Role summary

The Director – Global Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) Lead, holds a pivotal strategic role within KPMG’s Global Information Security Services (ISS) function.   This role will set the strategic direction for CSIRT, within Global, embedding AI into the core capabilities and leveraging its findings to drive enterprise-wide transformations across firms.  This role must navigate complex regulatory requirements, managing high risk and high pressure decisions, supporting but not limited to providing recommendations to implement isolation of member firm from the network, inline with the crisis protocols

This role presents an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and play a key part in building and shaping the future of the Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) across the global organisation. Reporting directly to the Global Head of ISS, the Director will stand up the new global CSIRT capability, by developing and leading the continuous improvement of the processes and technologies that support core CSIRT services.  The role will be accountable for budget allocations, resource planning across multiple regions, leveraging 3rd party resources where required to support demand.

The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with the ability to design, implement, and oversee CSIRT operations. They will ensure KPMG maintains the capability to respond to and recover from cybersecurity threats on a 24/7 basis across its global network, managing cross-border leaderships, informing Global leadership, IOGC, GCISO, GSIO and equivalents within member firms of key finds to support actions carried out that could lead to disciplinary consequences.

This role also involves staffing and leading a high-performing team dedicated to managing both cybersecurity and information handling incidents within KPMG, mentoring other leaders across the firms and driving talent strategy

This role will be required to act as cyber commander (part of a roster) during a critical or major incident and supporting cyber commanders when off roster.

 

Our Transaction Services practice comprises approximately 500 people across the UK, organised to align to KPMG’s market orientated structure, and is at the heart of the Firm's agenda to increase its penetration of boardrooms and work with clients across the economic and transaction cycle. 

We are seeking a talented Manager with experience in HR Transformation to support our People Consulting Corporates clients by applying HR transformation expertise, identifying opportunities, and delivering HR engagements.

You will join an established and highly successful HR Transformation practice, with the opportunity to leverage our leading practice methodologies and continue our growth. You will be working closely with FTSE 100 clients across a broad range of industries including Energy, Telecoms, Retail, Life Sciences and Aerospace & Defence.

The Technology in M&A team at KPMG is a growing and dynamic team. We deal with all aspects of the technology function, from strategy, cloud, digital, technology spend, etc. We work with both acquirers and vendors on pre- and post-deal technology issues.

Base Location: London, Manchester and Edinburgh plus network of 20 offices nationally:

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The KPMG Actuarial Consulting function is a cornerstone of our business. Operating from our major UK offices 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 & Digital, Strategy, Forensic, Risk & Regulatory, People and Talent, and Operational & Financial Transformation, through to Cyber and Technology. We do that by immersing ourselves in our clients' organisations, applying sector knowledge and technology solutions to deliver the best possible outcomes.

As a Qualified Actuarial Consultant at KPMG you take a lead delivery role, managing small teams of advisors and auditors to a wide range of general insurance companies, in the Retail and Commercial sectors, including within Lloyd’s and the London Market. The entities that KPMG work with range from FTSE100 and global (re)insurers to smaller specialist insurers. You get the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects from Solvency II support (eg IMV and Capital modelling support) to Financial Transformation projects to supporting our Deals team in large fast moving transactions. For our audit work we review clients’ reserving and capital assessments and forming their own independent assessments – this is the process we use widely when we provide specialist support on audits. Our practitioners have benefited by improving the breadth of their knowledge of reserving and getting exposure to and engagement with senior leadership within the insurance industry.

 

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