Intern - Business Security

**Business Security Intern (12-month FTC)**
**Henley-on-Thames**

**Make a difference every day**

Invesco is driven by a pure focus on investment. It’s all we do. We focus on doing work that matters and being a firm that gives a voice to every employee. In fact, we make a promise to our clients and each other to create greater possibilities together. We’re looking for people who have fresh perspectives. Who can come together to share ideas, listen and challenge each other to achieve better solutions for our clients.

**About the team**

Would you like to join the security team at a leading global asset manager and work closely with its senior business leaders in EMEA?
- At Invesco, we focus on security as a critical component in our trust relationship with clients, employees, business partners, and shareholders
- Our Global Security team takes an intelligence led and integrated approach across all areas of security (physical, information, business continuity/recovery), and Privacy
- Our team shares and blends experience and expertise from within the firm, wider financial services, other industries, consulting, law enforcement, and the intelligence community under the guidance of a former Deputy Director of the FBI. We bring this together through our innovative Security Operation Fusion Centres
- We work in a highly collaborative and consultative environment in which everyone’s ideas are valued.
- In EMEA, we are based in our largest office in Henley-on-Thames and enjoy all the advantages of our campus location and working environment but with easy access to London

If this sounds like a team you would like to be part of, read on to learn more about the opportunity to join us.

**Your role**

As a member of the Business Security team, you will play a key role in supporting our global operating model, working with colleagues across the globe to help the team represent the wider Global Security Department with the business and effectively handle security risk across the firm. In addition, as the role is based in EMEA you will work closely with the EMEA business to understand their needs and help deliver their plans whilst effectively managing security risk.

**You will be involved in**:

- Supporting the wider Business Security team across the globe, whilst participating in the Global Business Security Analyst Pool
- Assisting with the tracking, monitoring, and reporting of Business Security teamwork, running daily stand-ups
- Representing Global Security and act as an interface to the EMEA business for Security concerns, as well as assist in security risk identification, classification, and satisfactory resolution in Invesco’s operations
- Assisting with identifying and communicating security risks within the EMEA business (including in third party providers) and work to explain the risks in languages understood outside Global Security
- Understanding the EMEA business strategy, requirements, major initiatives, high value assets, and risk appetite and tolerances
- Assisting with alignment between Global Security and the EMEA business and promote a business-driven approach
- Raising security awareness in the EMEA business, as well as help to plan and conduct training across different lines of business
- Reporting to leadership and management groups in EMEA on security risks; incidents; and other topics, by providing appropriate metrics and assist in the creation of reports for entity/fund board meetings
- Providing input into Global Security policies, standards, processes, and procedures based on business requirements, risk tolerance, and financial industry

**Sound interesting?**

**You’ll need**:

- To be studying at a degree level (computer science or technology related degree would be an advantage)
- To have a willingness to learn about Security and related fields such as Privacy, Business Continuity, etc. and have a desire to develop your inter-personal/professional skills
- To have a collaborative style to engage effectively with colleagues across functional disciplines and build strong working relationships
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to interact directly with business partners at all levels.
- To have the ability to work independently and drive tasks to completion
- To have strong analysis and assessment skills to evaluate risks and recommend actions based on fact.
- To have the ability to translate complex/technical topics into business language

**The good stuff**

We have an outstanding benefits package, which includes:

- Competitive salary and bonus
- Flexible working pattern
- Company-provided healthcare
- Competitive annual leave + bank holidays
- Generous pension provisions
- Income protection
- Health and wellness benefits
- Volunteering days
- Enhanced parental leave
- Life insurance

**Our commitment to you**

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for