Third Party Assessment Pre-Assessor

Job Description:

Job Title: Third Party Assessment Pre-Assessor

Corporate Title:  VP

Location:  Chester

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location Overview:

Find us in the city of Chester, a destination renowned for its culture, history, and beauty. Working at Bank of America Chester offers a far-reaching global career for a world-renowned organisation, whilst being ideally situated against the backdrop of the rolling North Wales hills and the banks of the serene River Dee.

Role Description:

The Third-Party Cyber Security Pre-Assessor is responsible for ensuring that third party assessments performed in EMEA, are the correct type and scope for the services provided and the level of risk that each third party presents to the bank.

The Pre-Assessor will liaise with enterprise vendor managers (EVMs), application managers and line of business owners to perform due diligence of third parties located in EMEA. The primary responsibility will be to ensure each third party and the associated EVM is prepared for the forthcoming assessment. The Pre-Assessor role is to gather an understanding of the third party’s security environment, answer any detailed questions about Bank of America’s assessment program and act as a single point of contact between the EVM and the TPCA assessment team.

After the Pre-Assessor has gathered the detailed security information internally and discussed with the EVM and third party’s information security coordinator, the Pre-Assessor will format and share the assessment package with the EVM and third party.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinates the initial engagement between the Third-Party Cyber Assurance (TPCA) team and EVM and third party.

• Partners with the EVM and third parties to ensure control environment questions are answered fully and accurately and ensure they are prepared for the information security assessment.

• Escalates security issues and risks identified during the pre-assessment process.

• Ensures all third parties, that are not contractually obliged or willing to participate in the bank’s third-party assessment, are appropriately escalated to all relevant stakeholders and the relevant approvals documented.

What we are looking for:

• Good verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to multi-task and work on your own initiative as well as part of the TPCA assessment team.

• Highly organized and with project management skills preferably.

• Ability to plan, execute and document assessment activities following established processes and procedures.

• Able to identify process efficiencies and add to process improvements.

Skills that will help:

• Background in information security, IT security audit or risk management.

• Good analytical skills/problem solving/conceptual thinking.

• Ability to work with technical and non-technical third parties, EVMs and business owners.

• Degree in Information Technology, information security or related fields.

•CCFP, CISSP, CRISC, CISM or CISA certifications are preferred as well as experience in information security.

• Experience of Bank of America’s systems, processes and procedures.

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

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•Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner

•Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons

•20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum

•The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.

•Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.

•Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters

•Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution

•Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.

•Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.