University Associate, Data Privacy

Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth.
This position supports the Ankura Data & Technology Business Group - one of seven practices focused on client delivery services across the Firm.
Position Summary:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the day-to-day activities of engagements including interaction with other team members, subject matter experts, and client contacts.
• Support all facets of client engagements, including work stream supervision, client interaction, and billing.
• Generate consistent and thorough documentation to support processes executed throughout the project lifecycle. Specific tasks may include writing up interview notes, drafting emails, creating memorandum or reports that demonstrate specific processes followed, and developing project status summaries and/or reports and metrics.
• Manage time and tasks to meet internal and external deadlines.
• Provide input into client communications, both written and oral, throughout the lifecycle of the project.
• Develop, review, and edit information security policies and procedures and provide guidance to clients regarding best practices.
• Supervise appropriate personnel including less experienced consultants, client personnel, clerical support, and others as appropriate.
• Perform and support risk, cyber, privacy and technical network assessments, including best practice audits.
• Maintain a professional image within the company and project the same to those outside of the company.

Basic Qualifications, Skills, and Characteristics:

• Seeking undergraduate degree in Business, Analytics, Management, Economics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Security, Risk Management, or similar areas, with expected graduation date between December 2023 and June 2024.
• Team player who is comfortable working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal.
• Strong work ethic, eagerness to learn, and motivation to succeed.
• Ability to deliver solution strategies and implementations to clients.
• Strong risk management and project management.
• Strong attention to detail, possessing problem solving, troubleshooting and analytical reasoning skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills, to include detailed note taking abilities.
• Ability to manage time and tasks around intense deadlines for clients who work in a time-sensitive 24x7 industry.
• Ability to interact confidently with senior management, C-suite, and lawyers/partners.
• Ability to travel, often with little notice.

Desired Qualifications:

• Understanding of how to leverage existing security applications and appliances to address Client specific requirements.
• Prior experience working in the Cybersecurity, Privacy and Compliance space.
• Functional understanding of Network Architecture, Design, and Security Best Practices.
• Knowledge of various Data Privacy regulations such as GDPR, CCPA and HIPPA
• Prior experience implementing GDPR and/or CCPA projects.
• Experience with data mapping using tools such as OneTrust.
• Development and implementation of policies and procedures.
• Familiarity with Cloud Security Alliance Framework (https://cloudsecurityalliance.org).
• Familiarity with NIST or ISO frameworks and/ or risk assessment methodology.
• Knowledge and experience developing and managing key privacy deliverables such as: data inventories, risk registers, Privacy impact assessments, and Privacy trainings.
• Knowledge of Data Privacy program management and implementation including ability to assess and interpret regulations and legislations to ensure compliance with Data Privacy standards.

Practice Summary: Our team possesses deep expertise addressing clients' issues utilizing an approach grounded in big data, technology prowess, and sophisticated analytical thought. Our unique blend of technical skills, subject-matter expertise, cross-functional experience, and proven analytical track record enable us to deliver complete, creative, and insightful solutions essential to advising our clients in navigating complex challenges. Our approach focuses on identifying and efficiently acquiring relevant and disparate structured and unstructured data across the organizational landscape. We utilize our deep technical skills and industry-leading tools to aggregate, mine, and analyze data to deliver consumable information used by our clients to make mission-critical decisions.
For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in California, Colorado, or New York, Ankura is required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to the said markets and considers a broad range of factors including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The range does not include additional benefits outside of salary. At Ankura, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each role. A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range is between $50,000 to $120,000; this range is not a promise of a particular wage.
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