Overview
An opportunity to join AFH Wealth Management, one of the UK’s leading independent financial advisory and wealth management firms.
We are looking for those of you who wish to grow with us as a business and support our strong growth plans. This is a full‑time, permanent opportunity and in return, you will receive a competitive salary and range of benefits.
The purpose of this role is to operate, optimise, and continuously improve core security operations and data governance capabilities within a financial services environment, ensuring the protection of sensitive client data, transactions, and digital assets while maintaining compliance with regulatory and data protection standards.
Responsibilities
* Operate and optimise core security operations tooling (SIEM, DLP, IAM, endpoint protection) to safeguard systems and data
* Develop, implement, and monitor KPIs and dashboards to measure detection effectiveness, incident response performance, data protection posture, and compliance
* Own and support Microsoft Purview capabilities including Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention, Data Lifecycle Management, and Insider Risk Management
* Support enterprise data governance frameworks, ensuring alignment with FCA, GDPR, and internal data governance standards
* Conduct regular risk assessments, threat hunting, and vulnerability management to identify, track, and remediate security risks across cloud, endpoint, identity, and data platforms
* Collaborate with risk, compliance, data governance and IT teams to maintain robust security controls, support audit readiness, and strengthen operational resilience
* Support and participate in security incident response and investigations, ensuring rapid containment, remediation and recovery
Qualifications
* Proven experience in security operations within financial services such as banking, insurance or asset management
* Strong knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks (FCA, GDPR, PCI DSS, SOX)
* Hands‑on experience with Microsoft security and compliance platforms including Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Purview, Defender suite, and Entra ID
* Security operations (SecOps) expertise covering monitoring, triage, investigation and incident response
* Microsoft Sentinel for advanced SIEM, SOAR and threat detection use cases
* Identity and access management (IAM) including privileged access management and Zero Trust principles
* Endpoint, email and cloud threat protection using Microsoft and other security platforms
* Cloud security across Azure and AWS in a hybrid financial environment
* Effective problem‑solving skills in high‑pressure operational environments
* Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH or CompTIA Security+
Benefits and Perks
* Flexible working and holidays – competitive holiday allowance, an annual buy‑and‑sell scheme and a birthday off, plus extra holiday days for long service
* Social perks – annual Christmas and summer parties
* Pension – contributory scheme with Royal London plus a death‑in‑service benefit
* Bonus scheme – discretionary annual bonus after a year’s service
* Health and wellbeing – MediCash app for cashback on health and wellbeing initiatives, discounted health club memberships and free healthcare benefits
* Professional development – tailored learning and development programmes to help you reach your potential
* Shopping discounts – discounts or cashback on everyday purchases from a range of retailers, plus free online training courses
To learn more about this opportunity and the culture of AFH Wealth Management, please visit our Careers website https://www.afhwm.co.uk/careers/ or email the People Resourcing team via recruitment@afhgroup.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
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