Federal Cyber Risk Assessment Specialist

4 weeks ago


Jackson, Mississippi, United States KPMG Full time

Business Title:
Federal Cyber Risk Assessment Specialist

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Business Support Services

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MS

City:
Jackson

Description:


KPMG is a leading provider of audit, tax, and advisory services. We are seeking a Federal IT Compliance Issues Manager to join our Enterprise Security Services organization. This is a remote work opportunity.

As a Federal IT Compliance Issues Manager, you will work with KPMG stakeholders to remediate IT Compliance Findings by updating or creating SSPs, procedures, and other CMMC documentation. You will review collected evidence for the formal CMMC Assessment, ensuring that it meets the control objectives and addresses the IT Compliance Gap.

You will drive corrective action plans to remediation by conducting regular stakeholder discussions and managing stakeholder relations. You will report against in-progress corrective action plans for resolution of problematic issues, and provide management with summary information on the status of the portfolio of corrective action plans.

You will review evidence provided to close corrective action plans, ensuring that it meets the control objectives and addresses the IT Compliance Gap. You will act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment.

Responsibilities:
Work with KPMG stakeholders to remediate IT Compliance Findings by updating or creating SSPs, procedures, and other CMMC documentation

Review collected evidence for the formal CMMC Assessment, ensuring that it meets the control objectives and addresses the IT Compliance Gap

Drive corrective action plans to remediation by conducting regular stakeholder discussions and managing stakeholder relations

Report against in-progress corrective action plans for resolution of problematic issues, and provide management with summary information on the status of the portfolio of corrective action plans

Review evidence provided to close corrective action plans, ensuring that it meets the control objectives and addresses the IT Compliance Gap

Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications:
Minimum five years of recent experience in IT Security or IT Compliance/Audit, as well as experience working with NIST 800-53, NIST , FedRAMP, or CMMC, as an IT Auditor tasked with auditing controls

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; CISA or CPA is required; CISM, CRISC, and/or CISSP preferred; RP, CCP and/or CCA are preferred

Must be able to work independently and hit the ground running within a short amount of time

Excellent verbal/written communication skills, with ability to effectively interact with individuals at all levels of responsibility and authority; must be able to prioritize, delegate and foster the development of high-performance teams to lead/support an environment driven by customer service and teamwork

Strong trouble-shooting and organizational skills and capability to work on multiple projects simultaneously; able to participate in resource planning processes based on defined organizational plans

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