Manager - Cyber Strategy & Resilience Consulting ( Financial Services)

The team is a fast-growing, multidisciplinary group of cyber, risk, regulatory, and financial services professionals. We work in a collaborative way, combining deep subject-matter expertise with practical delivery experience. You will work closely with senior leaders and specialists across Cyber, Financial Risk Management, Technology, Risk & Regulatory, and Data. The team values curiosity, ownership, quality, and continuous learning, with a strong focus on real client impact and sustainable practice growth.

At KPMG, this client-facing Manager role sits where cyber and financial services converge. You will help banks, insurers, and asset managers strengthen cyber resilience, advise on cyber strategy, translate regulation into practical change, and support the growth of the FS Cyber practice.

Your challenges

The key areas you will be involved in actively are:

Client engagement & business development: Prepare and lead client workshops, identify client needs, support proposal development, and contribute to account growth with senior stakeholders such as CISOs, CIOs, and CROs.

Analysis & design: Assess cyber resilience maturity, translate DORA, NIS2, IAM incl. PAM, BCM, and risk insights into practical roadmaps, control improvements, and implementation plans.

Delivery & team leadership: Manage workstreams, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, review deliverables, coach junior colleagues, and ensure high-quality delivery across client engagements.

This is what you bring

• Master’s degree in Information Security, IT, Business, or a related field.
• 6+ years of relevant experience in Cyber Security, Cyber Defense, IT Risk, Technology Risk, or Technology Strategy within or for Financial Services.
• Practical experience with cyber resilience frameworks, regulations, or programs, such as DORA, NIS2, ISO 27001, NIST, BCM, IAM incl. PAM, or third-party technology risk.
• Proven ability to manage project workstreams, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and deliver high-quality client outputs on time.
• Experience contributing to business development, including client conversations, proposal development, and account growth activities.
• Strong communication skills in English, required for international client engagements, workshops, reporting, and senior stakeholder interaction.

The key skills we will need you to bring are:

• Cyber resilience and technology risk
• Regulatory-driven transformation
• Financial Services cyber strategy

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 day-to-day delivery of cyber resilience and cyber transformation engagements for banks, insurers, and asset managers.
• Translate regulatory requirements such as DORA and NIS2 into practical control improvements, roadmaps, and operating model changes.
• Manage workstreams, client workshops, interviews, analysis, and deliverables from planning through to implementation support.
• Advise senior client stakeholders on cyber risk, resilience, IAM incl. PAM, business continuity, and third-party technology risk.
• Support business development by identifying client needs, contributing to proposals, and helping grow FS Cyber client relationships.

This is what we offer

• 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.
• 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.