Cyber Security Senior Consultant

AssuranceLab is growing in Europe and is starting to build out our capability in Ireland. We are seeking multiple highly skilled and experienced Senior Consultants to join our audit services team. As a Senior Consultant, you will report to the Senior Manager and play a vital role in leading and developing our audit services team.

If you are a driven professional with excellent leadership abilities and a passion for delivering exceptional audit services, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

About AssuranceLab

In 2017, AssuranceLab rapidly emerged as a dependable tech-enabled audit firm trusted by startups, tech unicorns and large global companies worldwide. We assist clients in achieving a variety of compliance certifications. Our objective when founding AssuranceLab was to develop a new and better way of conducting audits. Our mission is to promote trust, growth, and better company practices with audits.

We do audits differently. Our in-house built Pillar platform and innovative audit process removes the typical audit headaches for our team and our clients. Our tech-driven approach allows us to work remotely, flexibly, and manage audit clients in 12 countries around the world from our Australian base. AssuranceLab was founded to meet the modern world's trust requirements, which include adhering to global cybersecurity standards, the privacy rights of consumers, and expanding our footprint in environmental, social, and governance (ESG).

We're on a path of expansion, having doubled our team size in the last year, and we invite you to join us on our journey. We're a fully distributed team and we encourage candidates from all locations in Australia to apply for this remote position.

About the Role

Your primary responsibilities will involve overseeing and managing a range of audits, ensuring compliance with industry standards and clients' objectives. You will collaborate with clients, addressing their audit and regulatory requirements, and provide strategic advice on process improvements and best practices. With your strong technical expertise, project management skills, and customer-centric approach, you will contribute to the growth and success of our audit services while upholding our company values.

Team Role and Structure

Reporting line: This role reports to Senior Managers of the Audit Services team.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead SOC 2 engagements
• Applying your knowledge and technical understanding of the standards and services provided by AssuranceLab, to all audit engagements.
• Lead multi-standard audits covering the services and standards by AssuranceLab.
• Using your effective project management and work prioritisation skills, manage and lead client engagements.
• Apply problem-solving and critical thinking capabilities to identify and suggest new process improvements for enhanced efficiency and effectiveness.
• Independently prioritise own workload, ensuring timely completion of tasks and deliverables.
• Exhibit advanced written and verbal communication skills, effectively conveying complex information to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Build strong client relationships, fostering trust and confidence in AssuranceLab's services without significant support.
• Design and execute proactive, customer-centric client communications independently, ensuring effective and timely updates and information sharing.
• Demonstrate leadership abilities by leading and coaching consultants, providing guidance and support to enhance their performance and development.
• Embody AssuranceLab values, promoting and upholding the company's culture in all interactions and engagements.

We would love you to have

• Strong leadership skills to effectively lead and develop a team.
• Technical expertise in SOC 2 engagements and a good understanding of AssuranceLab's standards and services.
• Project management skills to handle and prioritise a high volume of engagements.
• Problem-solving and critical thinking capabilities to suggest process improvements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for effective client and internal stakeholder communication.
• Relationship-building skills to establish and maintain strong client relationships.
• Proactive and customer-centric mindset for designing and executing client communications.
• Coaching and mentoring abilities to lead and support consultants.
• Strong organizational skills for effective workload prioritization and timely completion of tasks.
• Alignment with AssuranceLab's values and ability to positively represent AssuranceLab

• Willing to have a go with courage and candidness.

We believe that having the courage to try is more important than having all the answers. We understand that no one knows everything and we value diverse perspectives. So if you share our mindset, we would love to hear from you! Don't worry about ticking all the boxes, we are more interested in understanding how your unique experiences and skills can contribute to our team. Our selection process is designed to evaluate how well you could fit in with our team and how you can help us grow. We can't wait to see what you bring to the table.

How we support you

AssuranceLab’s values are our North Star with how we work, how we make decisions, and how we support each other. Our people are our greatest asset, and at a team offsite last year, together we built the following values:

• We prioritise each individual’s approach to well-being.
• We prioritise the development of individuals by understanding their needs and ambitions.
• We embrace different perspectives to bring out the best ideas.
• We provide rewards and recognition in a way that is meaningful to the individual.
• We celebrate individual, team and company success.

• We speak up with honesty and transparency.
• We take calculated risks to solve wicked problems.

• We adopt a “fail-fast, learn quickly” mentality.
• We challenge the status quo of the audit industry.

• We listen to our customers and respond to the market.
• We foster transformational relationships over transactional ones.

• We build trustworthy relationships with each other and with our clients through being open and vulnerable.
• We embrace our strengths and shortfalls; we will always be there to support one another.
• We are bold and give it our all.

• Our business decisions are underpinned by upholding positive environmental and social outcomes.
• We advocate and champion for-purpose-driven individuals and businesses.

When you join AssuranceLab, you can look forward to a fulfilling sense of purpose and belonging. Our benefits include:

• Remote-first and truly flexible work arrangements. As a fully distributed company with team members located throughout Australia, you'll have the liberty and adaptability to manage your own work schedule.
• A forward-thinking workplace with a progressive leave policy that includes generous paid time off. We are committed to ensuring that you prosper both inside and outside of work. We trust you to use sound judgement and take the necessary time off to bring your best self to work.
• Stock options available to all employees (ESOP).
• Sponsored personal development and training that allows you to earn while you learn.
• Exciting, innovative, high-growth clients to work with.
• A generous bonus structure, with the potential to earn up to 30%.
• Support for positive social causes such as non-profit organisations and for-purpose clients, along with 'giving back' initiatives (such as matched donations). As a B-Corp-Certified organisation, we take pride in balancing our purpose with profit.
• Regular travel opportunities to collaborate with your team, including twice-yearly off-site events to meet in person.

How to apply

We value each and every candidate who expresses interest in our roles, and we would love to personally contact everyone. However, please understand that our hiring team is small and we have limited capacity to personally respond to every application. If you are a good fit for the position, you will hear from us to set up a 15-minute intro call to learn more about you and confirm your interest.

After the phone screen, our interview process involves a 45-minute interview with the hiring team via Google Meet. If you are not successful following this initial interview, you'll receive feedback on the reasons why you've not progressed. The final step in our recruitment process is a further discussion with some of our team members and co-founders to confirm your suitability. From there, we will discuss your job offer, pending reference checks.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We think having a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial, and we value every voice that adds to our team. We actively work towards eliminating any unconscious bias in our recruitment process because we believe everyone should have an equal opportunity to join us.

We want to make sure our hiring process is accessible to everyone. If you have a medical condition or disability and need any reasonable accommodations during the application process, please shoot us an email at bradley @ assurancelab.com.au and let us know what you need.

If you think you'd fit right in with us, we'd love to hear from you!

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