Lead Specialist, Third Party Risk Management

Lead Specialist, Third Party Risk Management

KPMG Advisory practice is our fastest growing practice, experiencing tremendous client demand and a collaborative, team‑driven culture. With extensive learning and career development opportunities, we empower our people to grow professionally and personally and to make an impact in advisory.

• Interact with onshore engagements and clients directly performing vendor or third‑party security assessments, and perform remote assessments independently.
• Independently draft reports of the assessments based on discussions during remote reviews, and perform second‑level quality review of the reports written by peers/junior resources.
• Conduct business continuity planning and disaster recovery implementation and review experience.
• Build and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with clients and internal teams, and support the current team with the execution and management of engagements in our current and future client portfolio.
• Lead and manage client engagements with a focus on delivering high‑quality service in a managed services context.
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment.

• Minimum five years of recent information security governance, privacy and compliance and security assessment experience, with a focus on IT and IS Risk Assessments and program reviews/establishment; prior consulting experience with a big‑4 or large clientele is preferable; CISA/CISSP/CISM/CIPP/ISO 27001 is preferable.
• Master’s degree preferred; minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in information security, computer science, engineering, technology or a related field.
• Familiarity with and demonstrated experience assessing against BS ISO/IEC/SIG 27002:2005, BS 7799, BS 25999 and related domains, and understanding of ISO 27001/NIST 800‑53/PCI‑DSS.
• Broad understanding of information security trends, services and disciplines, and experience applying them in dynamic environments.
• Strong client interaction skills, both written and verbal, and highly fluent in English.
• Ability to travel as required.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment‑based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity.

KPMG is an equal opportunity employer. KPMG complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.