M&A Cyber Consultant AD

Associate Director, Cyber Consulting | London / Hybrid

Salary - Between £80,000 - £100,000 plus above market bonus

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Our client, a leading global Consulting organisation, is looking for candidates with deep technical cyber knowledge. We are exclusively retained by a leading global professional services firm to hire into their M&A practice, a team that sits at the heart of major M&A activity, advising clients on cyber, technology and digital risk across the full transaction lifecycle: pre-deal due diligence, post-deal reviews, remediation, and exit readiness.

In this role, you will advise PE sponsors and portfolio companies across the deal lifecycle, technical due diligence, hold-period risk monitoring, 100-day planning, carve-outs, integrations, exit readiness, as well as advising infrastructure investors across energy, aviation, data centres and related sectors.

Genuine OT/ICS experience is essential here; this is cyber risk in physical and operational infrastructure environments, not corporate IT. Confidential client; full details shared on application.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on cyber, technology and digital risk across the full transaction lifecycle: pre-deal due diligence, post-deal reviews, remediation, and exit readiness.
• Advise PE sponsors and portfolio companies across the deal lifecycle, technical due diligence, hold-period risk monitoring, 100-day planning, carve-outs, integrations, exit readiness.
• Advise infrastructure investors across energy, aviation, data centres and related sectors.
• Translate risk into commercial, financial and investment terms and hold a room with senior investors.

Required Skills

What you'll need:

• Experience assessing controls against recognised frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, IEC 62443)
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks, GDPR, NIS2, DORA, FCA/PRA, Operational Resilience, EU Cyber Resilience Act
• Experience in deal advisory, M&A, transaction advisory, portfolio company, or infrastructure investment environments
• Confidence pitching, proposing and building client relationships, not just delivering findings