Senior Cybersecurity Consultant, Financial Services

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

Job summary

Crowe is seeking a Financial Services Cybersecurity Senior Consultant to help clients navigate evolving cyber threats and regulatory expectations. You’ll work in a second-line capacity across banks, insurers, and asset managers, delivering risk-based cybersecurity solutions and insights.

In this role you will lead risk assessments, advise on frameworks and governance, and communicate findings to senior leadership. The position supports growth in Crowe's cybersecurity practice and client services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity or a related field.
• 2+ years of cybersecurity, technology risk, information security, regulatory advisory, or related consulting or industry roles.
• Experience with or supporting financial services organizations or other regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead 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 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 IAM, data protection, cloud security, third-party risk, vulnerability management, incident response, and cyber resilience.
• Support regulatory readiness, examinations, remediation efforts, and responses to regulatory findings.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and extension of client CISO and enterprise risk teams, providing second-line oversight.
• Communicate cybersecurity risks, findings, and recommendations to technical teams and executives.

Skills

Cybersecurity experience

Regulatory advisory

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity / Information Systems / CS / Engineering / Risk Management / Finance

Tools

FFIEC / GLBA / NYDFS Part 500 / SEC cyber requirements / NIST CSF / NIST 800-53 / CIS Controls

Job description

Crowe is seeking a Financial Services Cybersecurity Senior Consultant to help clients navigate evolving cyber threats and regulatory expectations. You’ll work in a second-line capacity across banks, insurers, and asset managers, delivering risk-based cybersecurity solutions and insights.

In this role you will lead risk assessments, advise on frameworks and governance, and communicate findings to senior leadership. The position supports growth in Crowe's cybersecurity practice and client services.