The opportunity
The Policy Enforcement Leader will be charged with ensuring that all business operations and activities are in compliance with established Information Security policies. This leader will analyze, develop, implement, and maintain policy enforcement procedures within the organization. This individual partners with Service Line and Functional leadership and business stakeholders to reinforce policies, control ownership, and compliance. Our primary objectives are to build a risk-aware culture, reduce risk, defend against internal and external threats, and protect client and EY data.
Your key responsibilities
As an Associate Director leading the Policy Enforcement Team, you will oversee the management of compliance to Information Security policies across the firm, management and remediation of non-compliance, definition and reduction of key risks as a result of non-compliance trends, and advocate for change. You will partner closely with EY leaders to bring accountability to security policy compliance.
Skills and attributes for success
- Execute top-down assessment of risk based on policy compliance data and risks
- Exhibit industry leading risk management practices through effective internal controls, risk monitoring, and risk assessments
- Looks for ways to continually improve our compliance with Information Security policies
- Create, promote, and oversee enforcement protocols, ensuring consistency across diverse internal stakeholders.
- Investigate any violations of policies and recommend corrective action.
- Develop training materials and conduct training sessions to educate on policies and enforcement protocols.
- Work collaboratively with the legal and HR departments to update policies in line with industry laws and standards.
- Develop metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of policy enforcement, and generate regular reports.
- Identify policy and enforcement gaps and propose improvements.
To qualify for the role you must have
- Experience in policy enforcement and security compliance at a publicly-traded company
- An in-depth understanding of ISO 27002, ISO 27001, ISO 31000 frameworks and applying these frameworks
- Familiarity with local and regional regulatory requirements and how they impact IT policies
- Extensive experience in policy development, enforcement, or a similar role.
- Proficiency in using relevant software or systems for policy management.
- Experience with RSA Archer and/or IBM Open Pages
- Significant experience in Information technology, cybersecurity, or related field.
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of information risk concepts and principles.
- Extensive experience with security compliance regulations.
- Projects advanced consultative skills to conduct effective questioning to break down complex issues into core elements, formulate appropriate ideas or planning and negotiate those ideas and plans clearly and concisely to advance a cooperative engagement by all levels of the organization including senior and/or executive management.
- An ability to utilize core risk and controls skills in a broad range of projects both in a traditional internal audit and in advisory projects aimed at assisting in the implementation of controls / improvements.
- Experience in developing and executing reporting strategies
- Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change
- Demonstrated ability to multitask and prioritize in a fast-paced environment
- Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change
- Outstanding interpersonal, communication, organizational, and decision-making skills
- Strong judgment and analytical ability
- Ability to communicate and gain support for initiatives
- Strong English language skills; excellent writing, presentation, interpersonal, and communication skills are required
- Ability to understand and integrate cultural differences and motives and to lead cross cultural teams.
- An ability to utilize core risk and controls skills in a broad range of projects both in a traditional internal audit and in advisory projects aimed at assisting in the implementation of controls / improvements.
- Professional; quickly establishes personal credibility and demonstrates expertise.
- 10 or more years of experience in the Information Technology, Information Security and/or IT Risk Management field(s).
- 5+ years of experience in managing senior staff/management staff in Governance, Risk, and Compliance
- An advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Security or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
- One or more of the following or equivalent certifications preferred: Certified Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified Information Systems Security Processional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) in related area, CIPP, CIPT
Ideally, you’ll also have
- Experience in communicating to all levels of management, clients and vendors
- A working knowledge of policy frameworks such as ISO, COBIT and unified compliance framework
- Ability to appropriately balance internal functional needs with business impact and benefit
- Skilled in executive level presentations and briefings
- Solid knowledge and working experience in governance, risk and compliance as applies to technology
- Proactively maintains a comprehensive knowledge of the core business and financial drivers of EY’s service lines as well as the operating environment within IT. Works with peers and others in service specific IT groups to support the proper recognition of risk issues or to proactively position risk mitigation and other service improvement opportunities or to engage with others in the area of continuous improvement.
- Good appreciation of the business benefits of internal control and good risk management and not just for compliance purposes (i.e., not limited to SOX, PCI or other regulatory mainstay drivers).
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