About the company

• Financial services sector client
• Part way through a cyber uplift program
• Highly regarded company culture

About the role
Take over a medium sized team split between analysts, GRC and engineers across a business of over 1000 staff. This is a replacement from the CISO who has been in the business for around 3 years, in place is a strategy along with a yearly budget to complete uplift and new tooling implementations.

The initial focus on this role will be ensuring they maintain their regulatory compliance with APRA while keeping their various project streams on track. As the CISO, you will have full ownership of the budget, board level interaction quarterly and the ability to shape the vision of the function for the future.

Culture / Benefits

• Mid sized team with an appreciation for security
• Full ownership of budget and function
• Competitive salary package with bonus on top
• Collaborative environment where stakeholder engagement is desired

Duties

• Complete ownership of the cyber security function
• Lead a mid sized team through both uplift and BAU
• External vendor management and selection
• Strategic leadership of the security function
• Extensive internal stakeholder engagement required
• Board reporting, budget planning and ownership

Skills and experience

• To be successful in this role, you will need to have prior leadership experience in a financial service environment
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills and experience
• Previous leadership of teams above 10 people in size
• Budget ownership and forecasting experience
• Experience working through audit and uplift to maintain APRA, ISO or similar requirements
• Excellent Communication skills - written and verbal
• Prior experience presenting to board and completing board papers
• Industry certifications are highly regarded