Data Privacy and Protection Consultant- 12 months contract - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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The opportunity

EY is looking for a Data Protection & Privacy Consultant to join our Forensics & Integrity Services (FIS) team in our Riyadh office. Within this role you will be able to apply your skills among a diverse portfolio of clients which enables you to further expand your knowledge base within the privacy realm. This is an ideal opportunity to develop you career in the consulting space to work on various projects gaining exposure to a fast - paced market with evolving challenges and opportunities and to support the development of junior team members

Your key responsibilities

In this role you will take part in managing and providing end-to-end support on all data privacy & protection projects which includes being up to date with latest trends including global data protection compliance regulations policies and procedures. You will also manage and lead client communications and regular status updates as well as ensure delivery of high-quality reports to the client.

You will assist in managing the financial aspects of engagements by organizing staffing tracking fees and communicating issues to project leaders. You will also establish maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships. Youll actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives and will consistently drive projects to completion determining that the work is of high quality.

You and the engagement teams will support and implement a broad range of clients on multiple data privacy & protection areas such as:

Data protection gaps and maturity assessment
Data mapping and classification
Data protection impact assessment (DPIA)
Maintenance of records of processing activities (RoPA)
Data Subject Access Request (DSAR)
Data privacy target operating model policies and procedures
Data retention backup and archival
Data protection technology such as masking encryption pseudonymisation masking or tokenisation

To qualify for the role you must have

Bachelors degree and at least 3 years of related work experience
Knowledge of designing and implementing Data Protection technologies
Experience in privacy and security risk assessments
Knowledge of data protection laws and regulations (International & GCC) and industry standards and frameworks

Knowledge of core Information Security concepts related to Governance Risk & Compliance
Ability to understand client organisations and their business processes to effectively tailor to their privacy requirements
Effective communication skills with different stakeholders about data protection and privacy matters
Technical architecture experience integrating data protection software into clients infrastructure

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