Job Description:

Job Title:
Corporate Title: VP
Location:  Dublin or Chester

Company Overview:

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!

Location Overview:

Chester

Find us in the city of Chester, a destination renowned for its culture, history, and beauty. Working at Bank of America Chester offers a far-reaching global career for a world-renowned organisation, whilst being ideally situated against the backdrop of the rolling North Wales hills and the banks of the serene River Dee.

Dublin

Our Central Park office in Leopardstown, boasts modern facilities based in Dublin’s premium business park. With an onsite gym and staff restaurant, all your daily needs are conveniently catered for. Travel options include the LUAS network and the Central Park shuttle service between Dublin City Centre and Central Park. We also provide tax saver tickets as part of our award-winning benefits package, which means getting to work has never been so easy.

Role Description:

The Information Security Officer will be a functional member of the Business Information Security Officer’s organization and work closely with the Global Banking and Markets Chief Information Officers Chief Technology Officers  teams to develop a good understanding of the business in order to have specialized information security risk-based discussions.

This relationship will ensure a focus on the right risk priorities. The Information Security Officer will also act as the day-to-day point of contact providing guidance on information security topics, policies. Ultimately, the Information Security Officer will become a trusted advisor to our stakeholders.

Responsibilities:
•       Provide advisory and oversight for changes within Global Banking and Markets environment where related to security leveraging the regional information security consultants and global operational response teams as needed

•       Work in collaboration with the Risk teams supporting them in their activities and helping them continue to develop processes and solutions

•       Work with the global BISO organization to ensure that Global information security requirements and initiatives are communicated, discussed and tracked in an effective, consistent and timely way

•       Establish and maintain a network of stakeholders and partners
•       Conduct routine liaison and coordination across the risk partners and technology groups to remediate GIS issues showing red or amber on the vulnerability remediation dashboard

•       Coordinate and drive remediation of ad hoc GIS issues and assist partners to reach a resolution in line with GIS baselines and standards

What we are looking for:

•Experience within an information security technology operational, engineering or consulting team with good knowledge of the security controls and processes required within systems and networks

•Good interpersonal skills to be able to communicate, influence and negotiate with senior stakeholders to obtain or leverage necessary resources .

Skills that will help:
•       Experience within a technology and financial organization at a mid-level to senior level with good knowledge of Application Security controls and risks.

•       Understanding of the concepts of vulnerability management and associated monitoring solutions and practices
•       Experience of formal security risk assessment methodologies
•       In depth technical level of understanding of Technology Infrastructure operations, showing a strong understanding of relevant subject matters

•       Previous experience working within a financial institution

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

Ireland

Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner

•       Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons

•       20 days of back-up childcare and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
•       The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.

•       Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
•       Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program and virtual GP services through our private health care plan

•       Ability to donate to charities of your choice and the bank will match your contribution
•       Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.

•       Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, membership of the Traveller community, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, civil status,  socio-economic background, family status or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.