Line of Service
Advisory
Industry/Sector
Not Applicable
Specialism
Cybersecurity & Privacy
Management Level
Associate
Job Description & Summary
A career in our Cybersecurity Privacy and Forensics will provide you the opportunity to solve our clients most critical business and data protection related challenges. You will be part of a growing team driving strategic programs data analytics innovation deals cyber resilency response and technical implementation activities. You will have access to not only the top Cybersecurity Privacy and Forensics professionals at PwC but at our clients and industry analysts across the globe.
Our Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) team focuses on helping our clients assess design implement and maintain an effective third party risk is inclusive of pre and post contract stages for our clients helping them evaluate the controls required precontracting with a vendor contractor or supplier as well as postcontract from an ongoing monitoring perspective. Our TPRM team focuses on designing programs operationalizing those programs change management across all risk domains of a third party program and assessments (ongoing monitoring efforts). You will work with third parties all across the globe that support the operations of our clients to ensure adequate control environments are in place and help provide our clients comfort that both reasonable and defensible controls are in place. As more companies continue to outsource and move to cloud transformation the demand for TPRM has quickly grown. You will help our clients transform their business build trust amongst their ecosystem manage risk effectively and drive accountability and control with their third party connections.
Our team helps organisations develop TPRM business plans costbenefit analyses target operating models short/longterm strategies and ultimately improve the effectiveness of their TPRM programs. In joining our team you will work with xLoS professionals at PwC across all third party risk domains including but not limited to cybersecurity privacy human resources legal technology financial fraud regulatory and industry specific business risks. You will help organizations with strategy design operation and longterm maintenance of their TPRM programs.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines geographies and career paths and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers now and in the future.
As a Senior Associate youll work as part of a team of problem solvers helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to . PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
- Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness personal strengths and address development areas.
- Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities and coach to help deliver results.
- Develop new ideas and propose innovative solutions to problems.
- Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from from current trends in business area.
- Review your work and that of others for quality accuracy and relevance.
- Share relevant thought leadership.
- Use straightforward communication in a structured way when influencing others.
- Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality diverse relationships.
- Uphold the firms code of ethics and business conduct.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Team members will assist territory engagement teams in performing vendor management vendor assessment and managed services in accordance with territorial reporting guidelines.
- Team members would be expected to perform activities that will include: Preparation of vendor assessment reports which will include an analysis of the business profiling questionnaire and due diligence questionnaire of the vendor review supporting documentation performing a research on the operations and other relevant information about the vendor/supplier. Handle endtoend vendor onboarding process involving timely collection of documents to properly onboard a vendor and support with the payment/invoice processing Assessment of compliance of vendors against set standards/controls SOC and PCI reports with the clients and vendors and get clarification Assist in the administrative requirements of the team
- Team members would be required to handle multiple tasks at the same time. Detailed focus when performing work and good project management skills when managing workload and maintaining timelines will be necessary.
Minimum Degree(s):
- Bachelors/Masters in Information Security
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Certifications (ISO 27001/ ISO 31000/ CISA/ CISSP/ CSX
- Other relevant qualification/certification
Knowledge Required:
- Strong knowledge of information security concepts risk and controls concepts and vendor onboarding
- Sound knowledge on IT controls (especially IT risks)
- Sound knowledge of Internal Controls and Compliance
- Good knowledge on Privacy Governance and reporting
Skills Required:
- Experience with the Microsoft Office suite of products (i.e. Word Excel PowerPoint Visio etc. Candidates should have strong verbal and written communication skills to manage query resolution and vendor communication.
- Knowledge / experience in fields of Vendor Risk Assessments Internal Audit External Audit / Statutory Audit projects
- Candidates should exhibit good client service skill collaterals with a strong focus on building relationships.
Education (if blank degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:
Degrees/Field of Study preferred:
Certifications (if blank certifications not specified)
Required Skills
Optional Skills
Accepting Feedback Accepting Feedback Active Listening AntiMoney Laundering (AML) Coaching and Training Communication Compliance Advisement Compliance Oversight Compliance Program Implementation Compliance Risk Assessment Confidential Information Handling Contract Review Contractual Risk Mitigation Contractual Risk Monitoring Contract Writing Crisis Management Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Data Security Discretion and Business Ethics Emotional Regulation Empathy Financial Risk Management Governance Framework Inclusion Intellectual Curiosity 27 more
Desired Languages (If blank desired languages not specified)
Travel Requirements
Not Specified
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship
No
Government Clearance Required
No
Job Posting End Date
May 1 2025