Head of Cyber GRC
Posted Today by Michael Page Technology
£1,050 Per day
Undetermined
Undetermined
City of London, UK
Summary: The Senior Cyber GRC Lead will oversee governance, risk, and compliance initiatives across EMEA within a large financial services organization. This role involves leading cyber risk assurance, managing security governance frameworks, and providing senior-level reporting to ensure regulatory compliance and audit readiness. The position requires collaboration with various stakeholders to maintain compliance and drive remediation efforts. The successful candidate will leverage their expertise to enhance the organization's cybersecurity posture and compliance framework.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) frameworks aligned with industry regulations.
- Monitor and assess cybersecurity risks, ensuring mitigation strategies are effectively applied.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Lead audits and ensure timely remediation of identified issues.
- Provide expert advice on GRC-related matters to senior management and project teams.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of regulatory changes and their impact on the organisation's operations.
- Create and deliver reports on risk assessments, compliance performance, and security measures.
- Coordinate audit, regulatory and risk management actions.
- Drive remediation planning, tracking and reporting.
- Produce senior-level cyber risk and performance reporting.
- Support governance committees with insight and analysis.
Key Skills:
- Proven expertise in governance, risk, and compliance within the financial services industry.
- Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks and cybersecurity standards.
- Strong Cyber GRC leadership experience within complex environments.
- Deep knowledge of NIST, ISO 27001, COBIT and ITIL frameworks.
- Experience working with EMEA regulatory and supervisory bodies.
- Proven cyber risk, control maturity and compliance oversight expertise.
- Excellent written communication for senior management and regulators.
- Strong stakeholder management across technology, risk and compliance.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills.
- Strong business analysis and policy authoring capability.
Salary (Rate): £1050 per day
City: City of London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
Senior Cyber GRC Lead role responsible for governance, risk and compliance across EMEA. You will lead cyber risk assurance, own security governance frameworks and deliver senior-level reporting to support regulatory compliance, audit readiness and remediation tracking across multiple jurisdictions.
Client Details
The employer is a large organisation within the financial services industry.
Description
- Develop and implement governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) frameworks aligned with industry regulations.
- Monitor and assess cybersecurity risks, ensuring mitigation strategies are effectively applied.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Lead audits and ensure timely remediation of identified issues.
- Provide expert advice on GRC-related matters to senior management and project teams.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of regulatory changes and their impact on the organisation's operations.
- Create and deliver reports on risk assessments, compliance performance, and security measures.
- Coordinate audit, regulatory and risk management actions
- Drive remediation planning, tracking and reporting
- Produce senior-level cyber risk and performance reporting
- Support governance committees with insight and analysis
Profile
A successful Cyber GRC Lead should have:
- Proven expertise in governance, risk, and compliance within the financial services industry.
- Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks and cybersecurity standards.
- Strong Cyber GRC leadership experience within complex environments
- Deep knowledge of NIST, ISO 27001, COBIT and ITIL frameworks
- Experience working with EMEA regulatory and supervisory bodies
- Proven cyber risk, control maturity and compliance oversight expertise
- Excellent written communication for senior management and regulators
- Strong stakeholder management across technology, risk and compliance
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills
- Strong business analysis and policy authoring capability
Job Offer
- Competitive daily rate between GBP 800 and GBP 1050.
- Temporary role within a large organisation in the financial services industry.
- Chance to contribute to cutting-edge GRC initiatives in the technology department.
If you are ready to take the next step in your career as a Cyber GRC Lead, apply today to join a leading organisation in the financial services industry.
