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Description
Accenture’s Security Practice is one of the fastest growing areas of the business with significant growth plans through additional recruitment and acquisitions. We are seeking a Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Subject Matter Expert, to join our Security Transformation team. This role is a key contributor in ensuring our clients remain fully compliant across all Governance, Risk, and Compliance obligations, with alignment to NIST 2.0 and other industry frameworks. You will act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, delivering hands‑on GRC expertise across audits, compliance operations, policy governance, and third‑party risk.
What will be expected of you?
Ensure all GRC processes, controls, and deliverables align with business and regulatory requirements, validating to-be processes and reviewing solution decisions.be processes and reviewing solution decisions.
Lead core compliance activities such as audit preparation, policy reviews, process flow and RASCI development, and third-party risk management.
Provide expert guidance on industry frameworks such as NIST 2.0, supporting security governance and risk initiatives across the client environment.
Collaborate with internal and client stakeholders to evaluate options, guide decision-making, and ensure alignment with GRC best practices.
Support integrated GRC operations including governance reviews, risk assessments, compliance monitoring, and contributions to GRC tooling and processes.
You will have some or all the following skills and experiences:
Strong understanding of GRC frameworks including NIST CSF, PCI DSS, NIS2, and enterprise GRC methodologies.
Demonstrated experience in audit readiness, policy governance, process mapping, and risk management activities.
Deep functional knowledge of governance, risk, and compliance processes with the ability to assess business impacts and propose aligned solutions.
Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and advisory skills.
Advantageous to have one of the following Governance, Risk and Compliance certifications: CGRC, GRCP, CRISC.
Benefits
Working at Accenture means joining a company that prides itself on being Truly Human. In addition to a competitive base salary, you’ll also have an extensive benefits package that includes
Pension
Private health insurance
Discounted gym membership
Emergency caring facilities
2 days’ leave per year for charitable work of your choice
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About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com
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