Senior Manager Security Risk Management

When you join Verizon

Verizon is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services, transforming the way we connect across the globe. We’re a diverse network of people driven by our shared ambition to shape a better future. Here, we have the ability to learn and grow at the speed of technology, and the space to create within every role. Together, we are moving the world forward – and you can too. Dream it. Build it. Do it here.

What you’ll be doing...

Driving continuous improvement is what we are all about and you will support our efforts through providing objective evaluations of our technology and cybersecurity processes to make us better. You’ll gain exposure to the diverse aspects of our business through collaborating with different business leaders related to our technology and cybersecurity controls, processes, and systems. The work you perform is critical to reducing risk and providing solutions that protect our company, our employees and our shareholders.

As a Technology/Cybersecurity Internal Audit Senior Manager, you will play a critical role in executing and managing audit projects, coaching staff, conducting training, assisting daily assignments, overseeing and incorporating industry expertise and knowledge into internal audit control frameworks, improving testing methodology, ensuring consistency in evidence standards, developing tools and testing environments, and promoting cybersecurity and software engineering skills within the team.

• Providing leadership and development to a team of 4-6 which includes counselling managers and staff throughout audit career, especially during the placement process, and assistance in identifying career opportunities.
• Overseeing end to end process of complex technology and cybersecurity audits to ensure internal audit executes on our audit commitments, compliance to our methodology, development and growth of junior staff members, quality review of audit work papers, observations are properly vetted, and communicate audits results to executive management.
• Using problem solving and critical thinking skills to identify internal control deficiencies, evaluate their risk implications, and draw the appropriate conclusions to best advise management. Assist in the execution of the necessary corrective recommendations for deficiencies identified to ensure successful remediation.
• Developing annual audit plans within an achievable timeline and travel budgets to ensure alignment with emerging technology and cybersecurity risks.
• Delivering solutions to challenges and roadblocks that impact our ability to meet audit commitments with audit directors and business leadership.
• Participating in audit efficiency projects, driving completion of departmental goals, and ensure growth within your team.
• Continuing to grow your knowledge and experience while working with a variety of emerging technology environments, platforms, applications and tools/utilities.

Where you’ll be working…

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

What we’re looking for...

You’re a great teammate who enjoys collaborating with various partners to achieve winning outcomes. You're comfortable leading discussions with technical teams and business stakeholders. You have the ability to learn new technology concepts on demand. You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and are able to summarize audit results and participate in communicating audit findings to the appropriate level of management.You understand the importance of keeping the lines of communication across all levels to earn trust. You listen carefully with an intent to understand. You like digging into the details and coming up with recommendations that will have a huge impact.

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant work experience.
• Four or more years of experience in Information Technology (IT) Audit, Internal Audit, Security & Privacy Services, Business Process Controls, IT Risk Management, SOX Advisory, or other IT or audit compliance.
• Experience in using NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) or other governance/security/risk management frameworks.
• Knowledge of information technology general and advanced controls, key industry standard frameworks, and cybersecurity protocols.
• Knowledge of networks, operating systems, midrange platforms, personal computers, system development, client/server architecture.
• Willingness to travel up to approximately 25% of the time.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A degree in Accounting, Information Systems, Computer Science, or other field.
• Experience in project management, to manage and conduct audits with minimal supervision from beginning to end, and to manage multiple audits at once.
• Professional certifications include Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), Cybersecurity Practitioner Certification (CSX-P), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Internal Audit (CIA), or Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
• Knowledge of across a wide spectrum of frameworks and standards such as NIST Cyber Security Framework, COBIT, ISO 27001/27002, and CIS Security Controls.
• Experience in risk Management (performing assessments, designing controls, managing enterprise control frameworks).
• Knowledge of network and system security and practices across all major-computing areas (cloud, client/server, PC/LAN, VPN, DevOps) and Internet related technology.
• Experience in a Public Accounting environment specializing in technology-based audits and cybersecurity.
• Experience in performing basic data queries and executive summary data visualizations through the use of SQL, Google Data Studio, Tableau, Alteryx, Qlik etc.
• Ability to meet audit commitments with audit directors and business leadership.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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