Experienced Manager/ Senior Manager | IT & Cyber Risk Advisory | Technology Risk
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About the Role
Grant Thornton UAE seeks an Experienced Manager/Senior Manager to lead technology risk, IT assurance, and cyber advisory engagements. You will manage client relationships, oversee projects, and provide strategic insights on IT governance and risk management.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee complex IT Audit, Information Security, Cyber Risk, and Regulatory Compliance engagements from planning through to completion
- Act as primary client contact, building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and delivering strategic risk and security advisory services
- Drive engagement planning, resource allocation, quality assurance reviews, budgeting, and delivery excellence across multiple concurrent assignments
- Lead IT and Information Security audits, regulatory reviews, and cyber risk assessments against local, regional, and international frameworks
- Provide strategic guidance on enterprise risk management, information security governance, internal controls, and regulatory compliance
- Oversee current state assessments, Target Operating Model (TOM) design, and risk transformation initiatives
- Review and challenge risk assessments, audit findings, gap analyses, and remediation plans
- Support clients in strengthening governance structures, risk management frameworks, security operating models, policies, and procedures
- Present findings, recommendations, and strategic insights to executive management, audit committees, boards
- Facilitate workshops and executive discussions on complex risk and security challenges
- Lead business development activities including proposal preparation, client presentations, account management
- Coach, mentor, and develop consultants and junior team members
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Cyber Security, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline
- 8–12+ years of experience in IT Audit, Information Security, Cyber Security, Risk Advisory, Technology Risk, or related consulting services
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Implementer, CEH, or equivalent
- Strong knowledge of industry standards and frameworks including ISO 27001, NESA/UAE IAS, PCI DSS, NIST, COBIT
- Experience leading complex IT risk, cyber security, regulatory compliance, and technology assurance engagements
- Strong technical knowledge across cloud security, vulnerability management, IAM, SOC, security architecture, data privacy, and cyber resilience
- Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics
- Strong commercial acumen including budgeting, forecasting, profitability management, revenue growth, and business development
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills; Arabic language skills advantageous
- Exceptional leadership, stakeholder management, coaching, and team development capabilities
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About the Role
- We’re a large and growing professional services firm with over 76,000 professionals in more than 150 countries.
- As an Experienced Manager/ Senior Manager, you’ll lead the delivery of technology risk, IT assurance, and cyber advisory engagements for a diverse portfolio of clients.
- You’ll manage client relationships, oversee multiple projects, guide and develop high performing teams, and provide strategic insights.
About Grant Thornton
- We combine global scale with local expertise to help dynamic organizations unlock their potential for growth.
- We believe in the power of authenticity and flexibility.
- Join us to expand your horizons, be inspired, face challenges, and most importantly, be yourself.
About the Technology Risk Advisory Practice
- We help organisations strengthen their IT governance, cybersecurity, digital controls, and risk management frameworks.
- From IT assurance and cyber risk assessments to regulatory compliance and technology transformation support, we provide practical insights.
Responsibilities
- Leading and overseeing complex IT Audit, Information Security, Cyber Risk, and Regulatory Compliance engagements.
- Acting as the primary client contact, building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
- Driving engagement planning, resource allocation, quality assurance reviews, budgeting, and delivery excellence.
- Leading IT and Information Security audits, regulatory reviews, and cyber risk assessments.
- Providing strategic guidance on enterprise risk management, information security governance, internal controls, and regulatory compliance.
- Overseeing current state assessments, Target Operating Model (TOM) design, and risk transformation initiatives.
- Reviewing and challenging risk assessments, audit findings, gap analyses, and remediation plans.
- Supporting clients in strengthening governance structures, risk management frameworks, security operating models, policies, and procedures.
- Presenting findings, recommendations, and strategic insights to executive management, audit committees, boards.
- Facilitating workshops and executive discussions.
- Leading business development activities, including proposal preparation, client presentations, account management.
- Coaching, mentoring and developing consultants and junior team members.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Cyber Security, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
- 8–12+ years of experience in IT Audit, Information Security, Cyber Security, Risk Advisory, Technology Risk, or related consulting services.
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Implementer, CEH, or equivalent.
- Strong knowledge of industry standards and frameworks: ISO 27001, NESA/UAE IAS, PCI DSS, NIST, COBIT.
- Extensive experience leading complex IT risk, cyber security, regulatory compliance, and technology assurance engagements.
- Strong technical knowledge across cloud security, vulnerability management, IAM, SOC operations, security architecture, data privacy, and cyber resilience.
- Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft Dynamics.
- Strong commercial acumen including budgeting, forecasting, profitability management, revenue growth, and business development.
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills; Arabic language skills advantageous.
- Exceptional leadership, stakeholder management, coaching, and team development capabilities.
- Willingness to travel regularly to client sites.
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