Lead Specialist, Third Party Risk Management

The KPMG Advisory practice is at the forefront of transformation, offering excellent opportunities for individuals to advance their careers and expertise with KPMG. Looking ahead, we anticipate continued evolution and success within the practice, fostering both personal and professional development, thereby creating new pathways for growth. In this ever-changing market environment, our professionals must be adaptable and thrive in a collaborative, team-driven culture. At KPMG, our people are our number one priority. With a wealth of learning and career development opportunities, a world-class training facility, and leading market tools, we help our people continue to grow both professionally and personally. If you're looking for a firm with a strong team connection where you can be your whole self, have an impact, advance your skills, deepen your experiences, and have the flexibility and access to constantly find new areas of inspiration and expand your capabilities, then consider a career in Advisory.

• Interact with onshore engagements and clients directly performing vendor or third-party security assessments, and perform remote assessments independently
• Independently draft reports of the assessments based on the discussions during remote reviews, and perform second level quality review of the reports written by peers/junior resources
• Conduct business continuity planning and disaster recovery implementation and review experience
• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with clients and internal teams, and support the current team with the execution and management of engagements in our current and future Client portfolio
• Lead and manage client engagements with a focus on delivering high-quality service in a managed services context
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

• Minimum five years of recent information security governance, privacy and compliance and security assessment experience, with a focus on IT and IS Risk Assessments and program reviews / establishment; prior consulting experience with big 4 or large clientele is preferable, and CISA/ CISSP/ CISM/ CIPP/ ISO 27001 is preferable
• Master's degree from an accredited college or university in information security, computer science, engineering, technology or a similar degree is preferred; minimum of a Bachelor's degree in information security, computer science, engineering, technology or a similar degree is required
• Familiarity with and demonstrated experience assessing against the BS ISO/IEC/SIG 27002:2005 BS 7799 standard domains, BS 25999 including Risk Assessment; Security policy; Organization of Information Security; Asset Management; HR Security; Physical and Environmental Security; Communications and Operations Management; Access Control; IS Acquisition, Development and Maintenance; IS Incident Management; Business Continuity Management; and Compliance
• Information Security Governance, Privacy and Compliance and Security Assessment experience with a focus on IT and IS Risk Assessments and program reviews / establishment, and understanding on ISO 27001/ NIST 800-53/ PCI-DSS
• Broad understanding of Information Security trends, services and disciplines, and experience applying them in dynamic environments
• Strong client interaction skills, both written and verbal, and highly fluent in English- both verbal and written 
• Ability to travel as required