Strategic Financial Services Cybersecurity Consultant

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

Job summary

Crowe is seeking a Financial Services Cybersecurity Senior Consultant to support second‑line risk assessments and regulatory advisory across banks, insurers, and fintech clients. You’ll translate technical cybersecurity risks into business context and collaborate with client leaders to strengthen risk governance and resilience.

Join Crowe’s team to address evolving cyber threats, regulatory expectations, and technology risk while advancing your career through mentoring and practice development.

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 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 advisory

Project management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Job description

Crowe is seeking a Financial Services Cybersecurity Senior Consultant to support second‑line risk assessments and regulatory advisory across banks, insurers, and fintech clients. You’ll translate technical cybersecurity risks into business context and collaborate with client leaders to strengthen risk governance and resilience.

Join Crowe’s team to address evolving cyber threats, regulatory expectations, and technology risk while advancing your career through mentoring and practice development.