Cybersecurity Senior Associate

Johannesburg

PwC

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Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Oracle Risk Assurance practice, within Information Technology Risk Assurance will allow you to develop and apply strategies that help clients leverage enterprise technologies so they can get a higher return on their investment, mitigate risks, streamline processes, and find operational inefficiencies. The work revolves around creative problem solving and applying innovative technologies to enable strategies that increase the value of the applications that run our client’s business, mitigate risk and find operational inefficiencies.

Our focus is on creating effective and efficient design for the most important business, security and compliance processes for our clients. We touch on aspects of application security, areas prone to fraud and financial misstatement, and streamline processes that are part of our client’s core business so they can get a higher return on this key investment. Using innovative, and proprietary technologies, we help to bridge the gap between business stakeholders, compliance functions and Information Technology teams to assist in understanding how to embrace new ways of working, while limiting their financial and operational risk profile. We use knowledge of financial system design, risk mitigation, business process design, data integrity, security and use of data analytics.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

  • Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
  • Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
  • Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
  • Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
  • Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
  • Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
  • Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
  • Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
  • Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
  • Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Role summary:

Perform a senior role on assignments. As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.

Qualifications / certifications required:

  • Relevant B degree in Information Systems, Informatics, Information Management, Computer Science, or Engineering.

  • Security +

  • ISO 27001 Lead Implementer / Auditor (advantageous)

  • CISM (advantageous)

Experience required:

2-4 years of Cyber experience in a consulting nature.

Responsibilities of role:

We are looking for a strategic, detail-oriented individual to join our team as a security consultant. Your responsibilities will include assessing and analysing security systems and measures, based on our go to market services:

  • Capability Maturity Assessments - NIST, ISO, FFIEC

  • Capability Maturity Assessments - Cyber resilience

  • PCI-DSS

  • Cyber Risk Management

  • Cyber Value at Risk (CyberVAR) / Risk Quantification

  • Third Party Risk Management

  • Cloud Security

  • IoT / ICS / OT

  • Cybersecurity Strategy

  • Cyber Cost / Investment Management

  • Executive and Board of Director Engagement

  • Enterprise Risk Management Integration

  • Sourcing and Vendor Management

  • Awareness, Culture and Behaviour

  • Cyber Attestation

  • Cyber Program Co-sourcing

Skill sets required:

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Sound judgment

  • Innovative and adaptable

  • Resilient

  • Copes well under tight deadlines and works well under stress

  • Is a strategic and big picture thinker

  • Is curious – learning, sharing and innovating

  • Is willing to continually learn and develop skills across a multitude of core competencies

  • Approaches problem solving in a logical and structured manner with due consideration given to alternative solutions which may require the acquisition of new knowledge

  • Is able to handle complex problems and apply appropriate judgement in evaluating solution inputs

Role related attributes:

  • Is able to multitask, prioritise and coordinate tasks to meet multiple deadlines and conflicting client and company constraints

  • Must be a self-starter, motivated individual who works well under pressure

  • Manage and plan own, and others work

  • Is able to motivate a team for excellent delivery

  • Is open-minded, practical and able to solve complex problems

  • Pays attention to detail

  • Is committed to quality

  • Is able to perform quality reviews on others work and provide constructive feedback when required

  • Must be able to demonstrate and apply industry knowledge

  • Must be able to work overtime when necessary

  • Display sound leadership skills

  • Self-motivated and pay attention to detail

  • Must have valid driver’s license

Industry experience required:

We're very proud of our unique culture, and expect our people to demonstrate

skills and behaviours that will support us in implementing our business strategy. This is important to the work we do, both for our business and our clients. These skills and behaviours are a strong component of our global leadership framework: The PwC Professional.

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

December 8, 2024


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Tags: Analytics Application security CISM Cloud Compliance Computer Science Data Analytics Driver’s license FFIEC ICS IoT ISO 27001 NIST Oracle Risk management Strategy Vendor management

Perks/benefits: Career development

Region: Africa
Country: South Africa

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