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SECURITYFOCUS JOBS - NEW OPPORTUNITY
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: VP, Information Security
Location: London, , United Kingdom
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 2006-11-03
We are looking for an IT risk professional to take the role of Senior IT Risk
Control Officer within the Group IT Risk Control organization reporting
directly to the Head of Strategic Analysis and Development. The candidate needs
to display demonstrable hands on experience within a risk
control/management/consultancy environment with significant exposure to the
financial services industry. The candidate will be responsible for
identification and assessment of risk and the collaborative efforts to gain
consensus and management support to understand and address the risks
identified. The candidate will be required to travel as necessary to enable
successful execution of the role however travel is not expected to exceed 15%.
Communication skills
The candidate must:
Be able to articulate an independent and balanced opinion in both written and
oral form, identifying real issues and providing compelling solutions in a
succinct manner;
Have excellent report writing skills and an ability to communicate complex
issues clearly and concisely to non-technical persons;
Have exceptional analytical skills being and be able to make both detailed and
rapid analysis where required with equal effectiveness;
Be able to develop and maintain an effective network of relationships,
principally within the business globally and within other areas of the bank,
where necessary;
Be able to take initiative and report issues to senior management at local,
global functional level;
Provide support to other team members in relation to particular areas of
expertise; and
Have a good level of presentation skills.
Analytical skills
The candidate must:
Be able to analyze and assess the real risks associated with IT Infrastructure
and application security within the Bank;
Be able to identify and evaluate the effectiveness of controls designed to
address those risks identified;
Provide practical, innovative, and value-adding solutions to issues
identified;
Monitor and review results, trend data, changes in risk profile and
developments in specific business areas to facilitate ongoing planning and the
changing risk posture;
Assist with pre-implementation reviews, examining business risk and project
risk; and
Identify controls and weaknesses, and provide agreeable recommendations to
improve the quality and effectiveness of the control environment.
Technical Skills
The candidate must:
Have an excellent grounding in information technology applications and
infrastructure technologies;
Have a solid foundation in IT operations understanding how effective
organisations and processes operate.
Behavioural and Core skills
The candidate must:
Be able to plan strategic work streams and ensure that these are delivered in
a timely fashion;
Be a team player, able to lead, direct, participate and support as required;
Be able to co-ordinate and perform reviews on a global level managing
both team requirements and client expectations;
Have good time management skills completing assignments and producing reports
on time and be able to prioritize work effectively;
Take initiative and act independently with minimal direction;
Is enthusiastic and self-motivated, is a team player who sets individual goals
and objectives that are consistent with those of the group;
Is dependable and meets deadlines;
Takes responsibility for own development; and
Is customer focused and acts with integrity and honesty.
Experience/Qualifications
The candidate should have:
Specific IT related experience;
Tangible and relevant Information Security experience;
BS degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or
other related scientific, technical, or business discipline;
CISSP or CISA (either preferred, not required);
Formal Project management training;
Formal operational process training i.e. ITIL certified; and
IT auditing experience (highly valuable, not required).
Excellent project management skills and a proven track record in driving
forward change programmes in distributed organisations.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Candidates must be eligable to work in the UK when applying
CONTACT
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Ref: SF-170
Information Security Solutions
Iain Sutherland
iain@InformationSecuritySolutions.com
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