Senior Cyber Security Advisor - 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.

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.

Responsibilities:

1. Provide technical IT security insight to the underwriting team;
2. Assist in the creation of roadmaps to deliver change in the Cyber class of business when strategic change or direction is required;
3. Represent the business at appropriate industry committees and conferences;
4. Support as the central point of contact for all major industry Cyber incidents;
5. Work with third parties to review and assess appropriate levels of security infrastructure that our clients should maintain;
6. Perform security risk assessments;
7. Provide technical input to help inform Cyber exposure management and modelling.

Desirable Experiences:

1. Cyber Consultancy experience;
2. Technical knowledge of IT including networks, operating systems, databases, firewalls, anti-virus, and patch management;
3. Awareness of the Data Protection Act (and GDPR), NIST and PRA initiatives and the Governments Cyber Essentials programme;
4. Knowledge and experience of the security products available including intrusion detection, SIEM vulnerability assessment and encryption tools;
5. An understanding of UK insurance is desirable.