Security Assurance Senior Consultant

Job Title, Grade: Security Assurance Senior Consultant, Specialist

Job Type: Permanent 

Location: This role could be based in either our Birmingham, Telford or Edinburgh offices with time spent working in the office and at home - the role will be primarily home based with occasional travel required into the office as and when required. 

Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. 

Closing Date: 05/07/2024

Salary and benefits: £53,000 - £60,000 plus 16% bonus up to 32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more

We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as a Security Assurance Senior Consultant to join our Security Assurance  team. 

Who are we?

We want to be the best place that any of our 6,800 colleagues have ever worked.

We’re the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business. We offer our 12 million customers products across our market-leading brands, including Standard Life, SunLife and ReAssure, with c.£259 billion of assets under administration. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.

The role 

An exciting opportunity as part of a growing and well-respected team within our leading financial services organisation, you will be directly responsible for the relationship management and oversight of our strategic partners. Additionally, you will take the lead on a number of key areas and will have the chance to really make a difference. If you already have a good grounding in Information Security (IS) and/or third-party relationship management, this is an ideal opportunity for you to further develop your skills in a supportive and well rewarded environment. Your accountabilities will include:

• Overseeing the day-to-day management of our Cyber Band A suppliers (Relationship Management)
• Articulating risks within a supplier’s control environment to the relevant business stakeholders and governance bodies
• Working with and challenging our existing suppliers to ensure adequate oversight, governance, risk identification as well as driving ongoing improvements
• Providing advice and guidance to business stakeholders regarding a supplier’s risk position
• Leading on monthly security meetings with strategic partners 
• Driving the ongoing development and maintenance of the annual supplier assurance plan 
• Planning assurance reviews on the performance & effectiveness of IS controls in line with the annual assurance plan for key outsourced service providers
• Supporting engagements with internal & external relationship managers across our wide ecosystem of suppliers
• Leading on managing global supplier breaches and ‘zero day’ vulnerability coordination (internal & external)

 What are we looking for?

This is a broad relationship management role and would suit someone with strong relationship management skills or has a broad knowledge of information security risks and controls and who enjoys variety on this subject matter. Your skills will include some or all the following areas:

• A proven track record of strong relationship management with third parties
• Able to communicate with and challenge counterparts in outsourcers and other external suppliers
• Able to describe, communicate and promote information security solutions in a manner that the wider business community can understand
• Knowledge of IS risks with an understanding of the full spectrum of IS controls
• Able to work flexibly and supportively within a small team
• Good planning and organisational skills, with strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Able to plan and manage external dependencies
• Able to define challenging objectives and achieve them
• Excellent written, oral, presentation and facilitation skills

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you. 

 If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best. 

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