Grant Thornton’s Digital Risk Services (DRS) is currently seeking driven and self-motivated professionals with passion in Data Protection and Cybersecurity. We are looking for newly graduates but also, experienced candidates from a diverse background; including but not limited to generalist IT project managers, information security, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, risk, or internal audit professionals.
At Grant Thornton we offer the opportunity to work in a dynamic and challenging prof

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essional services environment. Each member of our team is encouraged and supported to develop their own unique talents and gain experience operating across a wide variety of business sectors including financial services, fintech, public sector, healthcare, and telecommunications.

Our Advisory Team provides a full spectrum of Privacy Services such as Privacy Assessments, Privacy Transformation, Data Protection Outsourcing Services and Data Breach Management. The role of a Data Protection Advisor provides strong candidates with the opportunity to work on exciting projects locally but most importantly within the GT international network and play a role in successful and growing business unit whilst working closely with colleagues throughout the firm in a rapidly growing area of the business.

This role will be attractive to high-performing individuals who can rise to a challenge, who are adaptable and enjoy working in a dynamic environment. The role offers highly attractive career development and progression opportunities. Successful candidates must have excellent problem solving and communication skills and ideally, they should be naturally inquisitive with a keenness to learn and broaden skillsets. They must have a client-centric ethic since, as a consultant with Grant Thornton, they will experience direct client facing engagements and project delivery.

Experienced candidates will ideally have a professional services background with experience of providing practical advice and solutions to companies in meeting regulatory and standards-based challenges, for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Main Responsibilities:

As a consultant in the privacy team, you will deliver excellence for clients, including:

Working on large international and national privacy transformation engagements - these projects often involve working with Grant Thornton colleagues as well as client teams and third-party contractors

Producing deliverables of high quality on multiple small and medium size engagement simultaneously, often managing your time whilst working with multiple engagement managers these include data protection assessments, privacy impact assessments and privacy implementations.

• Supporting Cyber Security client engagements as required
• Performance of Data Protection Impact Assessments
• Documenting Records of Processing activities
• Supporting in the development of data protection policies and procedures
• Personal Data breach management
• Subject rights requests handling
• Performance of GDPR Compliance Assessments
• Performance of Privacy Audits
• Performance of third-party risk assessments.
• Provide ad-hoc support to client inquiries in relation to Data Protection matters
• People Development

As a people business, we place a strong emphasis on the development of our people. Consultants are expected to be committed to developing themselves and others, including:

• Engaging in course based and on the job training to develop their skillset and increase their value.
• Contributing to the development of more junior staff; and
• Accepting effective feedback and embracing opportunities to grow and develop.

Required Academy and Professional experience:

• None or up-to three years' experience working in a Data Protection / Information Security related field.
• Strong academic and/or professional qualifications (Academic degree can be from various principles such as Computing, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Law, Business Operations, Risk Management etc.).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with demonstrable experience in a client facing role.
• Strong focus on quality and commitment to excellence.
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills.

Desired experience:

• Relevant data protection qualification will be considered as an advantage (e.g., CIPP, CIPT, CIPM CDPSE).
• For experienced hires, experience is required in consulting, preferably in I.T., Cybersecurity, Privacy / Data Protection or Regulatory and Risk Management.
• Ideally delivered elements of a privacy related change programme.

Benefits

What will we offer to you?

• Friendly and dynamic working environment, in which you can develop your skills and competencies
• A workplace with a strong focus on values and work-life balance and the joint aim to provide the best possible solutions for our clients
• A Learning & Development path, which focuses on both technical & soft skills. You will also have access to coaching and mentoring
• Your professional and personal success is our commitment

Other benefits for you:

• Competitive remuneration and benefits package, including recognition schemes and 13th salary
• Overtime / Bonus scheme
• Medical insurance
• Provident fund
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Parental leave allowance
• "Be there for our family paid leave" scheme
• "Giving back to the community paid time off" scheme
• "Flexible Working Arrangements" scheme
• "Dress For Your Diary" scheme
• Afternoon off on Fridays
• Four-day long weekends in August (all Fridays free)
• “We never miss a public holiday” scheme
• Sponsorship of yearly professional subscriptions
• Several opportunities for professional and personal growth through our Grant Thornton International network

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Through our fair, transparent and consistent resourcing procedures, we are committed to ensure that the candidate experience for all applicants is of the highest professional standards

Through our fair, transparent and consistent resourcing procedures we are committed to ensure that the candidate experience for all applicants is of the highest professional standards.

If you believe that Grant Thornton is the right place for you, you have the right attitude, skills, aspiration for success and share our CLEARR values we invite you to submit your application online through Grant Thornton Cyprus together with uploading your latest CV.

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Through our fair, transparent and consistent resourcing procedures, we are committed to ensuring that the candidate experience for all applicants is of the highest professional standards.