Information Security Officer - Post Trade, LCH Ltd

The purpose of this role is to assist the Director of Business Information Security (BISO) in all security matters relating to the oversight of Information and Cyber Security within the LCH Ltd. business line of LSEG’s Post Trade division. The successful candidate will be charged with ensuring that the critical business systems and data assets of LCH Ltd. are adequately protected, and that all related information security and cyber controls remain effective and within risk appetite and/or have appropriate risk treatment plans in place to bring them back into risk appetite.

This role is best suited for an experienced Information Security Manager with extensive experience in senior management level InfoSec/Cyber roles within the FS or FMI industries. The successful candidate must be a subject matter expert in Information Security, with a strong knowledge of information security and cyber security, in-depth knowledge of legacy, existing, and emerging technologies including cloud and security technologies/controls, and a solid Security Governance Risk and Compliance (Security‑GRC) skillset. A prior background in information security engineering, vulnerability management, security architecture, and security operations is advantageous.

• Assisting in the oversight of Information Security by reviewing and assessing the information security and cyber controls that enable LCH Ltd. to conduct its business in a secure manner, and performing gap analysis.
• Overseeing InfoSec/Cyber related control gap/risk remediation activities.
• Monitoring and analysing the information security roadmaps, strategies, programmes, and projects within LCH Ltd., and identifying and reporting risks, trends and future opportunities for improvement.
• Proactively engaging and working closely with the technology and cyber teams that are delivering technology and cyber services to the firm.
• Attending risk and governance meetings to provide updates to the LCH Ltd. stakeholders from the three lines of defence regarding the delivery and progress of the various strategic cyber initiatives and broader cyber programme within LSEG.
• Working with colleagues from the three lines of defence to define the current risk posture of LCH Ltd. and collaborating with those stakeholders to remediate identified risks/issues.
• Engaging with external third parties who provide services to LCH Ltd. and working closely with the established internal third‑party oversight functions to ensure appropriate and contracted levels of security are met.
• Establishing and maintaining a Cyber Risk Profile of LCH Ltd. in line with other areas of LSEG.
• Assisting with the establishment and maintenance of a Risk Control Assessment (RCA) that focuses on InfoSec/Cyber risks and associated controls.
• Maintaining the established key performance and key risk indicators and ensuring that all management information is an accurate reflection of the current control estate.
• Maintaining an accurate set of executive level presentation materials that clearly and accurately present the current state of security control within LCH Ltd.
• Assessing the security architecture solution designs and risk position of projects and initiatives undertaken by LCH Ltd. and working closely with associated SMEs and design authorities to ensure projects are delivered in compliance with Policies and Standards, and with security design principles considered/implemented as key success deliverables.

• Develop an understanding of business goals and operational risks.
• Identify key areas for improvement.
• Support risk management decision processes and risk forums/committees.
• Assist with the identification of emerging information and cyber security threats to the business, and the subsequent analysis to realise and oversee risk mitigation plans.
• Build strong relationships within the business to gain an understanding of security‑related business risks.
• Work closely with governance stakeholders in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd lines of defence on all matters relating to information security, cyber risk, data privacy, including all regulatory and legislative considerations.

• Working closely with all necessary stakeholders in the business and technology areas to ensure compliance with established LSEG policies, standards, and procedures.
• Constructively and pragmatically challenging established controls to ensure, recommend, and accommodate continuous improvement.
• Ensuring LCH Ltd. stakeholders understand their responsibilities in relation to security risk mitigation and remediation.
• Monitoring industry information security trends and keeping business leadership informed about information security‑related issues and activities potentially affecting the organisation and specific business functions.

• The review and documentation of technologies and security controls across the firm, including areas such as office spaces, data centres and cloud.
• Executing and concluding security controls maturity assessments against industry standards such as the NIST Cyber Security Framework, ISO27001/2, SOC2.
• Working closely with stakeholders to review all projects and initiatives, assessing them for appropriate/correct levels of security design and controls.
• Identification of technology and security risks across the firm and the assessment and appropriate risk scoring and presentation of the same.
• Producing appropriate risk remediation action plans and taking ownership of risk treatment proposals and action plans.
• Reviewing and appropriately responding to regulatory and legislative matters.
• Producing and presenting risks and risk postures / cyber maturity to senior/executive bodies.
• Being able to clearly and precisely present complex cyber risk matters to clients and regulators.

• Build knowledge of business units by assisting them with their security workloads, agendas, and difficulties.
• Maintaining a balanced relationship with risk, compliance, legal, human resources, and internal and external audit functions.

• Staying abreast of emerging technologies, including all security technologies.
• Sustaining a deep and in‑depth knowledge of the cyber threat landscape.
• Maintaining and constantly enriching knowledge of information security and cyber risks as they develop.
• Being able to propose and explain appropriate cyber risk counter measures clearly and concisely.
• Remaining informed and knowledgeable on primary global data protection regulations and legislation.

• 10 years minimum experience in senior InfoSec management roles.
• Extensive previous exposure to FS or FMI industry organisations.
• High performance in problem solving, innovating and critical thinking.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to articulate ideas to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Capable of working pragmatically and efficiently in both a team and alone.
• Ability to prioritise workloads efficiently and appropriately with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, high‑volume workload environment, prioritising accordingly.

• CISSP

• CISSP‑ISSAP
• CISSP‑ISSEP
• PCISM
• CCSP
• CCSK
• CEH

• ISO27K
• ISF SOGP
• NIST CSF
• CISSP
• CSA STAR
• CBEST
• TIBER‑EU
• SOC2