IT Risk Management Consultant (Information Security Risk Professional)

What you'll be doing: IT Risk Management Consultant serves as an expert in a specific aspect of information risk management. Undertake the most complex projects requiring additional specialized technical and/or business knowledge. The successful candidate will be responsible to help lower enterprise risk through providing security consulting for company. The opening resides within the Information Risk Management (IRM) area, inside the information security practice. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing risk to an acceptable level for the business solution areas. Candidate has to makes well thought out decisions on the most complex or ambiguous information risk management issues. Provide mitigation solution oversight and direction for enterprise wide risk technology. Ensures high-level integration of applications and business processes with information risk management policies and strategies. Identifies, evaluates, conducts, schedules and leads analyses functions to ensure all applicable information risk requirements met. Provides analysis of requirements necessary to ensure the confidentiality, availability and integrity of information where it is processed, stored, or transmitted by the business and IT systems while balancing performance and cost factors calculated into solutions/recommendations.

What your background should be: This position required minimum eight years of progressive work experience in information risk and/or information systems audit. Three years of experience in project management is preferred. Must have the ability to conduct the most complex risk operations, risk assessment, and/or engineering projects. Must have the ability to develop and implement strategies and make risk recommendations to management. Must have the ability to assist in the development and implementation of risk processes, procedures, and programs. Must possess project leadership capabilities. Must be able to interpret the most complex information risk issues and present recommendations to management. Must have strong project and process management skills. Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact with all levels of staff, management (executives and Board of Directors), and external sources. Must have thorough knowledge in risk components, principles, procedures and practices. Must have proven knowledge in information controls and audit methodology for business systems and data processing environments. Must have a broad knowledge in information technology and risk trends. Must have an in-depth understanding in insurance and financial services business models and operations. Demonstrated knowledge of project management concepts and techniques required.

Required Schooling / Training: Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, or related field is strongly preferred. Graduate studies in a technical or business discipline is preferred.

Who is the client company: This is one of the largest insurance and financial services companies in the world that offers a full range of insurance and financial services across the country, including car, motorcycle, boat, homeowners, pet, farm, life and commercial insurance, as well as administrative services, annuities, mortgages, mutual funds, pensions, long term savings plans and specialty health services.; If you are interested in this position, send your resume to apply@kochdavis.com