Job Description

A career in our Cybersecurity, Privacy, & Forensics will provide you the opportunity to solve our clients most critical business and data protection related challenges. You will be part of a growing team driving strategic programs, data analytics, innovation, deals, cyber resilency, response, and technical implementation activities. You will have access to not only the top Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Forensics professionals at PwC, but at our clients and industry analysts across the globe. Our Advisory Acceleration Center is the natural extension of PwCs leading class global delivery capabilities. We provide premium, cost effective, high quality services that support process quality and delivery capability in support for client engagements.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be an authentic and inclusive leader, at all grades/levels and in all lines of service. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Specialist, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

* Consistently deliver on multiple commitments.

* Flex approach to meet the changing needs of teams and clients.

* Identify and make suggestions for efficiencies and improvements when performing work.

* Take action to stay up to date with the evolution and impact of technology developments.

* Use tools, techniques and firm standard methodologies to support research, analysis and problem solving.

* Adapt communication style to meet the needs of the situation and audience.

* Manage expectations of stakeholders effectively.

* Embrace diverse perspectives and welcome opposing and conflicting ideas.

* Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:
High School Diploma

Minimum Years of Experience:
1 year(s)

Preferred Qualifications:

Certification(s) Preferred:

Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), CIPP certification in European privacy (CIPP/E), Canadian privacy (CIPP/C), Technology (CIPT), FIP or other certifications

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates some abilities and/or a proven record of success in roles with developing and implementing privacy and risk strategies/solutions for a global network of professional services firms, including the following areas:

* Understanding of applying technical and operational standard industry practices involving privacy regulations/standards to build programs and/or manage internal controls, risk assessments, business processes, or operational auditing - GDPR, HIPAA / HITECH, EU GDPR and Privacy Shield, COPPA, State Breach Disclosure Laws, CANSPAM, GLBA, et al.; and,

* Understanding of common privacy-related issues organizations face in several industry sectors, including Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Media and Entertainment, and Energy. Demonstrates some knowledge and success in a professional services firm or enterprise emphasizing consulting and implementation of data privacy-related projects in the following areas:

* Enhancement of data privacy programs;

* Privacy impact and gap assessments;

* Data inventories;

* Binding Corporate Rule;

* Creation of incident response plans;

* Review of third-party data exchange/international agreements;

* Cross-border data transfer issues, including Safe Harbor certification;

* Understanding of investigations and investigatory responses to data privacy and security incidents with regulatory agencies; and,

* Project work pertaining to compliance and reputational risk mitigation, emphasizing U.S. and international Privacy, Data Protection and Information laws and understanding the privacy risks impacting a particular industry.

Demonstrates some some abilities and/or a proven record of success to:

* Leverage creative thinking, problem-solving, and individual initiative concurrently with MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) to accomplish the following results:

* Communicate in an organized and knowledgeable manner in written and verbal formats, e.g. delivering clear requests for information and communicating potential conflicts;

* Demonstrate aptitude for conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses of large and complex data;

* Collaborate with clients - identifying and addressing client needs through building relationships with clients, understanding the client's business, and delivering clear requests for information.

* Demonstrate flexibility with prioritizing and completing tasks, including communicating potential conflicts to a supervisor; and

* Perform as a team member - creating or contributing to a positive working environment through building relationships with team members, understanding personal and team roles, and seeking proactively for oneself and providing to less-experienced staff guidance, clarification and feedback; and,

* Use available technical resources and tools to research and expand one's sphere of knowledge, enhancing work product and remaining current with client and firm hot topics, and share the research and results to the team, where applicable.