GRC Specialist (NCSA Certification Support)

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Accenture Security helps organizations prepare for, prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from cyber threats. We bring together deep industry knowledge, advanced security capabilities, and cutting-edge technology to help our clients protect their most critical assets, comply with regulatory requirements, and build resilient security programs.

Role Overview

We are looking for a GRC & Cybersecurity Compliance Specialist with strong experience in governance, risk, and compliance to support cybersecurity regulatory and framework-driven initiatives. You will play a key role in leading compliance activities, performing gap assessments, supporting audits, and translating regulatory requirements into actionable security controls for our clients.

Key Functions

• Lead and support compliance initiatives aligned with National Cybersecurity Authority (NCSA) frameworks, with a strong focus on ECC requirements
• Perform gap assessments and map existing organizational controls against NCSA, ISO 27001, and NIST frameworks
• Drive remediation activities, track corrective actions, and ensure timely closure of identified gaps
• Prepare organizations for NCSA certification audits, internal assessments, and external regulatory reviews

Responsibilities

• Implement, maintain, and continuously improve GRC policies, standards, procedures, and control frameworks
• Conduct cybersecurity risk assessments, maintain risk registers, and support risk treatment plans
• Design, implement, and test security controls aligned with ISO 27001, NIST, and NCSA ECC requirements
• Develop and manage compliance documentation, including policies, procedures, control evidence, and audit artifacts
• Act as a primary point of contact for internal and external auditors, supporting evidence collection and audit coordination
• Collaborate with IT, security, cloud, and business stakeholders to ensure effective implementation of security controls
• Translate complex regulatory and compliance requirements into practical, technical, and operational actions
• Monitor compliance posture, prepare status reports, and present findings to stakeholders and leadership
• Track updates to NCSA regulations and assess their impact on organizational security posture
• Drive continuous improvement in control effectiveness, maturity, and overall cybersecurity governance

Qualifications

• 4 to 7 years of experience in GRC, cybersecurity compliance, or risk management
• Hands-on experience with NCSA frameworks, with ECC experience required
• Proven experience supporting audits, certifications, and regulatory assessments
• Strong understanding of risk assessment methodologies and security control frameworks
• Practical experience with ISO 27001 and NIST standards
• Ability to map and align controls across multiple regulatory and industry frameworks
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP is a plus)
• Experience using GRC tools such as Archer, ServiceNow GRC, or similar platforms
• Strong documentation, reporting, and evidence management skills
• Ability to work independently and own deliverables end-to-end
• Fluency in Arabic and English is mandatory.

About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
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