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The opportunity

As part of our Financial Services Organization (FSO), you will be part of a technology organization that develops and maintains innovative solutions for our client-serving Tax professionals. FSO professionals will partner with our Tax professionals to develop supporting technology such as digital tools to improve internal operations, development of advanced financial dashboards, visualization, analytics, and reports.

Our Financial Services EY EDGE practice is made up of a team of professionals providing dedicated tax technical services to both US and global clients. EDGE stands for Exceptional Delivery and Growth Engine because this team operates in a technical environment with deep process and service delivery experience that distinguishes EY in the marketplace.

Join our Tax Technology and Transformation team as an Information Security Architect, where you will be part of a technology organization that develops and maintains innovative solutions for our client-serving Tax professionals. This role will translate enterprise security policy, regulatory expectations, and client requirements into scalable, enforceable controls embedded within engineering, platform, and operational workflows.

Your key responsibilities

• Design and mature information security capabilities across a defined platform or product ecosystem.
• Translate enterprise policies and security standards into practical control frameworks, design patterns, and implementation guidance.
• Define target-state security capabilities and drive adoption through repeatable, scalable processes.
• Establish meaningful metrics to measure control effectiveness, remediation progress, and overall program maturity.

• Embed security controls into software delivery and cloud engineering workflows, including CI/CD pipelines and pre-deployment validation.
• Partner with engineering teams to implement secure-by-design practices and preventative controls such as secrets protection, vulnerability gating, and policy enforcement.
• Promote automation and integration of security tooling to improve detection, prioritization, and remediation workflows.

• Lead risk identification, prioritization, and remediation planning for assigned platforms and services.
• Support internal audits, external assessments, regulatory reviews, and client assurance activities.
• Maintain documentation, control evidence, and implementation artifacts that are clear, defensible, and audit ready.

Skills and attributes for success

• Oversee implementation of security controls across cloud infrastructure, identity, application, and workload environments.
• Drive continuous monitoring and risk visibility for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and control gaps.
• Serve as a key interface across Engineering, Architecture, Risk, Compliance, and Information Security teams.
• Drive alignment on priorities, governance, and remediation strategies across multiple stakeholders.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor's degree required (4-year degree) Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Economics and/or a master's degree in Accounting, Tax Technology, Management Information Systems, or Computer Science or related field
• A minimum of eight years of relevant experience

• You are required to have one of the following certifications: CPA, EA, JD, Master's degree in business administration, finance, economics, computer science, information systems or engineering, Quantitative Economics or Quants
• Exposure to the financial services industry, accounting/finance/tax, tax or finance performance improvement, tax software development and/or implementation

• Ability to take ownership of assigned tasks and monitoring them until completion, including documenting requirements, configuration, testing, debugging, project profitability, and tax systems and process configuration

Ideally, you'll have

• Demonstrated experience designing and operationalizing enterprise or platform security programs.
• Strong understanding of cloud security principles, with experience in Azure or comparable cloud environments.
• Experience working with audit, compliance, or regulatory frameworks in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience embedding security into DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with integrated security tooling across areas such as SAST, DAST, SCA, container security, CNAPP, and workflow or remediation platforms.
• Experience establishing measurable security outcomes such as vulnerability reduction, SLA performance, backlog trends, and control of health metrics.
• Background in highly regulated industries or client-facing assurance environments.
• Experience building closed-loop remediation processes from issue detection through validation and reporting.
• Ability to understand and learn tax and technology implications at a high level
• Excellent organizational and project management skills as well as the ability to multitask on various projects in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work and team effectively with clients and high-level leadership personnel as well as influence all team members.

What we look for

We are looking for top performers who demonstrate the ability to be client-focused, results-driven, and innovative. You should possess strong leadership skills, the ability to think critically and solve complex problems, and a passion for delivering high-quality user experiences. Your ability to communicate effectively and manage client relationships will set you apart as a candidate for this role.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

What we offer you
At EY, we'll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We'll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $133,300 to $304,500. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $160,000 to $346,000. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
• Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
• Under our flexible vacation policy, you'll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You'll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.
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