Security Consulting Practitioner (Financial Services)
Hybrid | Sheffield or Birmingham
Up to £800 per day
6-Month Contract
Inside IR35
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Security Consulting Practitioner to provide senior cyber security leadership within a complex financial services environment. This role will focus on cyber risk management, governance, regulatory compliance, stakeholder engagement, and security oversight across multiple business functions.
The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor to senior business and technology leaders, helping shape security strategy, strengthen cyber resilience, and ensure effective risk and control management across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide senior cyber security leadership, ensuring alignment between security strategy and business objectives.
- Act as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, translating complex cyber risks into clear business-focused recommendations.
- Own and oversee cyber risk, governance, control frameworks, and security assurance activities.
- Support CIOs and senior leadership teams with security strategy, decision-making, and risk-based guidance.
- Lead the management and coordination of major cyber incidents, ensuring effective communication, escalation, and remediation.
- Drive regulatory and audit readiness, ensuring compliance with relevant policies, standards, and industry regulations.
- Partner with business and technology teams to improve cyber resilience, operational security controls, and risk management practices.
- Chair or contribute to governance forums, risk committees, and executive reporting sessions.
- Oversee risk assessments, control effectiveness reviews, and remediation programmes.
- Deliver executive-level reporting on security posture, key risks, controls, incidents, and ongoing improvement initiatives.
Required Experience
- Extensive experience in Information Security, Cyber Security, Security Governance, Cyber Risk, or Security Consulting roles.
- Proven track record operating at a senior leadership level within large, complex organisations.
- Strong experience managing cyber risk, controls, governance, and regulatory compliance programmes.
- Ability to engage and influence senior executives, business leaders, and technology stakeholders.
- Experience leading or managing responses to significant cyber security incidents.
- Strong understanding of security governance frameworks, risk management practices, and control assurance.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and presentation skills.
- Experience producing and presenting executive and board-level reporting.
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Security Consulting Practitioner (Financial Services) in Birmingham employer: Cpl
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