Specialist - Technology and Cybersecurity Risk

Overview:

Guides the risk analysis process providing direction for risk mitigation. Collaborates with cross-functional risk, technology, cybersecurity, and business teams to enhance risk policies and contribute to organizational resilience.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead comprehensive and complex risk assessments, ensuring the identification, analysis, and mitigation of potential control gaps and corresponding remediation plans.

• Formulate and implement risk management plans, inclusive of reporting and documentation, such as writing standards or reviewing non-compliance to standards, creating targeted risk assessments, or reporting on findings, or leading risk controls self-assessments.

• Lead compliance efforts for respective function, ensuring adherence to industry regulations and standards through internal standards.

• Partner strategically with cross-functional teams and senior leadership to ensure swift and effective action when events occur which are beyond or potentially beyond the Bank's risk appetite.

• Assist with preparation and response to regulatory engagements, including preparing materials, coordinating responses from various individuals, aiding in exam management (template folders, collection of first day letter and follow-up requests).

• Assess implications of new methodologies and recommend ways for Technology and Cybersecurity Risk leadership to innovate the risk management strategy and their integration while maintaining a proactive stance against potential risks.

• Mentor newer analysts, fostering their professional growth and ensuring a high standard for all risk analysts within the team.

• Recommend enhancements to Technology and Cybersecurity risk management training programs to increase technology's overall awareness and application of best practices.

• Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.

• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects the M&T Bank brand.

• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.

• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Scope of Responsibilities:

• This position will interact primarily with individual contributors and people leaders within the Technology and Cybersecurity teams. It will have occasional to frequent interaction with senior leaders of Technology, Cybersecurity, the Risk Division and Internal Audit.

• Work is accomplished with limited direction, and the incumbent exercises judgement in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria in obtaining results. It exerts significant latitude in determining objective of assignment.

• This role will prepare materials for Regulators under the direction of senior Technology and Cybersecurity Risk leaders.

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 9 years’ higher education and/or work experience

• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of Technology and Cybersecurity risk principles

• Minimum of 4 years' relevant work experience in or with the specific Technology and/ or Cybersecurity risk area and/or business unit

• Previous experience working in a cybersecurity operation center or supporting a cybersecurity operation center from a first line risk perspective is a must. ​

• Previous experience supporting or working with the following, SIEM, Inside threat programs, Threat hunting, threat detection capabilities, Incident response, and DLP.

Education and Experience Preferred:

• Applicable certification align to function or domain such as Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC®), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

• Proficient level of critical thinking and able to lead problem solving

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Experience partnering with leadership to design solutions

• Excellent ability to strategically seek critical information, and apply to specific processes

• Prior experience prioritizing across competing priorities and quickly changing landscape, and deliver results aligned with priorities

• Proficient persuasive communication skills to gain buy-in of others

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