A Global Financial firm is seeking a  VP - Security Advisory Services Lead 

Responsibilities:
- Be a point of contact and perform a SAS function lead role and provide oversight on Business requests, security awareness and Third-party cyber risk assessment (TPCRM) for vendors, suppliers, and service providers
- Work with procurement, legal, regional stakeholders including resilience (TPRM) and platform teams to embed security requirements into vendor contracts
- Act as trusted Security advisor to business units and project teams, ensuring that security requirements are integrated into project/technology initiatives
- Review and assess software, network and cloud solutions for security compliance and recommend mitigation strategies where required
- Maintain strong governance on the third-party cyber risk assessment (TPCRM) process for Japan in terms of complying with regional requirements and synergy with Wealth management team
- Liaise with internal security teams such as global TPCRM, SOC, Vulnerability Management, Security Architecture, Threat Intelligence and others to enhance the overall TPCRM cybersecurity control framework
- Proactively attend and contribute to Japan TPRM Working Group meetings and participate in ServiceNow VRM implementation
- Manage regular reporting to the SAS management about the status of the third-party cyber risk assessment (TPCRM) for the Japan region
- Conduct security awareness programs on third-party cyber risks and compliance requirements
- Participate in third-party security incidents and data breaches, ensuring compliance with regulatory reporting requirements
- Support Cyber Culture and Learning initiatives (on ground activities, translation and content review) locally for Japan
- Assist in the translation of business communications / Security Reports from English to Japanese and vice a versa

Required Skills:
- Minimal total 15 years of experience in IT, at least 10 years of experience with strong skills in Governance Risk and Compliance experience
- Experience handling regulatory framework and experience with regulatory experience
- 1-2 years experience with Third Party Risk Management
- Business Level Japanese proficiency (JLPTN1 or higher) and Business level English (As translation of technical documents is required)

Why should you apply:
- You will be part of Global IT team, to be part of winning asset banking.
- You will directly impact business process through digital transformation
- Very collaborative and good managers to work with
- Diverse environment
- Stable environment
- firsthand experience on high level digital transformation


Company Details: 
Headquartered in Tokyo, with offices in Hong Kong, London, and New York, it is Japan's largest securities firm, employing approximately 26,000 staff worldwide and offering services and products covering equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, and other investment products and services.

Working Hours:  9:00 - 17:40 (Mon-Fri)
Working Style: In office
Holidays:  Saturday, Sunday, and National Holidays, Year-end and New Year Holidays, Paid Holidays, Other Special Holidays
Services/Benefits:  Full social insurance, DC pension plan, transportation expenses, Skillhouse University, Test Payback System, etc