Senior Consultant, Cyber GRC
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About the Role
As a Senior Consultant within BDO’s Cyber Security Practice, you will play a key role in delivering Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) engagements across a diverse client base. This is an individual contributor role suited to cyber professionals with a solid grounding in GRC and broader cyber security better practice, looking to continue building their career in a collaborative, high-performing team.
You’ll work across a range of GRC-focused engagements, supporting clients to design, uplift and embed robust cyber security frameworks aligned to both business objectives and regulatory expectations. Your work will span areas such as risk assessments, compliance reviews, policy development and third-party risk, along with supporting the implementation of effective security controls.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver GRC engagements under the guidance of senior leadership
- Work closely with Engagement Managers to support delivery across:
- ISMS/ISO 27001 implementations and gap assessments
- Security strategy, maturity assessments and roadmaps
- Cyber security health checks aligned to better practice frameworks
- Threat and risk assessments across cloud, business applications and operational environments
- Collaborate with other service lines to deliver fit-for-purpose cyber outcomes
- Support business development activities, including proposals and client documentation
- Stay across emerging cyber security trends and build your professional network
About you
- Strong knowledge of cyber security frameworks and standards (e.g. ISO 27001, NIST CSF or similar)
- Experience supporting GRC engagements such as risk assessments, compliance reviews or framework uplift
- Understanding of threat and risk assessment methodologies
- Ability to communicate cyber security concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience in an advisory or consulting environment (internal or external)
- Proactive, detail-oriented and able to manage competing priorities
Qualifications and experience
- 3+ years’ experience in a cyber security or related discipline
- Experience working with recognised frameworks, standards or regulations (e.g. ISO 27001, NIST CSF, ISM, PSPF, PCI-DSS or similar)
- Strong understanding of risk management and compliance concepts
- Familiarity with how security controls and technologies support secure environments
- Tertiary qualification in IT, cyber security or related field (desirable)
- Professional services or consulting experience (desirable)
Why BDO?
Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm.
Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services.
Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.
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With a strong focus on learning and growth, we provide on the job training and formal development programs to help you succeed in your role and develop your skills and experience.
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