Cyber Risk Consultant

Opportunity

Cyber Risk Solutions is a risk advisory services team embedded within WTW’s Global FINEX (financial, executive, and professional risk and insurance) practice. The remit of the team is to:

• Deliver a range of cyber risk and security consulting engagements, including advisory services to include: cyber risk assessment, cyber resilience maturity, cyber incident preparedness and (working with insurance specialists) cyber insurance advisory services (80% of time);
• Support FINEX’s core insurance broking business through risk insight, proprietary data and analytical tools, differentiating our proposition in RFPs and with existing clients to up-sell and cross-sell (15% of time).
• Support thought leadership articles and research into cyber risks and threats (5% of time).

You will be joining a market leading team which provides cyber insurance and consultancy services bringing together capabilities across Global FINEX cyber and the wider WTW group of companies. The team is collaborative, innovative, and welcoming and advocates for growth personally and professionally across the firm.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified and experienced candidate looking for a demanding and varied client-facing cyber risk management advisory role.

Typical client project work

• Cyber risk exposure analysis/ maturity.
  • Our clients are looking to better understand how cyber and technology risk permeates their business. The candidate will be responsible for leading cyber consulting and advisory engagements across a number of service areas, including cyber risk assessment, cyber quantification, and cyber incident response and crisis management planning. Leveraging qualitative cyber risk assessment methods and frameworks to provide our clients with actionable insights relating to their cyber gaps, exposures or vulnerabilities, the candidate will be expected to operate using their own initiative and experience of the cyber space. The candidate will also engage proprietary quantitative models (e.g., Cyber Quantified) and will work with WTW’s specialist analysis teams to quantify and communicate risk exposure to clients. 
  • With changing supply and demand in the cyber insurance market, there is an opportunity to provide impartial, timely and evidence-based advice and guidance to existing and prospective client organisations. The successful candidate will work closely with our cyber broking team(s) to better articulate a client’s cyber security and insurance risk profile and subsequently support the insurance / risk transfer options available.
• Cyber data analysis:
  • At WTW we have invested heavily in collecting and structuring data which can be used for the benefit of our clients. The candidate will use WTW and external data to provide our clients and cyber broking team with information that they can use to guide risk management improvements and security strategy development, insurance purchasing decisions and new product development/ innovation.
• Cyber risk gap analysis/ insurance risk mapping:
  • Linking client risk issues to insurance is an area of growing client demand and a key differentiator for FINEX. The candidate will be working with colleagues to align client cyber risk exposures to insurance mitigation and communicating output and recommendations to clients.

Competencies

This is a great opportunity for an experienced individual(s) with a background in Cyber risk management or consulting with the requisite analytical and communication skills. The candidate will continue to develop their knowledge of the cyber operating space, using this knowledge and experience to generate insightful services for our clients. The individual will lead client-facing project engagements with UK clients including reporting and presentations, with the opportunity to be supported by and develop other members of this small, but growing team.

Core competencies

• Consulting and Project Management
• Sales and Client Management
• Knowledge of board level cyber risks and the emerging cyber threat landscape / key trends etc.
• Industry experience in a cyber / information security and / or cyber insurance role (desirable). 

The successful candidate will possess or have the potential to develop:

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of information and cyber security concepts, technologies and frameworks / standards.
• Industry-recognised certifications / qualifications commensurate with experience. For this role, the successful candidate will possess one or some of the following: CISM, CISSP, CRISC, CISA, CompTIA Security+, ISO27001 LI / LA. All qualifications will be considered based on their direct applicability to the role. Opportunities for continued Professional Development will be available.

• Research and information gathering for thought leadership
• Project management 
• Written communication skills for report analysis and commentary 
• Verbal communication skills required to explain process steps and requirements to internal & external audiences and other departments within Willis Towers Watson
• Ability to manage own time, work on own initiative and to meet often tight deadlines
• The desire to learn, to be pragmatic and flexible

Equal Opportunity Employer 

At WTW, we believe difference makes us stronger. We want our workforce to reflect the different and varied markets we operate in and to build a culture of inclusivity that makes colleagues feel welcome, valued and empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment throughout our organisation. We embrace all types of diversity.

At WTW, we trust you to know your work and the people, tools and environment you need to be successful. The majority of our colleagues work in a ”hybrid” style, with a mix of remote, in-person and in-office interactions dependent on the needs of the team, role and clients. Our flexibility is rooted in trust and “hybrid” is not a one-size-fits-all solution.