Job Description
Role: Information Protection Senior Associate
Location: Guernsey or Jersey
Line of Service: Business Enablement
Contracted Hours per Week: 37.5 hours
PwC Channel Islands Overview
PwC is a highly dynamic professional services firm offering Advisory, Tax, Audit and other assurance services to a large portfolio of international and local clients. The Channel Islands firm employs 600+ staff in offices across Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney and is part of an international network of 151 PwC firms employing over 364,000 staff.
Job Summary
PwC Channel Islands has an exciting opportunity for an Information Protection professional to join its Business Enablement team to support the internal risk management of the organisation. The successful candidate will report to the Manager within the Information Protection Team, and ultimately to the CI Information Protection leader. Information Protection You will work with both the Manager and Senior Manager within the team to deliver an effective information protection service to the business. Your role will include assisting in managing the firm’s Information Security, Data Protection and Technology Risk. The key areas of focus will be for you to assist with: Information Security
● Implementation and monitoring of firm policy relating to Information Protection ● Promoting awareness of information protection risks to the business ● Completion of control assessments and liaising with UK / Global information protection teams ● Investigation and evaluation of potential CI data breaches
Data Protection ● Monitoring regulatory developments, completion of regulatory returns and communications ● Advising business units and client engagement teams on data protection risk assessments
and implementation of mitigating controls ● Maintaining documentation of data protection compliance activities
Technology Risk ● Development and implementation of technology risk governance policy and processes ● Assessing new applications and systems, and liaising with Global / UK technology risk teams ● Advising and supporting business units on technology risk matters
General
● Undertaking business monitoring and preparation of management reports
● Assist with the design, implementation and improvement of systems and processes used to support the CI risk function
Requirements
● Knowledge and experience of information security and data protection, or relevant fields such as controls assurance or technology governance. Additional training will be provided as needed.
● Ability to use critical thinking skills to analyse technology and business activities in order to identify relevant risks and issues.
● Strong written and verbal communication skills, as the role requires contact with a wide variety of people internally and externally, at a varying level of seniority.
● Good project management skills. ● Proactive, self-motivated and able to take responsibility for own work. ● Good IT skills and comfortable learning new technologies. ● Adaptability, attention to detail and good use of initiative.
Right to work in Channel Islands
Due to Housing & Work restrictions in the Channel Islands, we are only able to consider candidates who currently hold the right to live and work in their respective islands.
Travel Requirements
As part of a cross island team, this role may require travel between the islands and occasionally further travel.
The skills we look for in our people
All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, Evolved PwC Professional.
The Evolved PwC Professional focuses on two core behaviours: Trusted Leadership and Distinctive outcomes. Trusted Leadership is underpinned by core behaviours that Inspire, Empower and Evolve, and Distinctive outcomes is underpinned by behaviours that Champion, Build and Deliver.
Diversity
We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their unique strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business. https://pwc.to/2vY6KZm.