Vice President, Privileged Access Management Analyst
Job Description
About CLS:
CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.
Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.
CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.
Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:
- Pivotal purpose
- Trusted guardian
- Targeted innovation
- Facilitate connections
- Delivering excellence
- Inclusive culture
Privileged Access Management Analyst
Summary
As the Vice President, Privileged Access Management Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing the Privileged Access Management capabilities of our Information Security department. Based in London, you will be responsible overseeing effectiveness of PAM capabilities implemented by projects, continually assess and drive capability improvements to reduce residual PAM risks. Reporting directly to the Director of PAM Operations, your role will be instrumental in driving governance frameworks, policy implementations, and continuous improvement initiatives aimed at safeguarding our digital assets.
Responsibilities and Qualifications
General IT Security Expertise
- Experienced in IT Security or Cybersecurity Operations
- Working knowledge of PAM and IAM concepts.
- Familiarity with enterprise IT environments (Windows / Linux / AD / Networking / Databases
- Data analysis and presentation (SQL and scripting experience nice to have)
- Experienced operating within a regulated or audit-driven environment preferred
Process Design & Governance
- Must be able to work independently and possess strong critical thinking skills
- Experienced supporting implementation or transition of enterprise security tools (PAM preferred)
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to successful partner with Security, IAM and Technology stakeholders to implement secure solutions while achieving high adoption rate with limit friction
- Ability to translate technical platform capabilities into operational processes
- Experience defining support model / escalations / process interlocks
- Ability to create measurable, repeatable, and audit-ready operating procedures
- Embed CLS risk management framework in all aspects of PAM operations. Team liaison with LoDs.
- Experience aligning processes to risk and control requirements
Documentation & SOP development
- Strong technical writing skills specifically for IT Security initiatives (PAM preferred)
- Experience developing:
- Standard operating procedures
- Process flow diagrams
- Control documentation
- Runbooks
- Ability to clearly illustrate processes using tools like Visio or PPT
- Ability to produce documentation suitable for audit and compliance review
- Maintain process, procedures and runbooks
- Coordinate DR testing and maintain procedures for major incidents
PAM Performance monitoring and governance
- Define, maintain and operate a PAM metrics framework
- Develop and operationalize PAM dashboards and reports for leadership and governance
- Develop and maintain PAM RACI
Exception management
- Ensure deviations from PAM controls are formally managed and monitored. Expected Outcomes
- End to End PAM operational process documentation
- Platform support model and underpinning procedures
- Exception management procedures
- Break-glass / DR emergency access process and procedures
- PAM KPI / KRI dashboard
- RACIs
Our commitment to employees:
At CLS, we celebrate inclusion and consider this to be one of our strongest assets. We are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued. All employees have access to our inclusive benefits, including:
- Holiday - UK/Asia: 25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
- 2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
- Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
- Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
- Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
- Employee Networks (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about inclusivity.
- Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
- Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
- Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
- Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
- Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
- Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
- Annual flu vaccinations.
- Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
- Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
- All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
- Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.