Senior Manager, IT Security Advisory

KPMG LLP provides audit, tax and advisory services to a broad range of clients. KPMG's commitment to quality is demonstrated in our disciplined delivery approach and use of cross-functional teams. Advisory Services professionals strive to help clients improve business performance, comply with regulatory requirements, and achieve sustainable value over time. Our approach incorporates the balancing of risk and control considerations with the more traditional performance and cost factors. Advisory professionals are also able to provide clients with relevant industry and functional skills where they need them most. We are currently seeking an IT Advisory Services Senior Manager to join us in our Minneapolis office. IT Advisory Services (ITA) professionals assess, design, and combine leading information management and operational processes, approaches, technologies, and controls to help enable sustained business value and risk management in support of the business. Information Technology (IT) organizations and their leaders often need a business focus that helps enable them to better organize and prioritize their IT investments based on factors including business value created, return on investments, and management of risk. Responsibilities: * Lead IT protection projects involving strategy, implementation, support, and software/hardware optimization related to Information Technology (IT) operations, business processes, business resiliency, security, and data integrity * Review security profiles to assess how application security is being used as a part of the overall business process control environment * Facilitate business process design as it relates to managing identities and access privileges such as architecture, delegated administration models, workflow models and access control models * Understand current regulatory environment and related implications to identity management and security compliance * Assist with scoping prospective engagements and developing proposals * Identify and communicate findings to senior management and client personnel * Identify performance improvement opportunities for clients * Develop national methodology content and procedural detail * Present firm-based approaches and messaging at internal training classes, external events, and client environments * Work across KPMG service lines to identify teaming opportunities * Supervise and provide performance management for staff working on assigned engagements * Identify prospective engagements, participate in and lead pursuit teams, and lead project contract negotiations * Identify and build long-term business relationships with new target clients and key executives * Work with vendors to identify and secure partnering opportunities * Publish thought leadership material Qualifications: * Five years of experience in IT Security * Knowledge of the IT protection implementation methodologies * Demonstrated knowledge base in operations, systems evaluation and architecture * Demonstrated track record of leadership, client management and project management * Excellent written and verbal communication skills * Exceptional interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to gain the confidence and respect of senior level executives * Excellent team building, mentoring and leadership abilities * Strong client services orientation and accustomed to taking an active role in executing engagements * Strong analytical skills and the ability to write at a "publication" quality level to communicate findings and recommendations * Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university in an appropriate field * Ability to travel up to sixty percent of the time * Eight years of relevant work experience * Accomplished executive business development track record KPMG offers and supports flexible work arrangements as well as part-time schedules. 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All rights reserved. © 2005 KPMG LLP, the U.S. member firm of KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. JOB INFORMATION Job Title: Senior Manager, IT Security Advisory Company: KPMG LLP Location: Minneapolis Status: Full Time, Employee Job Category: IT/Software Development Reference Code: 19084