Associate Manager – Cyber Security (Deal Tech)

The Opportunity: Hiring for our client, a BIG 4 organization.

Location: Bangalore / Hyderabad (India)

Our client’s Transaction Strategy and Execution (TSE) Technology team helps clients with IT-related aspects of M&A transactions:

Deal tech: The TSE Technology team assesses the technology ecosystem & its role in M&A transactions.

Infrastructure: Managing sign-to-close, & post-integration activities from an IT Infrastructure perspective

Their TSE Technology professionals help clients navigate transaction risk and increase value from the beginning of a deal to its execution.

This role requires prior expertise in managing complex IT integrations, separations, and transitions during mergers, acquisitions with extensive knowledge of information security, identity and access management, detection and response, and cyber risk and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

1. M&A Cybersecurity Integration & Separation:

Identify cybersecurity risks and integration/separation challenges across buy-side and sell-side transactions.

Design & execute cybersecurity integration & separation plans aligned with business goals.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless cyber integration during the sign-to-close phase.

Identify risks and issues related to cyber during the deal process and develop mitigation strategies.

Provide expertise in cyber cost optimization and consolidation post-deal closure.

2. Cybersecurity Strategy Development:

Develop comprehensive cybersecurity strategies post-transaction to align with business and regulatory requirements.
Advise clients on target operating models for cybersecurity functions.

3. Cyber Risk & Compliance:

Conduct cyber risk assessments leveraging frameworks like NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and regulatory requirements (GDPR, CCPA, etc.).
Provide recommendations for achieving and maintaining regulatory compliance.

4. Identity and Access Management (IAM):

Assess and design IAM strategies and solutions during M&A activities.
Ensure identity security is maintained throughout integration or divestiture processes.

5. Cyber Maturity Assessment:

Conduct cyber maturity assessments pre- and post-M&A to evaluate the cybersecurity posture of organizations.
Create remediation roadmaps to enhance cybersecurity maturity.

6. Data Security Strategy:

Develop strategies to protect sensitive information assets across the data lifecycle.
Address data governance, classification, privacy, and protection considerations.

7. Detection and Response:

Design and advise on detection and incident response capabilities.
Ensure continuity of threat monitoring and response processes during organizational transitions.

8. Cyber Program Management:

Manage large to mid-sized engagements or workstreams of large engagements that help clients solve some of their most pressing issues during transaction lifecycle.
Support key decision makers in developing and executing their transaction strategy to secure deal value.
Manage the execution of integration and separation projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
Document lessons learned and best practices to improve future IT deal processes

Skills and attributes for success

1. Business and Commercially Driven - work in a fast-paced, exciting environment with strong business acumen to drive value to our clients
2. Capability Development - contribute to our practice development initiatives, supporting the continued focus on our team as a great place to work
3. Learning - learn and develop technical and personal skills to support achievement of career goals, through a blend of structured learning, coaching and experiences
4. Building Relationships - cultivate strong working relationships with clients and support to key decision makers

To qualify for the role, you must have

1. A post Graduate degree in business management from a premier institute with 5-8 years of applicable consulting experience
2. At least 4 years of experience in Transaction Strategy, Cybersecurity Strategy or Technology Transformation in a top tier consulting firm
3. Lead large IT project execution experience with in-depth knowledge of IT project life cycles. 4. Broad knowledge and deep understanding of one or more cyber areas such as Cyber Security Framework (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, MITRE ATT&CK), compliance frameworks (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA), security architecture etc.
5. Experience in using cyber maturity models (e.g., CMMI, NIST, bespoke maturity models)
6. Experience in Technology aspects of Transaction lifecycle during Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures, and Carveouts.
7. Post-Deal transaction lifecycle: Working experience in post-deal lifecycle for Sell and Separate and Buy and Integrate transactions: Separation / Integration planning, Standalone models and Costing, Infrastructure Separation, Cutover Management, TSA Costing and Exit, Day-1 planning, and Logical Separation
8. Experienced in Business Development activities such as RFPs, opportunity pursuits, winning large to mid-sized deals
9. Strong leadership and team management abilities, with experience in building and motivating high-performing teams
10. Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels
11. Good to have relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP/CCSP/CISM/CISA etc.)