Head of Information Security, TradingHub
Contract
3-5 days a week in office
Financial markets analytics
Posted today
Financial markets analytics
101-200 employees
Posted today
3-5 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
TradingHub's mission is to help financial institutions maintain the integrity of the markets, by detecting and preventing financial crime and enhancing trading performance.
Role
Who you are
- Significant industry experience in a technical security role (Security Engineering or Application Security Engineering)
- Experience speaking to customers and establishing a good working relationship with infosec counterparts at major financial institutions
- Strong technical intuition, with an ability to partner with engineering to evaluate and develop good security standards
- Take a risk-based approach when suggesting improvements, or proposing fixes
- Ability to perform design reviews and/or technical assessments of software and infrastructure
- Excellent knowledge of InfoSec, risk management and governance, data protection
- Programming/scripting experience, especially to automate repetitive tasks
- Used to multi-tasking and working in a fast-paced environment
- Proven ability to identify and articulate information security requirements, risks and issues, and to make clear decisions / recommendations
- Ability to understand business drivers and risk appetite and align information security compliance accordingly
- Strong ability to communicate clearly and simply, both verbally and in writing
- Don’t tick every single requirement? Research shows that candidates from under-represented groups are less likely to apply unless they meet all the criteria. We are dedicated to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace, so if this role excites you, please don't let our specification hold you back. Get in touch!
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Head of Information Security to join on a contract basis to provide cover whilst we hire the position permanently
- This is a critical role with an expected duration of 3-6 months, and will see a broad set of responsibilities including managing risk, implementing new processes and systems and continuously monitoring our corporate estate
- You can expect to work closely with our Engineering and Infrastructure teams to effect change through our organisation
- Take ownership of the firm’s Information Security function and maintain/improve its security posture
- Take the lead in responding to customer security questionnaires or audit follow-ups
- Oversee our regular ISO27001 and SOC 2 Type II audits
- Research and choose technical tools to proactively detect and respond to weaknesses, threats and potential compromises
- Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of information security practices across all teams
- Manage regular pentests by external consultants and coordinate with internal resources to remediate issues
- Information security risk assessment of third-party service providers
- Offer guidance, direction and approval on security solutions and approaches
- Advocate for secure engineering best practices throughout the company
- Manage the standards, policies and guidelines of the InfoSec frameworks
- Maintain an on-going information security awareness program
- Monitor our SIEM, and maintain useful reports and alerts in the system
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Based in London and also operating out of Toronto and Singapore, TradingHub provides market analytics solutions to some of the world’s biggest investment banks, hedge funds, and asset managers to help them identify and analyse market abuse, rogue trading and other financial misdeeds.
Protecting the integrity of financial markets is crucial to keeping the global economy in good health, or at the very least, able to recover after a downturn. Judging by the scale of TradingHub’s network, the company plays a key role.
Though it keeps most of its client base under wraps, HSBC is one confirmed customer, while TradingHub also publicises that its clients have well over $20 trillion in assets under management (AUM). No doubt the company is operating in a high-stakes environment, but its organic, venture capital-free growth since launch suggests its holding its own.
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Company benefits
- Annual company-wide performance bonus
- Hybrid working policy
- Flexible working hours
- Private medical insurance + dental cover
- Discretionary EMI share option scheme
- Extended parental leave (up to 6 months of fully paid maternity leave)
- 5 days study leave towards professional qualifications
- Cycle to Work & Techscheme
- Season ticket loan
- Pension plan (enhanced 5% employer contribution)
- Death in service coverage
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
Company values
- Ambition - We have ambitious plans to grow our business. Everyone at TradingHub is best placed to use and maximise their valuable skills. We align roles and people so that our customers always receive excellent service.
- Accountability – TradingHub’s proactive approach to supporting customers means we lead by example and own our actions and the results they generate. Every one of us gets involved and contributes to this.
- Partnership – We value collaboration and diversity in every partnership we build. Our culture fosters inclusivity and teamwork, which provides the foundation to our lasting client connections.
- Trust – Our customers trust us with their highly confidential data and information. TradingHub are worthy of that trust.
Company HQ
Barbican, London, UK
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Leadership
Neil Walker
(Co-founder & Manager)Former Non-Executive Director of clearing house group LCH, Head of Credit Trading at Dresdner Bank AG, and Non-Executive Director at Derivatives Consulting Group. Previously worked in Structured Credit Trading for Merrill Lynch.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at TradingHub
- Education & Learning - In addition to introducing annual training on diversity and inclusion, we regularly host sessions with speakers on a variety of topics. Recent topics covered include being transgender, living with autism, male allyship and being comfortable being uncomfortable.
- Sourcing diverse talent - Annually we partner with the Bright Network to enable us to access a wider pool of female engineering talent. We will also be introducing a Returnship Programme in late 2023.
- Company-wide mentoring - We run a mentoring programme across the whole business to support in a number of areas such as career development, building industry knowledge and understanding and becoming a manager.
- Employee resource groups - We have three groups at TradingHub: the Women’s Network, CSR committee (including Diversity and Inclusion representatives) and a Global Social committee. All gather and work together to ensure the community at TradingHub is well-supported.
- Family-friendly policies - We are proud of our enhanced Maternity and Paternity policies, as well as the Shared Parental Leave policy, which aim to put our employees' needs first.
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