Associate, Risk Advisory

 

Cyber Advisory Associates help lead our cyber resilience consultancy engagements.

 

You will work closely with our clients to understand their challenges, lead project teams and deliver innovative solutions across a full spectrum of cyber risk management and governance activities. Our aim is to become trusted advisors to our clients as we help them to navigate dynamic and evolving security risks. 

Our Associates are project managers and people managers, as well as consultants. You will join a thriving Advisory Practice in which you will support the development of junior colleagues, drive improvement in products and services and contribute to Practice strategy. 

We are seeking candidates with fluency in French or German in particular. 

Responsibilities 

 

Cyber Security Consultancy 

Lead consultancy engagements across a broad range of information security disciplines, including: 

• Assessing cyber security controls across people, process and technology 

• Framework assessments and security improvement planning 

• Cyber regulations, governance and compliance 

• Incident Response, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery 

• Security Training and Simulation Exercising 

• Threat Intelligence 

Project Management 

S-RM Consultants are organised and dynamic project managers and team leaders. You will: 

• Lead complex projects independently 

• Manage client engagement, communication and project planning activities 

• Lead client workshops and information gathering discussions 

• Oversee technical and governance focussed implementation plans 

• Work with internal client project teams, subcontractors and partners  

• Understand and utilise the full range of S-RM’s people and expertise 

• Manage junior colleagues and oversee career development where appropriate 

 

 

Client Engagement, Account Management and Business Development 

Our consultants are at the heart of our business development activities. You will: 

• Engage with clients to understand their cyber security challenges 

• Innovate solutions, create, propose and pitch cyber security engagements 

• Contribute to the expansion of client accounts and winning new business 

• Identify market opportunities 

 

Required 

• Previous experience in information security, cyber roles and / or technical domains  

• Prior consulting experience in a cyber role 

• Ability and willingness to manage complex projects 

• Excellent presentational skills, written work and attention to detail 

• Permission to work in the UK  

• Based in London, or able to travel to London regularly.  

 

Strongly Preferred 

• European languages as a strong preference, particularly French or German 

Demonstrable knowledge of: 

• Cyber Security frameworks, standards and regulations 

• Information security principles, tools, technologies and techniques 

• Technical cyber knowledge, including:  

• Cloud Security 

• Identity and Access Management  

• Software development lifecycle 

• Operational Technology 

• Industry accreditation such as SANS Institute, Security+, CISM, CISSP or ISO27001; 

 

 

Our benefits

We offer thoughtful, balanced rewards and support to help our people do their best work and live their lives outside it, this includes but is not exhaustive of:

• 25 days holiday per year in addition to bank holidays (+1 day for every year of service up to a maximum of 30 days in total);
• Hybrid working and flexible working hours;
• Matching pension contribution up to 7% (up to a maximum of 14% combined), and financial education;
• Life Insurance 4X annual salary.

Parental Support:

• Fertility treatment leave – 5 days of leave per cycle of treatment per year;
• Maternity leave – 26 weeks of full pay followed by 13 weeks of half pay;
• Paternity leave – 6 weeks of full pay.

Various Health and Medical Benefits including:

• Private dental and medical insurance (taxable benefit) for you and your family;
• Virtual GP for you and your family members that live in the same household;
• Various gym discounts for you and your partner;
• EAP programme for you and your immediate family;
• Free access to the world-famous mindfulness app Headspace.