Cyber Resilience Manager - Cybersecurity

Cyber Resilience Manager - Cybersecurity Location: Auckland Other locations: Primary Location Only Requisition ID: 1713886 We’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help build a better working world. With your contribution and my contribution, together we will thrive. Join a growing cyber team helping organisations navigate increasingly complex threats and build stronger, more resilient operations. As a Manager in our Cyber team, you’ll lead engagements that help clients identify, assess, and manage cyber risks. You will work on meaningful client challenges and deliver practical outcomes that strengthen cyber maturity, resilience, and decision‑making. This opportunity suits someone with 5+ years of experience in cyber security, technology risk, cyber resilience, or related consulting who is looking to deepen their expertise, broaden client exposure, and grow their career in a high‑demand capability area. You will be part of a team delivering trusted advice across cyber risk, governance, resilience, and security improvement, with the opportunity to build your profile, expand your capability, and contribute to work that matters. Responsibilities Lead cyber risk assessments, maturity reviews, and threat modelling exercises. Manage project delivery, budgets, and client relationships. Mentor junior team members and contribute to business development. Deliver cyber risk and resilience engagements that help clients strengthen capability across a range of sectors and business environments. Develop clear recommendations, roadmaps, and action plans to improve cyber maturity, strengthen resilience, and support better decision‑making. Assess cyber maturity, controls, and resilience using recognised frameworks such as NIST CSF, NZISM, ISO 27001 to identify gaps and inform practical improvement priorities. Help clients identify, assess, and prioritise cyber risks, control weaknesses, resilience gaps, and improvement opportunities. Support resilience initiatives such as incident response readiness, recovery planning, crisis preparedness, and operational resilience uplift. Create high‑quality client deliverables, including assessment reports, executive summaries, workshop materials, and remediation plans that support action. Translate technical cyber issues into clear business risk insights for technical and non‑technical stakeholders. Qualifications 5+ years of practical experience in cyber security, technology risk, cyber resilience, IT audit, security advisory, or a related discipline. Working knowledge of cyber frameworks and standards such as NIST CSF, NZISM, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, ISO 22301:2019, IEC 27035, and similar. Experience in cyber assessments, risk reviews, control testing, resilience reviews, or security improvement programmes. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear reports, presentations, and client‑ready deliverables. Confidence engaging with stakeholders across technology, cyber security, risk, compliance, operations, and business teams. A proactive, curious, and outcome‑focused mindset, with a commitment to quality and continuous improvement. Ability to work effectively in a project‑based environment, both independently and as part of a collaborative team. Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Relevant certifications or qualifications are beneficial, such as CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP, ISO 27001, CompTIA Security+, or equivalent, but are not mandatory. Benefits Career development: future‑focused skills and world‑class experiences (available at www.ey.com/nz/careerdevelopment). Flexible work arrangements: policies that empower you to balance professional and personal life. Comprehensive benefits package including a yearly wellness incentive, additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, family‑friendly policies, and up to 26 weeks of gender‑neutral paid parental leave (details at www.ey.com/nz/benefits). Inclusiveness is core to who we are and how we work together, driving value for our people and for our business. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and are committed to providing an equitable and barrier‑free recruitment experience for all. We encourage you to share any support and adjustments you need to be your best and participate equitably in our recruitment process. Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential. Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third‑party provider. #J-18808-Ljbffr