Cyber Response & Recovery - Assistant Manager - 104684

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The KPMG Risk Consulting function is a cornerstone of our business.  Operating from locations across the UK we do work that matters, serving the country with diligence and expertise.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancies.  We've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

By encompassing a wide range of disciplines across a breadth of areas such as Customer Experience and Digital, Strategy, Forensic, Risk and Regulatory, People and Talent, and Operational and Financial Transformation, we become immersed in our clients' organisations, applying sector knowledge and technology solutions to deliver the best possible outcomes and get it right first time.

Why Join KPMG as a Cyber Response & Recovery Assistant Manager?

The Cyber Response & Recovery Assistant Manager role will be working in the Cyber Response Services (CRS) Team within our Risk Consulting practice, reporting directly into the head of cyber response. Cyber security is one of the areas which KPMG has identified for tremendous investment and growth. Our clients face a challenging cyber threat and look to us to help them understand and respond to that threat.

This is an opportunity to join a high performing team that works with a wide variety of clients, as KPMG are 1 of just 9 tier 1 responders in the UK. As such, you will gain a huge amount of experience in a short space of time and will also have the opportunity to be put through a range of security certifications.

Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Manager

Role Summary
The KPMG Cyber Response and Recovery Services (CRS) and Cyber Defence Services (CDS) teams are growing, and a requirement has been identified for a Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Manager to lead our growing CTI team. The CTI manager role will report directly to the capability lead for Cyber Response and Recovery and work closely with the capability leads for both CRS and CDS. Cyber security is one of the areas which KPMG has identified for tremendous investment and growth. Our clients face a challenging cyber threat and look to us to help them understand and respond to that threat.

This is a hands-on role where you will lead development of CTI service lines and pursue new business opportunities and increase revenue growth.  You will lead the CTI Cell and establish KPMG’s position as a thought leader across cyber forums, delivering impactful reporting on leading CTI provider building on our trusted relationships to deliver a range of CTI services to clients across all coverage areas. You will be responsible for business development, and leading high quality and impactful CTI services to internal and external clients. You will manage a high-performing team working closely across CDS and CRS with opportunities to grow into service line leadership. The successful candidate is expected to oversee management of the full cyber threat intelligence lifecycle, contributing to a broad range of cyber-security incident cases and oversee the management of the CTI team.

In this role we are looking for a person who can demonstrate a strong pedigree in cyber threat intelligence. You will be expected to work alongside a number of incident response case managers, penetration testers and DFIR practitioners, as well as have the opportunity to work with, and learn from, the service leadership as part of your continuous development.

When not responding to incidents, you may be helping our clients to build their in-house CTI capabilities, which could include: building and developing CTI tools, authoring and adapting runbooks/playbooks and threat hunts, assessing the CTI maturity and assisting in table-top cyber-scenario exercises. When not engaged in client work, you will be helping to develop our own delivery capability, including operational efficiency, standard operating procedures, team learning and development, tooling and platforms, lab development and orchestration.

Assistant Manager

Job title: Senior Penetration Tester – Assistant Manager
Location: UK
Line of Business: Advisory - Risk Consulting Service Area: Cyber Security 
Roles and Responsibilities

The Role
At KPMG we are looking for an Assistant Manager who lives and breathes hacking and information security. You will have earned your stripes doing CHECK work in data centres and be ready to, or already skilled in leading teams of talented testers. 
In return we will provide some of the UK’s most unique government and commercial engagements for you to cut your teeth on and a friendly, passionate team to develop and grow.

The Team
The KPMG’s Cyber Defence (CDS) Team conducts client facing technical assurance and penetration testing and has a long and successful history in KPMG. Our clients are diverse and we cover many sectors with particular specialisms in Financial Services, High-end Defence Assurance and Telecommunications. We work closely with the NCSC developing new schemes such as Cross Domain Solutions Testing (https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/ncsc-cross-domain-industry-pilot-stage-2) and are members of all current NCSC and CREST testing schemes - as a result we conduct interesting and challenging work that isn’t on offer elsewhere. 
Our team is made up of skilled individuals at different stages in their careers, centred around three locations in Leeds, Bristol and London, therefore we are able to offer flexibility in base location, as well as embracing remote working.
 

There has never been a been a better time to join the Technology & Data team at KPMG. Our clients are facing an inevitable surge in demand for timely, accurate insights along with agentic Ai implementations.  This is amplifying the need to have high quality data, at the heart of which, is Master Data Management, a discipline that has, until now, been overlooked and has suffered underinvestment.  We are seeing unprecedented demand for MDM services across our client base who are looking for partners they can trust to architect their MDM solutions across complex technology landscapes.   We are well positioned to do this with alongside our technology alliance partners and now need to scale our capability in this area.

Recognised in the market-place for our technical excellence – Transfer Pricing at KPMG is an integral part of the firm’s global community. Our diverse team focuses on compliance and/or advisory services, providing sustainable tax advice to clients, that not only helps to deliver compliance, but also supports their wider commercial objectives. And with prominent technology companies choosing to partner with us, you’ll find that you’re also working with the very best in market-leading tech.