Manager, Cyber Security, Generalist, Financial Services

Manager, Cyber Security, Generalist, Financial Services

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, 
support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re 
counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. 

It is an exciting time for our Financial Services Cyber Security practice. We’re looking for 
Managers to join our ever-expanding team of professionals to help us deliver the 
exceptional client experience.

The opportunity
You can be based at our Canary Wharf office in London or our Edinburgh office. You will 
be required to be onsite three times per week.

EY’s EMEIA Cyber Practice is rapidly growing, and the UK team is looking for a Cyber 
Security Manager experienced in working on a range of projects covering the breadth of 
Cyber Security including Cyber Strategy Development, Cyber Programme Management and Definition, Cyber Maturity Assessments, Cyber Transformation and Cyber Risk.

You will join an expanding team of over 1,000 Cyber professionals across EMEIA and 
align to the UK team dedicated to providing Cyber advisory services to leading Financial 
Services organisations.

Your key responsibilities
UK Financial Services Cyber Security professionals draw upon their knowledge and 
experience to manage client engagement teams, act as an advisor to a variety of clients 
and contribute to business development activities on strategic and global priority 
accounts.
Drawing on their industry knowledge and experience, professionals provide innovative 
commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and 
cultural needs and contribute to thought leadership. Professionals also actively improve 
operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives, in line with EY’s commitment to 
quality. 
Your role will require you to manage teams or parts of teams on engagements of different 
sizes under the guidance of Senior Managers and Directors. Your team will look to you to 
anticipate and identify risks and raise any issues with them as appropriate. As an 
influential member of the team, you will help to create a positive learning culture and will 
coach and counsel junior team members to assist in their professional development. You 
will lead by example and act as a role model for our people in the way that you live our 
values.

Client responsibilities
• Manage and deliver Cyber Security engagements
• Supporting in client business development activities, including proposal writing 
and presentations to potential clients
• Support senior members of the team in go-to-market activities across UK in 
collaboration with our European teams
• Build EY brand awareness and start to build key client relationships
• Assist in managing financial aspects of engagements by organising staffing, 
tracking fees and communicating issues to engagement partners
• Build strong internal relationships within Consulting and across other services 
People responsibilities
• Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring staff
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff
• Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining, and training Cyber 
professionals 
Skills and attributes for success
To qualify for the role, you must have:
• Experience in advising Financial Services organisations on what good cyber 
security looks like, based on the cyber security threats and risks they face
• Pragmatic approach to identifying and explaining cyber risks within complex 
transformation initiatives
• Project management and delivery experience across the following Cyber Security 
areas: frameworks (e.g. NIST CSF, CPMI-IOSCO, ISO, ‘Profile’ - Financial 
Services sector-specific distillation of the NIST CSF, etc.), assessments, 
implementation, roadmap definition (tactical and strategic), strategy, risk 
identification and management, controls framework, programme management and 
target operating modelling
• Understanding of the Financial Services Cyber Security threat landscape and the 
UK Financial Services regulatory landscape (e.g. PRA, FCA, BoE, ECB, MAS)
• Awareness of security standards and regulations within the UK Financial Services 
sector
• Experience in supporting winning proposals and RFP responses, and working in 
complex multinational engagements
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Experience in people management, coaching and development of colleagues
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISA or CISM is a plus
Ideally, you’ll also have:
Some experience, and an understanding of the concepts and terminology in the following:
• Cyber Security architecture design and implementation experience, including 
Cloud
• Identity & Access Management (IAM) and solutions (e.g. SailPoint)
• Data Loss Protection and Data protection
• Security assessments related to threat, vulnerability and penetration testing (e.g. 
MITRE, CBEST, Tiber)
What we look for
We look for candidates with experience in the industry, that can prove their knowledge 
of Cyber regulations and frameworks in the UK. We are looking for people with the 
motivation and ambition to lead teams and the communication skills required to interact
with clients.
What we offer
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual 
and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for 
flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that 
suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide 
range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:
• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever 
comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can 
make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence 
to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and 
empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as 
possible.
The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.
Apply now.
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