Job Description:
Job Title: Third Party Assessment Pre-Assessor
Corporate Title: VP
Location: Chester
Company Overview:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.
Bank of America believes in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees.
Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!
Location Overview:
Find us in the city of Chester, a destination renowned for its culture, history, and beauty. Working at Bank of America Chester offers a far-reaching global career for a world-renowned organisation.
Role Description:
The Third-Party Cyber Security Pre-Assessor is responsible for ensuring that third party assessments performed in EMEA are the correct type and scope for the services provided and the level of risk that each third party presents to the bank.
The Pre-Assessor will liaise with enterprise vendor managers (EVMs), application managers and line of business owners to perform due diligence of third parties located in EMEA. The primary responsibility will be to ensure each third party and the associated EVM is prepared for the forthcoming assessment.
Responsibilities:
1. Coordinates the initial engagement between the Third-Party Cyber Assurance (TPCA) team and EVM and third party.
2. Partners with the EVM and third parties to ensure control environment questions are answered fully and accurately.
3. Escalates security issues and risks identified during the pre-assessment process.
4. Ensures all third parties that are not contractually obliged or willing to participate in the bank’s third-party assessment are appropriately escalated.
What we are looking for:
1. Good verbal and written communication skills.
2. Ability to multi-task and work on your own initiative as well as part of the TPCA assessment team.
3. Highly organized and with project management skills preferably.
4. Ability to plan, execute and document assessment activities following established processes and procedures.
5. Able to identify process efficiencies and add to process improvements.
Skills that will help:
1. Background in information security, IT security audit or risk management.
2. Good analytical skills/problem solving/conceptual thinking.
3. Ability to work with technical and non-technical third parties, EVMs and business owners.
4. Degree in Information Technology, information security or related fields.
5. CCFP, CISSP, CRISC, CISM or CISA certifications are preferred.
6. Experience of Bank of America’s systems, processes and procedures.
Benefits of working at Bank of America:
1. Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen.
2. Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover.
3. 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs.
4. The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits.
5. Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
6. Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support.
7. Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll.
8. Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program.
9. Opportunity to give back to your community by volunteering.
Equal Opportunities:
We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of any characteristic. We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates.
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