Cyber Advisory - Senior Consultant
4 days ago
London
Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network providing audit & assurance, tax, and advisory services. Forvis Mazars in the UK spans 14 offices across the nation and has over 3,400 professionals, with 190 partners. We have a clear purpose and a shared commitment to shape a better future. You'll join a collaborative and inclusive team where you're supported to grow your skills, explore new opportunities, and contribute from day one. You'll work with a diverse client base, develop meaningful connections, and gain experience that extends beyond your local team. Together, we grow, belong and impact. The Cyber Advisory team provides cyber security assurance, advice and guidance to clients on all aspects to help them build and maintain a robust security environment. We identify cyber risks and work closely with clients to understand their unique set of digital opportunities and challenges, providing tailored and strategic advice and guidance. We support our clients in assessing, building and managing their cyber security capabilities, from ensuring compliance with industry regulations, and mitigating potential risks to moving them towards a more mature security posture. Within the national cyber security team you will be responsible for delivering cyber security assurance and advisory work to a range of clients nationally and internationally. Our broad range of clients, including those in FTSE 350, will allow you to gain experience across a range of sectors including: • Financial Services, Banking, Insurance and Investment, • Corporates/Private Sector/Industry & Services, • Central and Local Government Your responsibilities will include: • Being actively involved in the delivery of our Internal Audit/Consulting engagements., • Act a subject matter expert in various security and risk management domains (e.g., IT risk management, cyber risk, security target operating model, governance, compliance, cyber security maturity assessment, metrics and C-level dashboards…) and leading industry-based practices (e.g. NIST CSF, ISO 2700x…), • Managing the coordination and communication of key findings and results of engagements, producing written reports and supporting oral presentations to senior client management and key senior stakeholders, • Maintaining an expertise and currency in industry trends, • Managing and mentoring junior consultants assigned as members of engagements The candidate will be expected to use their technical expertise to delivery projects and to ensure that our clients comply with their regulatory obligations including NIS2 or DORA. You will need to have a broad experience of security risk management and have evidence of experience in a number of the following fields of expertise: • Full understanding of the DORA regulation & NIS2 Directive and experience in implementing the regulations, • Experience working with regulated financial services entities, • 3+ years' varied experience in information security, risk management, • Strong understanding of security governance, risk, and compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST 800-53 / CSF, NIS2 and DORA, • Hands-on experience building credibility with external stakeholders, • Proven ability to guide and collaborate with senior stakeholders in a similar GRC, security, or risk management role, • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly and effectively to non-technical stakeholders, • The ability to explain complex topics to a diverse range of audiences, • Strong attention to detail and the ability to deliver high quality work We seek to attract, develop, and retain the best talent, inclusive of sex, ethnicity, disability, socio-economic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, and faith. We select candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience and aim to support all our team members to reach their potential. At Forvis Mazars, we promote an environment in which you can grow your skills, belong to a team that values your ideas, and make an impact that matters.