IT Risk and Security Consultant

Knowledge & Experience:

• 6 or more years of working experience in IT Security, Risk and Governance practices.
• Evidence of influencing senior stakeholders and dealing with external auditors and regulators
• Excellent interpersonal skills and good oral and written communication skills
• Good understanding of process models in ISO and industry standards relating to IT Security, Risk and Governance.
• Good understanding of security and risk management in financial institutions.
• Good understanding of innovations / trends in IT and fintech in particular
• Recent experience in the governance of agile and other digital/innovation ways of working
• Good experience of enforcing good governance across an outsourced IT resourcing model.
• Strong analytical capabilities and knowledge of related tools and processes. Proven ability to handle volume detail and summarize effectively
• Excellent knowledge all aspects of technology: infrastructure; operations, security, development, change/transformation, support, innovation, vendor management etc., and banking related processes especially risk management. Should have demonstrable experience of working in the majority of these domains.
• Good understanding of technology processes across a full service IT organization. Should have demonstrable experience in these areas.
• Good understanding of banking related environments – especially around high availability, data confidentiality, security etc.
• Good understanding of project management to drive the team to deliver to objectives and to oversight the division’s change governance
• Good understanding of technology trends to keep the policies and procedures ahead of the curve
• Good knowledge in different IT process models (ITIL / ISO / COBIT etc.).
• High Performance attitude and track record to evidence
• Adequate forward planning and implementation of improvement initiatives
• Budget and cost management
• Utilization of resources – Effective utilization of staff to deliver planned and unplanned outcomes to agreed timelines
• User satisfaction – Feedback from business units and other IT teams on the collaborative support provided by the unit
• Quality – Availability of record of activities carried out by the unit, in compliance with quality assurance requirements
• Risk management – Effective management of risks in the infrastructure operations
• Vendor management – Efficient use of outsourced vendor teams. Performance of vendors as per committed SLAs
• Staff development – Staff turnover, availability of skills, staff satisfaction, and talent management

Skills:

• Relationship management
• Influencing skills
• Big picture thinker with attention to details
• Strong change and communication skills
• Strong analysis skills
• Strong interpersonal skills

Resource (time and people) management skills