Assistant Vice President, Security Compliance & Testing

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

Job Information:

- Functional Title: Assistant Vice President, Security Compliance & Testing

- Department: Security Governance & Management

- Corporate Level: Assistant Vice President

- Reports To: Director, Security Compliance & Testing

- Location: Metropark, NJ

What you'll be doing

As an Assistant Vice President within the Security Compliance & Testing team, you will support the delivery of key cybersecurity governance, compliance and assurance activities across CLS. You will work closely with security stakeholders, second-line risk teams, Internal Audit and external parties to strengthen the organization's cyber risk and control environment.

Key responsibilities include:

- Supporting the development, maintenance and review of cybersecurity policies and procedures.

- Managing cyber policy exceptions and dispensations, ensuring appropriate governance and oversight.

- Assisting with the testing and assessment of cybersecurity control effectiveness.

- Supporting phishing awareness campaigns and cyber risk training initiatives across the organization.

- Coordinating regulatory and vendor cyber due diligence activities, questionnaires and attestations.

- Building productive relationships with security stakeholders, second-line functions and Internal Audit.

- Contributing to continuous improvements in CLS's cyber risk management and control framework.

- Increasing awareness and understanding of cyber risks and controls across the business.

What we are looking for

- 3+ years' experience in cybersecurity governance, compliance, risk management, resilience, or testing.

- Experience within financial services, financial market infrastructures (FMIs), central banks, regulators, or other organizations operating within the CLS ecosystem is highly desirable.

- Experience in one or more of the following areas:

Cybersecurity policy and procedure development.

- Policy compliance oversight, exception management and governance.

- Cybersecurity control testing and assurance activities.

- Phishing awareness and cyber risk training programmes.

- Cyber governance activities and awareness campaigns.

- Regulatory and vendor cyber due diligence and attestations.

Skills & Competencies

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Ability to engage confidently with internal and external stakeholders.

- Strong listening, analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Ability to identify risks, understand stakeholder concerns and drive pragmatic solutions.

- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.

Leadership Behaviour

Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to:

- Manage Ambiguity – Operate effectively and make sound decisions even when information is incomplete or the path forward is unclear.

- Collaborate – Build strong partnerships and work effectively with others to achieve shared goals.

- Influence – Navigate and operate successfully within a matrix environment.

- Customer Focus – Develop strong relationships and deliver customer-centric outcomes.

- Grow & Develop – Demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning, professional development and long-term career growth.

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.