Third Party Cyber Assurance Assessor

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Job Description:
This job is responsible for performing information security reviews of third parties that provide services to the bank. Key responsibilities include working with third parties, primarily onsite at the third party’s location, to collect and review documentation including playbooks and evidence during an assessment to determine if information security controls are in place and documenting the controls in place in assessment workpapers. Key responsibilities span pre-assessment, assessment, and/or remediation activities.

Responsibilities:

• Partners with third parties to ensure they are prepared for information security assessments including answering detailed questions;

• Evaluates a third parties information security risk to determine if they meet Bank of America requirements;

• Discusses any information security gaps in the third party’s program with their SME(s);

• Escalates issues or risks identified during the assessment;

• Manages relationships with third parties, Enterprise Vendor Managers, and Sourcing (Procurement) area;

• Must be able to travel up to 50% (i.e. every other week 3-4 days a week);

• Serves as LATAM Third Party Cyber Assurance representative, potentially partnering with regional Global Information Security, Lines of Business and vendor contacts for third party matters in region;

• The ability to interact with internal or external stakeholders including business partners and/or external parties to identify, analyze, and resolve complex problems or security gaps;

• The ability to objectively assess information from various sources and synthesize it towards making a reasoned judgment;

• The ability to assess the security, effectiveness, and practicality of technology systems.       

Skills:

• Excellent command of written and spoken Portuguese, Spanish and English at level to be able to communicate with stakeholders and senior management in LATAM;

• Experience in Information Security and/or IT Audit;

• Technical skills include the domains of information and cyber security and business continuity including:

• Information Security Controls and Domains (Infrastructure Security, Access Management, Application Security, etc.);

• IT Compliance, SOX Compliance;

• Change Management;

• Enterprise Risk Management;

• Technical writing and verbal communication skills;

• Organizational and administrative skills;

• Ability to coordinate multiple assessment activities in parallel;

• Ability to work individually and as part of a team, reporting to different stakeholders at the enterprise and regional levels;

• Naturally inquisitive and keen to learn;

• Ability to effectively work with partners at varying knowledge and organization levels;

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both technology/development and business partners – ability to translate between these two constituencies;

• Information Security certifications, including ISO27002 / CISSP / CEH / CISM / CISA / CRISC is desired;

• Knowledge of NIST guidelines is desired;

• Previous experience leading third-party assessments is desired;

• Knowledge of local and regional market nuances and main financial products in LATAM countries is desired.