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Information Assurance Lead

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Information Assurance Lead Division - Operations Department - Cyber and Information Resilience (C&IR) Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £65,000 to £80,000 and London from £75,000 to £90,000 SC Clearance is required for this role

Information Assurance Lead

Division - Operations

Department - Cyber and Information Resilience (C&IR)

Salary: National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £65,000 to £80,000 and London from £75,000 to £90,000

SC Clearance is required for this role

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.

The Information Assurance Lead role sits within the wider Assurance team of the Cyber and Information Resilience (C&IR) department.

What you will be doing

  • Defining the technical and managerial measures to ensure the privacy, control, integrity, authenticity, availability and utility of the FCAs corporate repositories and information systems, in particular the M365 suite
  • Information risk analysis – conduct scheduled information assurance risk reviews and assessments to identify, evaluate, test and prioritise potential security and data risks across our key applications and processes
  • Perform security and information assurance assessments against FCA information and data controls and regulatory control frameworks to our cyber and information security policies, standards and procedures
  • Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and legislative requirements, support information related audits relating to information security and implement intelligence led attestations and reports related to information security and implement corrective actions where necessary
  • Ensure compliance with security best practices and policies within the M365 suite, utilising tools such as MS Purview and other e5 tools by Prioritising and Influencing key stakeholders in building core functionality within Microsoft 365 through a risk based approach
  • Detect, Assess, measure and report findings of our key applications and security and information assurance controls, including assurance oversight with security solutions to protect against malware, ransomware and other other cyber and data threats, such as endpoint security, data leakage, data breaches, post incident response

What you will get from the role

  • Work within a high performing team of individuals continuing to shape and enhance information compliance within the FCA
  • Work in an environment that encourages learning and collaboration within all areas of Cyber and Information Security
  • Given the opportunity to develop and mature the information assurance control framework through leadership and direction, driving values and behaviours to ensure alignment and commitment between key stakeholders and the wider business

Minimum

  • Direct experience of delivering solutions across SAAS based information applications in particular Microsoft 365 security tools, monitoring, alerting, and reporting
  • Demonstrable experience of managing a Data or Information Assurance team
  • Proven experience with agile working including agile tools such as JIRA

Essential

  • Demonstrating ability of building an Information Management Assurance or Information Compliance Framework
  • Working knowledge of information management and security concepts, aims, and industry standards like NIST CSF, ISO15489, GDPR and ISO27001
  • Experience implementing policy modules for automation across industry standards including ISO27001 and GDPR
  • Experience of delivering solutions in Microsoft 365 security and information compliance tools, including working knowledge of Microsoft Purview capabilities to deliver the best security and data solutions to drive compliance across the Microsoft Office Suite
  • Skilled manager to lead a technical and non-technical team to drive the information assurance agenda

If you are interested please share your CV or

We are committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require accommodations because of disability or health condition, please email: gscemeaedi @ robertwalters.com. This position is being sourced through our Outsourcing service line.

Contract Type: FULL_TIME

Specialism: Information Technology

Focus: Information Security

Industry: IT

Salary: Negotiable

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Mid Management

Location: London

Job Reference: 12122

Date posted: 24 January 2025

Consultant: GSC Manchester TET

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