Senior Security Risk Analyst, Justworks
Governance, Risk, and Compliance
$167.5-184.3k
2+ days a week in office
Business operations platform
Job no longer available
Business operations platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$167.5-184.3k
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
Justworks' mission is to help entrepreneurs and businesses grow with confidence.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years' experience directly in cybersecurity fields, with a demonstrated track record of leading third-party risk management, plus one of the following areas: cyber risk management, policy & compliance, security awareness, and communication
- Well-versed in risk assessment methodology, NIST 800-53, CIS, and associated security and privacy rules
- Strong analytical skills and using data/facts for decision-making
- Solid experience in either software development or infrastructure other than risk management experience
- Ability to develop scripts/queries to pull data from different tools
- Strong knowledge and experience with operational risk management, covering the full lifecycle of activities, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation, monitoring, and reporting
- Functional knowledge of security domains and information security industry standard and best practices
- Ability to identify and recommend tools, processes, and software to automate and continuously improve security and compliance practices
- Previous experience with GRC solutions - Archer, ServiceNow, LogicGate etc
- Technical understanding of cloud-based security in an AWS environment
- Proven track record as a strong communicator both in written and oral presentations; capable of rapidly creating detailed, yet concise documentation
- Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects at the same time
- A self-motivated person who can influence and drive cross-functional teams, promoting timely and effective communication
- Good organizational skills, proactive and self-sufficient with a proven ability to work independently and prioritize deliverables
- Security Certifications of CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA a plus
What the job involves
- Justworks is seeking an exceptional Senior Security Risk Analyst to join our Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC) team
- The Senior Security Risk Analyst will work cross-functionally with all areas of the company to develop security safeguards and countermeasures
- As a Senior Security Risk Analyst, you will report to the Senior Manager, Governance Risk & Compliance and liaise with other teams across Digital Security, providing guidance and solutions to protect Justworks’ products, customers, and employees
- Contribute to building GRC strategy and multi-year roadmaps to mature Justwork’s GRC function, defining Justworks’ risk management framework, and developing Justworks’ compliance programs, policies, and standards
- Be part of the development of GRC’s capabilities such as cyber risk management, third-party risk management, security training and communications, and our compliance program
- Play a key role in the Third-Party Risk Management program. Conduct vendor risk assessment independently. Partner with stakeholders to ensure adequate controls are available and enabled in production. Continuously monitor vendor risk profiles. Work with the team to enhance Third-Party Governance and improve the TPRM process
- Support TPRM lead on the effort to obtain the comprehensive vendor inventory. This includes the development of a catalog of software components, including endpoints, APIs, and open-source libraries by collaborating with Security Architects, Product, and Engineering
- Work with the team to apply the risk management framework to day-to-day work. Conduct security assessments to enable the global Justworks to identify, assess, treat, and monitor cybersecurity risks. Maintain risk registry, track and monitor risk mitigation. Collaborate with all stakeholders across the company to provide risk visibilities, and drive the mitigation of cyber risks
- Assist in the selection and implementation of GRC solutions. Be the expert on all GRC tools
- Monitor and analyze changes in relevant regulations and industry standards such as CCPA, and GDPR, adapting company policies and procedures as needed
- Partner with Engineering, IT, People, and Finance on control requirements and evidence production proactively in anticipation of SOC2/SOX and customer audits
- Support GRC’s training, communication and other activities to support a security-aware Justworks culture
- Build a risk-aware culture by maturing existing risk management processes to monitor, track, measure and report cyber risks
- Drive timely & effective communication via collaboration with various stakeholders including IT, Cyber Defense Operations, Security Architecture & Engineering, People Operations, Customer Service and Marketing
- Provide mentorship and day-to-day support to GRC analysts to enable the team to deliver best work and develop their professional skills
- Perform other related duties as assigned
- As a Senior Security Risk Analyst, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following:
- Good judgment - the exercise of critical thinking, analyzing and assessing problems and implications, identifying patterns, making connections of underlying issues, understanding risks and developing mitigation strategies, and taking ownership of the outcome
- Resourcefulness - taking a can-do approach, even in the face of obstacles and constraints by assessing what’s in front of you and effectively and efficiently optimizing what you have, whether it's working on something new or thinking about how to do something better
- Teamwork and communication - putting our collective best together through documentation, collaboration, relationship-building, listening, empathy, recruiting, and evangelism
- Influence and leadership - fostering a community of knowledge-sharing, collaboration, mentorship, and forward-thinking
- Skills and knowledge - the capacity to actively learn and apply specific domain knowledge, know-how, and best practices to continually enhance and improve
Our take
Justworks operates in an increasingly crowded space of all-in-one business operation suites, that include tools like human resources, payroll, employee management, benefits, and others that businesses critically need to operate as they scale.
Globally, human resource management has become an extremely fertile field, worth over $20 billion annually and predicted to grow to over $50 billion annually by 2030 - creating great opportunity for Justworks to continue to grow. The company is regarded as a market leader, but does see competition in the shape of Paychex Flex, Rippling, Paylocity, and TriNet, among others.
Solutions delivered by Justworks have proven to be extremely popular with SMEs, and this has not gone unnoticed by investors, with the company picking up exceptional amounts of funding. Justworks is known to have sights on going public, though action towards this end has been delayed until global mass-market conditions have settled from a period of volatility. However, the company's 2024 acquisition of the international employment-of-record (EOR) company Via is a promising sign of it's continued strength.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2023
$16.9m
LATE VC
Jan 2020
$50m
SERIES E
Total funding: $159.9m
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer work.
- Paid parental leave.
- Work from home opportunities.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus access to One Medical, Kindbody, and Teladoc.
- Premium access to Headspace, ClassPass stipends, and webinars to support your overall wellness on topics like nutrition, budgeting, mindfulness, and more.
- All Justworks offers include equity, and Justworkers can continue to earn more over time with promotions and tenure.
- Extensive learning & development opportunities through workshops, ExecOnline, Udemy, and BetterUp coaching.
- Engineering Apprenticeship program that supports internal movement and growth
Company HQ
Fulton Ferry District, NY
Leadership
Isaac Oates
(Founder & Directive)Experience as a Senior Product Manager at Amazon before founding Adtuitive and serving as COO for a year. Left this position to spend 3 years as a VP at Etsy, before founding Justworks.
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