Senior Cyber Security Consultant - Financial Services

Oliver James is partnered with an international general insurance and reinsurance group in their search for a Senior Cyber Security Advisor.

The role pays up to £90,000 basic salary excluding bonuses, pension and extra benefits - and is based in the City on a hybrid basis.

Oliver James is partnered with an international general insurance and reinsurance group in their search for a Senior Cyber Security Advisor.

The role pays up to £90,000 basic salary excluding bonuses, pension and extra benefits - and is based in the City on a hybrid basis.

Our client's team provides significant planning, project management and internal and external consulting services to the broader insurance ecosystem.

Our client seeks a Financial Services (ideally Insurance) savvy Cyber Security hire with experience of robust consultancy skills.

This hire will predominantly:-

• Provide technical IT security insight to underwriting team;

• Assist in creation of roadmaps to deliver change in the Cyber class of business when strategic change or direction is required;

• Represent the business at appropriate industry committees and conferences;

• Support as the central point of contact for all major industry Cyber incidents;

• Work with third parties to review and assess appropriate levels of security infrastructure that our clients should maintain;

• Perform security risk assessments;

• Technical input to help inform Cyber exposure management and modelling.

It is likely the hire will carry a number of the below desirable experiences:-

• Cyber Consultancy experience;

• Technical knowledge of IT including networks, operating systems, databases, firewalls, anti-virus, and patch management;

• Awareness of the Data Protection Act (and GDPR), NIST and PRA initiatives and the Governments Cyber Essentials programme;

• Knowledge and experience of the security products available including intrusion detection, SIEM vulnerability assessment and encryption tools;

• An understanding of UK insurance is desirable.