Information Security Analyst (Boston)
Forward Financing has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing FinTech companies in Boston for the past five years, as recognized by Boston Business Journal, Inc. Magazine, and Deloitte Fast 500. We help small businesses spend less time finding capital and more time helping their customers and managing their businesses. Our mission is to build a world-class FinTech company so that our customers and our people can reach their full potential. We accomplish this by investing in our people, technology, and customer experience – with long-term success in mind.
As an Information Security Analyst, you will work directly with the Information Security Officer, IT, Engineering, Legal, and Operations to coordinate improvements and conduct audits on FF’s systems and processes. This role is heavy on project management and audit and a great way to gain technology and InfoSecc experience at a security-focused company.
In this role you will:
- Project manage full lifecycle of Information Security initiatives.
- Capture requirements from partners.
- Keep team to timelines.
- Coordinate efforts specific to Data Security across all the departments that are interrelated.
- Maintains reports for easy to see status of all Data Security Initiatives across all departments.
- Assist technical teams with implementation.
- Audit systems for compliance.
- Review logs and other data to ensure employee compliance to infosec policies.
- Review system configurations to ensure they meet guidelines set by InfoSec officers and others.
- Assist with cybersecurity incident response.
- Train users on proper policies and procedures.
- Ability to provide detailed next steps as well as executive summaries that are clear from those details.
Preferred Qualifications
- Have great communication skills and the ability to manage through influence.
- Some project management experience in a technical field (or technology projects).
- Understand basic technical and information security concepts.
- Have the ability to organize to the detail as well as create executive summaries.
Forward Financing Core Values:
- People First – We build relationships and support each other.
- We Before Me – We prioritize team success over individual success.
- Be Candid – We are authentic, honest, and direct.
- Do the Right Thing – We act with integrity, and we don’t cut corners.
- Continuous Improvement – We push ourselves, never settling for the best we did yesterday.
- Be Positive – We are optimistic and assume positive intent.
About Us:
Forward Financing is a Boston-based FinTech company that provides fast, flexible, and reliable capital to small businesses nationwide. Since 2012, Forward Financing has provided over $1.1 billion in financing to more than 27,000 small businesses. Forward Financing has been consistently named by the Boston Business Journal and Built in Boston as one of the best places to work in Massachusetts.
Forward Financing actively promotes a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in all we do. We encourage a workplace where trust and respect are paramount and all employees feel valued, heard, and accepted. By accepting diversity of thought, background, and identity, we will continue to become a stronger team and a better organization.
We are a diverse and driven group of over 100 people, located in the heart of Boston’s Financial District. Our employees come to work knowing they are helping thousands of small businesses while advancing their own careers. If this sounds exciting to you, learn more about our leadership team and our open opportunities.
Perks & Benefits:
At Forward Financing, we believe that if our company succeeds, all of our employees succeed too. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including but not limited to; medical, dental, vision and commuter benefits along with a flexible time off policy, 401k match, wellness reimbursement, paid volunteering days, annual professional development budget, and charitable donation match.
When we aren’t on a Zoom meeting, supporting our customers, or working on a project, you can likely find us taking part in a scavenger hunt, a virtual trivia game, or celebrating team wins together!
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