About CLS

CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem. Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS makes FX safer, smoother and more cost effective. Trillions of dollars’ worth of currency flows through our systems each day.

Created by the market for the market, our unrivalled global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies. We deliver huge efficiencies and savings for our clients: in fact, our approach to multilateral netting shrinks funding requirements by over 96% on average, so clients can put their capital and resources to better use.

CLS products are designed to enable clients to manage risk most effectively across the full FX lifecycle – whether through more efficient processing tools or market intelligence derived from the largest single source of FX executed data available to the market.

Our ambition to make a positive difference starts with our people. Our values underpin everything that we do at CLS and define our working environment:

Pivotal purpose
Trusted guardian
Targeted innovation
Facilitate connections
Delivering excellence
Inclusive culture

Job information:

Functional title – Cyber Business Management
Department – IT Security
Corporate level – Vice President
Report to - Managing Director, CISO US Services
Location – Iselin, New Jersey. On Site 2 days per week.
Expected full-time salary range between $165,000 - $185,000 + variable compensation + 401(k) match + benefits.

Note: Disclosure as required by NY Pay Transparency Law of the expected salary compensation range for this role.

What you will be doing:

Support workforce development initiatives, ensuring effective frameworks are in place to support individual employee development, and align performance with critical security objectives and CLS goals.
Address cybersecurity-related enquiries and requests from business units, providing advisory support and communicating security risk within the wider business context to support strategic engagement.
Foster effective collaboration between the IT Security function and business stakeholders, for example,
Informing business units of relevant security requirements, changes to requirements (e.g., updated Policy), and relevant activity in Security.
Facilitating cross-functional cybersecurity collaboration between business units and wider Security during business-as-usual security management as well as non-BAU events (e.g., projects, incident management).
Work closely with the Office of the Chief Information Officer (oCIO) to ensure strategic alignment and operational excellence in IT Security, for example,
Development of procurement plans for cybersecurity tools and services, establishing clear criteria for vendor selection and secure onboarding.
Cybersecurity capacity and budget planning, including optimizing staffing levels, scheduling, and resource allocation (e.g., budget and future workforce, expense tracking, talent acquisition and retention etc.).
Support the comprehensive engagement and reporting for cybersecurity governance, for example,
Coordination of forum logistics, agenda preparation, and governance and reporting material development.
Serving as the secretariat capability for IT Security governance fora, facilitating discussions and documenting decisions, actions and escalations.
Coordinate the development of materials to be used as IT Security inputs into broader, organization-wide governance forums and reporting structures (e.g., materials to be reported to Board_.

What we’re looking for:

A security professional who can:

Provide expert contributions to the strategic alignment and operational effectiveness of the Business Management function within CLS's IT Security Function, ensuring its contribution to overall security strategy.
Execute initiatives to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of IT Security business operations. For example, supporting budgeting processes, employee development frameworks, and procurement activities within the IT Security Function.