Digital Trust - Cyber Security - Senior Associate

Job description / Role

A career in our Risk Assurance Internal Audit - Practice Support practice, within Risk Assurance Compliance and Analytics services, will provide you with the opportunity to assist PwC in developing analytics and technology solutions that help us detect, monitor, and predict risk. Using advanced technology, we're able to focus on establishing the right controls, processes and structures to ensure that decisions are based on accurate information and assure that information provided to third parties is accurate, complete, and can be trusted.

Our team supports PwC's development of a risk management and governance framework and provides consulting and investigatory advice, as well as supporting the external auditors. We apply a wide range of assurance techniques, with a strong emphasis on risk management, performance improvement, change management.

Responsibilities
As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Proactively assist in the management of several clients, while reporting to Managers and above
- Train and lead staff
- Establish effective working relationships directly with clients
- Contribute to the development of your own and team's technical acumen
- Keep up to date with local and national business and economic issues
- Be actively involved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients
- Continue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brand

Requirements

Requirements:

- B.A/ B.Sc. in Computer Engineering or related field.
- Certification in cyber security (e.g., CISSP, CISM, SANS, CEH, OSE) is a plus.
- Experience in Cyber Security standards and frameworks ( e.g; ISO 27001, ISO 31000, NIST)
- Strong understanding of emerging cyber security technologies and standards.
- Experience in identity and access management, GRC, SIEM/SOC and DLP is a plus.
- Achievement oriented with the ability to be flexible and adaptive on a daily basis.
- Excellent organisational skills, having the ability to prioritise workload whilst being resilient and able to cope well under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
- Excellent problem solving skills with a structured thinking process.
- Strong connections and relationships with clients in Saudi Arabia and the UAE is a plus.
- Strong time-management and organizational skills.
- Ability to learn new concepts and carry out technical research.
- Proven IT skills in Microsoft Office and G-suite applications.
- Language Skills: Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) in Arabic and English.
- The ability and willingness to travel within the Middle East is a MUST.

Minimum years experience required

- 3-5 years of experience in cyber security including development of cyber security strategies, end to end cyber security transformation programs, security architecture and extensive knowledge of latest cyber security technologies and standards.

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.