Senior Manager - Cyber Strategy & Resilience Consulting (Financial Services)

Step into a leadership role where cyber and financial services converge. As a Senior Manager Cyber & Financial Services at KPMG, you will shape strategy, drive resilience, and lead transformation in top-tier financial institutions. You will play a key role in building a new practice, combining visible client impact with direct exposure to senior stakeholders.

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Your challenges

You will join an enthusiastic team at the intersection of Cyber and Financial Services, building a new capability focused on regulatory-driven transformation. The role involves leading multidisciplinary teams of cyber specialists, regulatory experts, and data professionals, delivering solutions for banks, insurers, and regulators. Key responsibilities include designing cyber resilience strategies, establishing governance frameworks, and guiding organizations through regulations such as DORA. You will engage directly with senior stakeholders including CISOs, CROs, CIOs, and board members, translating cyber risks into business impact and strategic decisions. Leveraging frameworks like NIST, ISO, and tailored resilience models, you will collaborate closely with Risk, Technology, and Transformation teams. The culture is ambitious and collaborative, emphasizing ownership, challenge, and continuous growth. This role combines startup-like agility with global scale, offering significant influence to shape the practice, clients, and market-facing solutions. This position provides autonomy and visibility while accelerating your professional development.

This is what you bring

  • Master’s degree in Information Security, IT, Business, or a related field 
  • 9+ years of relevant experience in Cyber Security, Cyber Defense, IT Risk, or Technology Strategy within Financial Services Proven experience with cyber resilience frameworks, regulations, or programs (e.g. DORA, ISO 27001, NIST, BCM, IAM incl. PAM)
  • Demonstrated experience leading teams and managing client relationships at a senior level
  • Proven track record in business development, including leading proposals, generating revenue, and contributing to account growth within Financial Services
  • Strong stakeholder communication skills in English, required for international client engagements and reporting
  • You have an affinity with (generative) AI and are motivated to actively leverage this technology in your day-to-day work

Not sure whether to apply because you don’t meet every requirement? If this role excites you and you see yourself in the profile, we’d love to hear from you. Because we believe talent grows and shows up in many different ways.

What will you do?

  • Lead strategic cyber resilience transformations for banks, insurers, and asset managers
  • Translate regulatory requirements (e.g. DORA, NIS2) into actionable roadmaps and operating models
  • Build and grow a new cross-functional practice at the intersection of Cyber and Financial Services.
  • Advise C-level stakeholders on cyber risk, crisis management, and business continuity
  • Drive complex client engagements from origination and proposal development through to delivery, including revenue responsibility, sales. and client account growth
  • Develop and maintain a strong sales pipeline by identifying client opportunities, leading proposals, and contributing to go-to-market initiatives

This is what we offer

  • Gross salary between € 6,120 and € 8,850 per month depending on your work experience, variable performance based reward, a fixed expense allowance and a  fixed working from home allowance per working day.
  • 30 vacation days (on a full-time basis) and the option to buy more days or sell your vacation days.
  • At KPMG we work hybrid, so you can work from home or at the office.
  • A completely furnished home office.
  • A lease car or a mobility budget. 
  • A laptop and iPhone.
  • Choice to pick from different courses which contribute to your own personal and professional development.
  • Diversity networks in the areas of pride, gender, ability, cultural diversity, and generations that regularly organize various activities to celebrate differences!
  • Focus on well-being! There is a gym at the Amstelveen office or you can get a discount for a gym near your house and you get access to different health and/or vitality programs.
  • ‘Together’ is one of our core values. So you can count on different social activities, like team events, drinks with colleagues and events with all your KPMG colleagues.

Application procedure

Step 1. Your application

Have you applied? Then you will receive an invitation for the KPMG Talent Pitch immediately after your application. In the Talent Pitch, we not only get to know you, but you also get to know us better. We will also give you a tour of the world of KPMG. During the pitch, you will complete a personality questionnaire and take an aptitude test. 

Step 2. The first interview

After completing the KPMG Talent Pitch, we will invite you for a first interview with a recruiter. In some cases, a colleague from the relevant department will also be present at the interview. This interview is a mutual introduction, where you also get the chance to ask all the questions you probably have. 

Step 3. Follow-up interview

Did you have a positive conversation and are you still enthusiastic? If we also see a match, a second meeting will follow. In this second interview, we will delve deeper into the role and the substantive themes you will be dealing with. You may be asked to prepare a business case for the interview. Sometimes there is a final interview. 

Step 4. Offer

Is there a match? Then we will make you an offer and hopefully you will start at KPMG soon. The offer will not only include your salary but also all our employment conditions, such as your pension, vacation days, and more! Do you agree with our offer? Then we congratulate you as our new colleague and take the last step. 

Step 5. Screening

We want to be an integral and reliable organization in all respects, so we screen everyone who comes to work with us. DISA conducts this screening and checks references, among other things. Everything in order? The path to a great career at KPMG is open to you. You will then start with the onboarding program. 

Would you like to know more about our application procedure? Then contact HR Recruitment via recruitment@kpmg.nl. 

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