Manager - Cyber Security - M&A Team - Big4

Roles and responsibilities

We are recruiting for the Manager- Cyber in the Technology in M&A team.

You will be responsible for leading client delivery and supporting practice development for the Technology in M&A team.

Your responsibilities will include -

Client Delivery

- Prepare, plan, and deliver M&A technology programmes and technology due diligence, with a focus on the cyber security areas

- Leading and supporting our clients through technology programmes arising from acquisitions, divestitures, carve outs, and other transactions

- Delivering and/or reviewing high quality transaction reports and other M&A documentation including IT due diligence and Transitional Service Agreements

- Drawing on knowledge and experience to provide high quality and deep insights and recommendations to our clients

- Providing cyber security insights to clients across a wide range of projects

- Leading client meetings and interviews

- Engaging with senior internal and external stakeholders both at clients and within KPMG

- Managing relationships with key C level executives at clients

Wider Team

- Developing new products and potential revenue streams focused on cyber security offerings for clients

- Expanding the cyber security capability across the team

- Coaching and mentoring junior members of the team

- Identifying and driving opportunities for wider KPMG as a result of work in transactions

- Owning engagement management including quality and risk management for the project

Experience and skills

- Significant experience in a consulting firm or industry of cyber security, preferably in an M&A environment

Significant experience preparing and delivering technology programmes in an M&A environment including:

- IT due diligence (buyside and sell side) writing and reviewing

- Vendor assist

- Planning and execution of IT integrations and separations across technology, infrastructure, applications and data

- Development of IT organisation design including people, process, governance, service management, technology and contracts

- Design, negotiation and operation of IT related transitional services

Deep technical expertise in at least one of the following cyber areas:

- Penetration testing and intrusion detection (IDS / IPS, DLP, SIEM)

- CISSP

- ISO27001

- PCI-DSS

- Cloud Security

- Vulnerability management

- Internet of Things (IOT) security

- Incident management response

- DevSecOps

- Blockchain security

- Artificial intelligence

- Ethical Hacking

- Understanding of the deal lifecycle and the role of IT within it starting from due diligence through to concluding transitional service agreements

- Leading and facilitation of client meetings and interviews

- Leading a team which includes both colleagues and client members of staff

- Team management experience, including experience in the formulation of development and growth plans

- Bachelor's degree qualification

- Professional qualification welcome

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including reporting

- Ability to learn quickly and leverage skills in new situations

- Programme management experience and track record of successful delivery of projects

- Experience of IT outsourcing, supplier management, and procurement

- Comfort with ambiguity, fluid consulting situations and a highly pressured environment which characterise transactions

- Ability to travel at a potentially significant level

- Fluency in a European language beneficial

- Respect for client and transaction confidentiality