Cybersecurity - Financial Services - Senior Manager

With rapidly changing cybersecurity threats, clients from all industries look to us for trusted solutions for their increasingly complex risks. You will have access to our robust solutions to advise clients on managing cybersecurity risk, enhancing maturity, and improving efficiency. You will belong to an international connected team of specialists helping our clients with their most complex cybersecurity needs and contributing toward their business resilience.

The opportunity

We are actively seeking a Senior Manager to join our Financial Services Cybersecurity team. You’ll work alongside respected industry professionals, learning about and applying leading practices to better manage cybersecurity people, process and technology capabilities. You’ll gain insights into the design and operations of cybersecurity programs and strategies in a variety of industries and learn how to design measurable, sustainable programs to keep up with the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape.

This position falls within our IT Consulting team, which helps our clients enhance the effectiveness of operations functions by assisting them as they shift their emphasis from transaction-level control, processing and reporting to more value driven, decision support and analytics.

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior Manager in our Cybersecurity Consulting team, you’ll participate in multiple client engagement teams and related activities.  As a member, you'll deliver and lead cybersecurity and IT risk client engagements as well as internal projects. An important part of your role will be to actively establish internal and external relationships. You'll also identify potential business opportunities for EY within existing engagements, and escalate these as appropriate. Similarly, you'll anticipate and identify risks within engagements and raise any issues with senior members of the team. In line with EY's commitment to quality, you'll confirm that work is of high quality and is reviewed by the next-level reviewer. This role requires willingness and ability to travel .

Skills and attributes for success

Client Responsibilities

• Consistently deliver quality client services. Monitor progress, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes. Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business.


• Establish relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels.


• Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge. Demonstrate ability to assimilate to new knowledge.


• Possess good business acumen.


• Remain current on new developments in advisory services capabilities and industry knowledge.


• Demonstrate and apply a thorough understanding of complex information systems. Use knowledge of the current IT environment and industry trends to identify engagement and client service issues and communicate this information to the engagement team and client management through written correspondence and verbal presentations.

People Responsibilities

• Contribute to people-related initiatives, including development, coaching, recruiting, training and retaining staff


• Maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skills of staff


• Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures

To qualify for the role you must have

• Undergraduate or masters’ degree preferably in one of the following areas:  Information Security, Business Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, and other related majors


• Knowledge and 8-10 years of hands-on experience with key components of cybersecurity incl. cloud security, network & infrastructure security, access and identity management, threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, security governance, risk and compliance, security architecture, data protection, privacy, security awareness and others. 


• Expert knowledge and 8-10 years of practical experience with common frameworks, standards and methodologies used in cybersecurity field


• Practical experience with conducting risk assessments and testing of controls


• Excellent analytical skills and knowledge of data analytics methods


• Possession of at least one of the following certifications: CISSP, CISA CISM  


• Familiarity with or knowledge of cybersecurity in Industrial Control Systems and Operational Technology

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Demonstrated leadership abilities


• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal, communication, and presentation skills


• Bilingualism (English & French) would be an asset

What we look for

We’re interested in intellectually curious people with a genuine passion for cybersecurity. If you have the confidence in both your presentation and technical abilities to grow into a leading expert here, this is the role for you.

What we offer

At EY, our Total Rewards package supports our commitment to creating a leading people culture - built on high-performance teaming - where everyone can achieve their potential and contribute to building a better working world for our people, our clients and our communities. It's one of the many reasons we repeatedly win awards for being a great place to work.

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package allows you to decide which benefits are right for you and which ones help you create a solid foundation for your future.  Our Total Rewards package includes a comprehensive medical, prescription drug and dental coverage, a defined contribution pension plan, a great vacation policy plus firm paid days that allow you to enjoy longer long weekends throughout the year, statutory holidays and paid personal days (based on province of residence), and a range of exciting programs and benefits designed to support your physical, financial and social well-being. Plus, we offer:

Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around

Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career

The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

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