Consultant, Cyber Protect

Control Risks is seeking a Consultant to join its rapidly growing Cyber Protect team. This is a unique opportunity to grow a fast-paced and distinctive advisory capability that requires a highly motivated and diligent client-facing individual to join an exceptional regional team.

The successful candidate will support the delivery of Control Risks’ Cyber security advisory engagements across the EMEA region. The candidate will need to demonstrate exceptional analysis, project management and business development skills. The candidate will also need to be a team-player who is passionate about delivering high quality cyber security advice to some of the world’s largest firms. 

Located in one of our three key European offices, the successful candidate will be able to travel up to 25% of working time, with the occasional need to travel over weekends. Travel will primarily be in Europe but may include travel to Africa and further afield. The successful candidate must hold a valid passport for international travel.

The successful candidate will have previous experience in a cyber security advisory role and will need to demonstrate deep understanding of cyber security challenges facing our clients. The candidate will have an established track-record of delivering cyber security risk assessment projects as well as an ability to communicate complex technology-driven issues to the executives at the C- level.

Delivering client projects

• Project management of cyber protect engagements (e.g., running kick-off meetings, refining outputs, developing recommendations)
• Delivering projects (e.g., helping clients understand what information assets are valuable for them, conducting cyber risk assessments against ISO and NIST standards, helping clients define target operating models.
• Working with key project stakeholders (e.g. gathering information from interviews, document reviews and presenting findings) while maintaining the confidence of the client through clear communication and good project management
• Working with external technical partners to deliver an integrated solutions and drawing out recommendations from their technical findings
• Working with other departments within Control Risks
• Provide flexible and responsive support as and when crisis management support is required and can be provided.

Business Development

• Developing proposals for future client work
• Project scoping and planning, to support pricing
• Contributing to and building complex, multi-service line proposal
• Cultivating long-term relationships with clients
• Participating in marketing and speaking events to build the Control Risks brand

Supporting the growth of the Cyber Response practice

• Helping to refine our cyber security methodologies and approaches
• Contributing to our professional development and training programme
• Educate other departments about cyber security and its developing our business and servic
• Knowledge and
  experience

Requirements

You must have all of these

• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Demonstratable experience of cyber security risk management within an established consultancy
• Proven experience in delivering risk assessments against industry standards (NIST CSF, 800-53 and ISO27001)
• Excellent knowledge of IT and network infrastructure
• Ability to see security from the attacker’s point of view

You might have some of these

• Broad corporate experience and understanding of the interaction between departments (such as HR, Finance and Security) and levels of governance within a commercial organisation
• Good knowledge of cyber risk issues impacting clients in EMEA and the US.
• Understanding of the cyber threat landscape and key cyber security concepts.
• Fluent in second European language
• Ability to communicate clearly in written and oral form at senior levels.
• Able to explain difficult technical concepts and ideas in non-technical terms.

Qualifications and
specialist skills

• Excellent academic record
• Ideally an undergraduate degree in a field related to security, information security, intelligence or computer science
• CISSP, SANs or similar industry qualifications/certifications are preferred
• Competencies
• Able to understand and analyse the client’s requirement to find solutions which are tailored to that client.
• An eagerness to find solutions which are practical and realistic to threats and risks that clients face.
• Capable of handling multiple priorities and tight deadlines while interacting with colleagues and clients in sometimes challenging situations.
• Strong interpersonal skills; must be collegial, outgoing and able to network and influence both internally and externally with a sense of variety in people, industries and functions.
• Ability to deliver business whilst maintaining highest professional standards – results orientated.
• Business and commercial acumen.
• Ability to think laterally.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

Behaviors

We are looking for people who

• Want to be part of something distinctive and unique that disrupts the market with a passion for cyber security
• Take pride in their work and have exceptional attention to detail.
• Want to be in a fast paced, innovative and highly stimulating environment
• Are flexible in challenging situations, and relish teamwork
• All employees are expected to display behaviours reflective of our company values: Integrity and Ethics, Collaboration and Teamwork, Commitment to People and Professionalism and Excellence.

Benefits

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
• We operate a discretionary global bonus scheme that incentivises, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
• As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.

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