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Accenture

Cyber Risk & Security Consultant

Atlanta, GA

We are:
CFO-Enterprise Value partners with Chief Risk Officers (CRO's) and Chief Compliance Officers (CCO's) to streamline efficiencies across people, processes, and technology to mitigate business' enterprise-wide risks. Value isn't just about maintenance. It's about zeroing in on smart, sustainable ways to grow, and finding the right tools to keep everything on track. We have the deep industry experience, the functional insights, the data power, and the digital tech leadership, including deep knowledge of risk and control functions to help our clients make important changes across business functions to control operational risks and ensure resiliency. Whether we're breaking down meaningful analytics, designing risk frameworks, or building from current risk and compliance models, we solve our clients' toughest problems. Visit us here to find out more about CFO-Enterprise Value.

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You are:
A risk-savvy and compliance-smart expert in the industry. You and your team stay current with the latest cyber threats and help clients spot them before they happen. You work well across technology teams and with different business partners to put security systems and processes in place. And, when it comes to creating IT risk assessments, you tackle the design and launch with ease.

The work:
- Assess and manage cyber security risks for top-tier financial services organizations globally
- Support project teams, share insights, and use analytics to find new ways of working that put people and process first
- Explore new design-based approaches to improve the client/customer experience
- Show clients where and how to benefit from a more flexible workforce
- Help grow the practice by championing Accenture initiatives and products
- Stay on top of how new regulations and technologies affect clients' businesses - and ours
- Attract new business by creating thoughtful proposals and building strong client relationships

Travel:
For now, all Accenture business travel, international and domestic, is currently restricted to client-essential sales/delivery activity only.

Please note: The safety and well-being of our people continues to be the top priority, and our decisions around travel are informed by government COVID-19 response directives, recommendations from leading health authorities and guidance from a number of infectious disease experts

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Qualifications

Here's what you need (Basic Qualifications)
- Minimum 3 years of management consulting experience and/or 5 years of Financial Services (Banking, Capital Markets, Financial Technology and/or Insurance) Experience
- 2 years working in Risk Management within the information security environment
- 2 years of work experience assessing security strategy and governance frameworks
- A Bachelor's degree, in Business Management, Information Systems, or Finance

Bonus points if (Preferred Qualifications)
- 2 years of work experience in the following:
- Enterprise Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) tools
- Compliance, internal audit, and risk management functions
- Current cybersecurity technologies, innovations, trends, and methodologies

- You're already one of these:
- CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional
- CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
- CBCM: Certified Business Continuity Manager
- C/DRE: Certified Disaster Recovery Engineer
- CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor
- You've got an MBA after your name or another type of advanced degree

As required by theColorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, Accenture provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired in Colorado. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. For the state of Colorado only , the range of starting pay for this role is $119,000 - $129,999 and information on benefits offered is here.

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Locations
FL - Miami,GA - Atlanta,NC - Charlotte,NC - Raleigh,TX - Austin,TX - Houston,TX - Irving,VA - Arlington

Job ID: AccentureInc-00962335
Employment Type: Other