Senior Financial Services Cybersecurity Consultant

Crowe; Sarasota (FL); On-site; USD 81,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Crowe seeks a Financial Services Cybersecurity Senior Consultant to enhance second-line cybersecurity and risk programs for banks, insurers, and fintechs. You will guide regulatory readiness, risk assessments, and governance while delivering practical risk-based cybersecurity solutions.

You will collaborate across teams, mentor staff, and advise clients on frameworks and controls. This role focuses on second-line governance, risk management, and advisory services, helping clients navigate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Risk Management, Finance, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in cybersecurity, technology risk, information security, regulatory advisory, or related consulting or industry roles.
• Experience working with 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 knowledge

Analytical skills

Executive communication

Regulatory understanding

2+ years experience

Education

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

Tools

NIST CSF

NIST 800-53

CIS Controls

FFIEC

GLBA

NYDFS Part 500

SEC cybersecurity requirements

Job description

Crowe seeks a Financial Services Cybersecurity Senior Consultant to enhance second-line cybersecurity and risk programs for banks, insurers, and fintechs. You will guide regulatory readiness, risk assessments, and governance while delivering practical risk-based cybersecurity solutions.

You will collaborate across teams, mentor staff, and advise clients on frameworks and controls. This role focuses on second-line governance, risk management, and advisory services, helping clients navigate