The Vacancy

At Close Brothers we recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don't tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.

Join the Close Brothers Security and Resilience Team where you will provide expert guidance, and oversee delivery of security requirements across projects, technology changes, and business operations for one or more organisational business units.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience in supporting decisions related to security-relevant technology design and business processes, identifying potential gaps, assessing the risk implications of deviations, and working collaboratively with stakeholders to address weaknesses with excellent stakeholder management and engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides guidance on the application and operation of elementary physical, procedural and technical security controls.
• Explains the purpose of security controls and performs security risk and business impact analysis for medium complexity information systems.
• Interprets information assurance and security policies and applies these to manage risks.
• Provides advice and guidance to ensure adoption of and adherence to information assurance architectures, strategies, policies, standards and guidelines.
• Provides professional advice that informs operational leadership and influences the translation of strategy into operations in their specialist area.
• Carries out risk management activities within a specific function, technical area or project of medium complexity.
• Identifies the communications and relationship needs of stakeholder groups. Translates communications/stakeholder engagement strategies into specific activities and deliverables.

We would love to hear from you if you have

• Demonstrable experience of providing information security consultancy to technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels.
• A broad knowledge of information security disciplines and familiarity with security technologies including, but not limited to, data loss prevention (DLP); security information and event management (SIEM); intrusion detection/prevention systems (ID/PS); endpoint detection and response (EDR); network and application firewalls; and internet security gateways.
• Knowledge of cyber threats, adversary tools, techniques and procedures (TTPs) and associated mitigating controls including, but not limited to, phishing and social engineering; ransomware; common web application vulnerabilities (e.g. OWASP Top 10); denial of service (DoS); malicious software.
• Good understanding and awareness of relevant privacy and data protection legislation including UK Data Protection Act 2018; European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

It is not essential but it would be great if you have

• Experience and knowledge of information security in a regulated financial services environment.
• Experience and knowledge of public cloud (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS).
• Understanding of factors relevant to the security assurance of third parties.
• Familiarity with industry standard information security frameworks and standards, e.g. ISO 2700-series, NIST Cyber Security Framework, PCI DSS.
• Experience of providing security consultancy in environments adopting agile development methods and practices.

We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at recruit.ssc@closebrothers.com or request a call back.

About us

At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.

Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.

To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page: https://www.closebrothers.com/careers

To find out more about life at Close Brothers: https://www.closebrothers.com/life-close-brothers#374017299-899295541

To find out more about our benefits: https://www.closebrothers.com/employee-benefits

To find out more about our commitment to creating an inclusive environment: Our Responsibility - Diversity and inclusion / Close Brothers Group

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The Company

At Close Brothers Group, we are all connected by our mission to be the best place in the UK for wealth professionals and their clients.

We believe that everyone should think ahead, have a financial plan and invest wisely. Our clients are professionals, business owners, individuals, charities, families, and employers, who rely on our clear financial advice and investment management services to preserve and grow their long-term savings and investments.

We are a team of about 900 people based in 15 offices across the UK. Our geographic footprint means we can combine a local approach with face-to-face services to enable strong, long-term relationships with our clients.

Sustainability is fundamental to our purpose and we have a responsibility to help address the social, economic and environmental challenges facing our business, colleagues and clients. We strive to do the right thing and are dedicated to helping the charities that matter most to our people.

Our vision is to develop an open and inclusive company that ensures everyone is valued, respected and included, so that in years to come our business will represent a diverse and inclusive workforce from the top down.

We look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds. If this job is of interest to you but you do not meet every criteria then we encourage you still to apply as we are open to providing training opportunities.

The Benefits

Private medical

Discounted health checks

Stakeholder pension contribution

Cycle to work scheme

Gym discounts

Purchase additional holiday