Graduate Cyber Security Analyst

at  St Jamess Place

WHO WE ARE

St. James’s Place (SJP) works in partnership to plan, grow and protect our clients’ financial futures. We deliver personalised, face-to-face financial advice to our clients, who trust us to manage their money to reach their goals. We provide this service via the Partnership, a network of qualified, expert advisors. We put financial wellbeing and responsible business choices at the heart of everything we do. We believe in the value of difference and know that diverse teams can help us problem and innovate for clients. We look for people to join SJP to make an impact and to contribute to our culture which is based around long term relationships, doing the right thing, and being the best version of ourselves.
Our comprehensive range of training programmes are tailored to developing early careers at a number of stages. Whether you are looking to gain work experience whilst studying at sixth form or college, or graduating from university, our dedicated Early Careers team are here to support you in driving your career along your chosen path.
Location: Cirencester Office

ABOUT THE ROLE:

You will join St. James’s Place on a permanent full-time contract and complete the Cyber Security Graduate Programme. During the programme you will rotate within your chosen division, this will give you full exposure to that division and help you understand how it interacts with other areas of the business. On completion of your Graduate programme in September 2026, we intend for you to continue your career at St. James’s Place with that division. Whilst on the Graduate Programme, you will build your technical knowledge by studying various technical qualifications and courses Your career will be driven by you and your interests and preferences. You may decide that you are interested in becoming a Cyber Analyst, investigating and unpicking information. Alternatively, your interests may align towards specialising as a Cyber Engineer, understanding the path to outcomes.

The Cyber Security Team at SJP is a small team, responsible for protecting the reputation and resilience of St. James’s Place, to prevent significant malicious disruption to our business objectives and to ensure we remain within our security and resilience risk appetite whilst we move to become more digital. The team ensures SJP can operate as a business by making systems secure, building relationships internally and with 3rd parties, maturing influence within SJP, feeding what we see and what we experience up to the Board and helping the direction that SJP takes to ensure clients information is kept safe. Working in the Cyber Security team is challenging and exciting. The team works closely with Data Protection, Information Security, Technology, Cloud and Business Systems Teams. You will rotate around a number of teams to gain experience and better your skills within the field. These include:

• Security Assurance
• Supplier Assurance
• Security Engineering
• Security Operations

No two days as a Cyber Security Graduate are the same. Some of the tasks you could get involved with include running vulnerability scans using systems, looking at reports and raising incidents, working to remediate vulnerability, investigating incidents, calling Partners and providing support, working with 3rd parties and working with the project teams.