Senior Associate/Cybersecurity Consultant Due Diligence Advisory (Forensic Services practice)

A senior associate in Charles River Associates' Forensic Services practice who runs proactive cybersecurity assessments and cyber due diligence, often for private equity, legal and executive clients evaluating a deal or investment.

The consultant leads interviews, workshops and readouts, turns client needs into scopes and statements of work, assesses security programs against NIST CSF across identity, endpoint, vulnerability management, backup and email security, separates material risks from maturity gaps, writes prioritised reports, and runs tabletop and readiness reviews informed by CRA's incident response work. CRA wants about five to seven years in cybersecurity consulting or due diligence, confident client presence with CIOs and lawyers, excellent report writing, and broad knowledge of tools such as CrowdStrike, Tenable and Entra ID.