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About the Role
This role supports the KPMG Canada Digital Security Group by coordinating and tracking activities for high-priority security incidents and global cybersecurity campaigns. The position ensures proper team connection, tracks actions and timelines, maintains documentation, and provides stakeholder updates, with a primary focus on Frontier AI Response & Cybersecurity Coordination.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate the response to P1 and P2 cybersecurity incidents, emerging cyber risks, and priority vulnerabilities, ensuring engagement of Digital Security Group, technology, business, privacy, data, and risk stakeholders.
- Schedule and facilitate incident bridge calls, working sessions, and cross-functional meetings with Canadian, Global, and external stakeholders.
- Track actions, owners, timelines, dependencies, risks, blockers, and outstanding items, monitoring progress against Global requirements and service-level agreements (SLAs).
- Maintain accurate incident timelines, meeting minutes, action trackers, remediation records, and key decisions, following up with action owners on overdue items.
- Prepare and distribute timely incident updates, consolidated remediation reporting, dashboards, management reports, and presentations.
- Support post-incident reviews and lessons-learned activities, recommending improvements to the security program's effectiveness, efficiency, resilience, and maturity.
- Coordinate the Canadian member firm's response to Global cybersecurity campaigns, security changes, and related communications.
- Build and strengthen relationships across KPMG businesses, member firms, Global teams, and vendors to support the security program.
- Coordinate security escalations and obtain necessary approvals for timely resolution of cybersecurity and data protection matters.
- Participate in and, where required, lead information security and data protection projects, tracking progress, portfolio activities, deliverables, and budgets.
- Stay current on information security and data protection trends, emerging technologies, and evolving cyber risks.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, information technology, project coordination, or stakeholder management.
- Experience working with senior leaders or executives.
- A university degree in computer science or a related discipline.
- Hands-on experience coordinating cybersecurity or IT incident response, including meetings, activities, projects, action tracking, and follow-up.
- Good understanding of cybersecurity concepts, security terminology, and vulnerability detection tools.
- Experience using tools such as Wiz, Qualys, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE), or Cyera.
- Strong organizational and coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple activities and maintain attention to detail.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Ability to document meetings, decisions, and action items.
- Ability to prepare status reports, trackers, and presentations.
- Ability to explain technical information clearly to various stakeholders.
- Ability to build effective relationships and work with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at all levels.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications.
- Availability to participate in rotational 24/7 on-call support, including evenings, overnight periods, weekends, and holidays during critical incidents.
- Willingness to work extended hours for major outages or business-critical events.
- Written and oral fluency in English is required.
Skills
- Cybersecurity
- Information Technology
- Project Coordination
- Stakeholder Management
- Incident Response
- Action Tracking
- Follow-up
- Cybersecurity Concepts
- Security Terminology
- Vulnerability Detection Tools
- Wiz
- Qualys
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE)
- Cyera
- Organizational Skills
- Coordination Skills
- Attention to Detail
- Written Communication
- Verbal Communication
- Microsoft 365
- ServiceNow (or similar IT service management/ticketing platform)
- CISSP
- CISM
- ITIL 4 Foundation
- Project Management Certification
Location
- Ontario Region
- BC Region
- NB Region
Work Type
- Full-time
- Rotational 24/7 on-call support
Experience Level
- 5+ years of experience
Education Level
- University degree in computer science or a related discipline
Salary/Compensations
- $87,500 to $130,500
Benefits
- Eligible for bonus awards
- Comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards program
About the Company
- KPMG in Canada's people bring unique perspectives to Canada’s most important challenges.
- The firm supports career development, skill-building, and ownership.
- KPMG's values include Integrity, Excellence, Courage, Togetherness, and For Better.
- KPMG embraces AI to enhance candidate experience and streamline recruitment, with AI tools used responsibly and without making hiring decisions.
Equal Opportunity
- KPMG in Canada is a proud equal opportunities employer committed to creating a respectful, inclusive, and barrier-free workplace.
- A diverse workforce is key to success, and the firm encourages employees to bring their whole selves to work.
- KPMG welcomes all qualified candidates and aims to provide a positive recruitment experience.
- Adjustments and accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process to support candidates.