JOB REQUISITION Technology Risk & Resilience - Associate Director LOCATION LONDON ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS JOB DESCRIPTION You Belong Here The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver. At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm. Where We Need You: Protiviti UK’s Technology Risk & Resilience practice is a part of our overall Technology Consulting Division. The practice includes coverage of focus sed disciplines such as information and technology risk management, third party risk, technology risk governance, operational and technology resilience and cyber security risk management. You will be part of the Technology Consulting solution that provides innovative solutions to complex technology challenges. You will work closely with clients to understand their business needs, design and implement technology strategies, and ensure successful project delivery. Your role will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams, utili s ing cutting-edge technologies, and contributing to the growth of the Technology Consulting practice. At Protiviti, we pride ourselves on our lack of siloes so you will be an integrated part of our Technology Consult ing practice with opportunity to leverage your skills across a variety of projects, not just limited to a singl e area. What You Can Expect: The Associate Director role plays a key role in the continual development of our existing relationships with clients and in developing new accounts to expand the technology risk and resilience practice. Associate Directors are expected to demonstrate a strong understanding of the technology risk and resilience d omains a nd maintain and develop business relationships to expand the client portfolio, including a formal sales target. Associate Directors are resp onsible for the success of all client-related work within their portfolio and manage the success of these engagements. K ey Responsibilities Responsible for identifying growth opportunities and driving business growth for engagements across the focus areas in technology risk and resilience. Leading business development activities such as identifying, building and actively managing business relationships. Working closely with our business development team in a technical capacity to develop proposals and respond to client requirements. Assume the lead role in the execution of our most complex technology risk and resilience engagements. Managing individuals within the delivery team – both Protiviti and client resources – to ensure the successful delivery of our engagements. Working closely with the client teams to ensure that their needs are understood, and their stated requirements are met through the delivery of the engagement. Contributing to the internal fabric of Protiviti by ensuring that thought leadership, best practices and other security materials are developed; understanding global/regional initiatives being driven by other Protiviti offices; and developing relevant use cases and sales propositions that can be used to help other clients. Do Your Talents Include the Following? Significant experience in a consulting environment with a specific focus on Technology related risks. Indicative areas of expertise include, but are not limited to: IT Risk Management Frameworks / Target Operating Models IT Control Frameworks SOC 1/2 readiness and controls advisory Controls transformation, supporting technology teams to address regulatory or audit requirements IT Risk Governance and Strategy IT Risk Assessments Operational Resilience IT Resilience Frameworks Information Security 3rd Party Risk Management Demonstrable experience working within financial services (whilst not exclusively FS focused, a significant proportion of the work is within the FS sector). Prior leadership experience in execution on client engagements and relationships with senior client personnel. Prior experience of developing relationships within the business community, recognised for their areas of expertise. Self-starter and can operate independently as needed. Prior business development experience – can build and maintain a portfolio of clients with experience in creation and contribution towards proposals and bid materials to win new work, including new clients. Demonstrated ability to lead, manage and develop teams and deliver technology risk and resilience engagements to a range of clients across various sectors. Experience in delivering talks, presentations and industry briefings. Excellent persuasion, presentation and report-writing skills. Ability to i dentify potential sales opportunities with existing clients, including outside of your domain area. Demonstrate ability to add valuable and creative suggestions to the proposal development process. A bility to recognise risk to Protiviti with potential clients and advise appropriately. Demonstrate the ability to discuss technical and industry trends and the related Protiviti solutions. Contribute to employee development by actively mentoring employees, creating development opportunities and initiating and conducting training. Effectively plan, budgets and manage client engagements including engagement. economics (e.g., WIP, receivables, pricing, margins etc) to ensure engagement profitability and man a ge engagement risk. Our Workplace and Employment Process Protiviti practices a hybrid wording model, which is a combination of working in person with purpose and working remotely and is primarily dependent upon the needs of our client. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements varies by client, project, team, and other business factors. It can sometimes mean more of a full-time presence at our client. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local, or UK wide travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments. Remuneration and Benefits Starting salar ies are competitive and are based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the salary range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location. Employees are eligible for medica l and dental insurance cover, life assurance, pension scheme and receive up to 2 5 days holiday p er calendar year. Protiviti also recogni s es up to 1 0 paid holidays each calendar year and we have additional benefits as part of the Robert Half Enterprise. As part of Protiviti’s employment process, any offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. Protiviti is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an equal employment employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. 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