workstreams, mentor junior team members, and contribute to financial services cybersecurity practice and solution development.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Regulatory knowledge

Communication skills

Risk assessment

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Risk Management, Finance, or a related field

Job description

Crowe is seeking a Financial Services Cybersecurity Senior Consultant to help financial institutions navigate evolving cyber threats, regulatory expectations, and technology risks by delivering practical, risk-based cybersecurity solutions. This role focuses on second-line cybersecurity and technology risk management and advisory, not internal audit.

You will work with banks, insurers, asset and wealth managers, fintechs, and other financial services organizations to assess and enhance