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Job Description:
Job Description
The Information Security Specialist is a senior technology professional responsible for end-to-end accountability for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard or PCI DSS compliance program across the TD Insurance family. You will work with business technology cyber security risk audit procurement finance payment assessors and third-party partners to maintain a sustainable and evidence-based PCI compliance program.
This role is suited to an experienced PCI practitioner who has managed compliance activities driven remediation prepared organizations for assessments and consistently delivered commitments through to closure.
The role aligns with the Information Security Specialist individual-contributor profile which calls for expert information security and risk knowledge leadership across complex initiatives communication skills regulatory consultation audit preparation remediation management governance and reporting.
As the Information Security Specialist responsible for PCI compliance you will:
Own the PCI compliance program
- Maintain end-to-end accountability for PCI compliance across the TD Insurance family from annual planning and scope validation through evidence submission assessment support remediation attestation and ongoing compliance.
- Establish and maintain the annual PCI compliance roadmap milestones deliverables ownership model and governance calendar.
- Translate PCI DSS requirements into transparent obligations for business application infrastructure security operations and third-party teams.
- Act as the primary TD Insurance PCI subject-matter expert and central point of coordination for internal stakeholders and external assessors.
Maintain scope and control accountability
- Lead the annual confirmation of the cardholder data environment including payment channels applications infrastructure data flows integrations service providers and connected systems.
- Maintain the PCI system inventory data-flow diagrams scope rationale control-owner register responsibility matrix evidence catalogue and applicability decisions.
- Challenge unnecessary scope and identify sustainable scope-reduction opportunities through segmentation tokenization outsourcing architectural change or removal of cardholder data.
- Ensure control responsibilities are clearly assigned across all applicable PCI requirements and that accountable owners understand their ongoing obligations.
Drive assessments and evidence readiness
- Coordinate annual PCI DSS assessments and associated deliverables including the applicable Report on Compliance Self-Assessment Questionnaire and Attestation of Compliance.
- Partner with Qualified Security Assessors Approved Scanning Vendors internal audit cyber security compliance and control owners throughout the assessment lifecycle.
- Implement a disciplined evidence-management process that confirms evidence is complete current accurate approved traceable and assessment-ready.
- Conduct readiness reviews and control-health assessments before formal testing begins.
- Maintain a defensible record of scope determinations control design decisions exceptions targeted risk analyses and compensating controls.
PCI DSS v4.0.1 is the current standard identified in the PCI Security Standards Council document library which also provides the prioritized approach assessment templates attestations targeted-risk-analysis material and guidance for compensating controls.
Deliver compliance outcomes
- Track PCI deliverables control gaps evidence deficiencies risks dependencies and remediation commitments from identification through validated closure.
- Develop practical remediation plans with named owners target dates interim controls dependencies and measurable closure criteria.
- Escalate overdue or ineffective remediation promptly clearly articulating customer business technology compliance and reputational impacts.
- Coordinate the resources and decisions required to meet assessment deadlines rather than limiting the role to status reporting.
- Verify that remediation addresses the underlying control weakness and produces sustainable evidence for future assessments.
- Identify recurring issues and implement processes control automation or governance improvements to prevent repeat findings.
Provide governance and executive reporting
- Lead PCI governance meetings and working sessions ensuring decisions actions risks and accountabilities are documented and followed through.
- Produce concise reporting for senior leadership covering compliance status scope assessment readiness control effectiveness material gaps remediation progress and decisions required.
- Define and monitor meaningful indicators such as evidence readiness overdue actions control-testing results recurring findings third-party compliance status and overall assessment risk.
- Communicate complex PCI requirements and security risks in clear business terms.
- Escalate material control deficiencies through the appropriate technology risk compliance and business governance channels.
Embed continuous compliance
- Move the program from annual assessment preparation toward continuous compliance and year-round control ownership.
- Establish recurring checkpoints for control validation evidence refresh vulnerability management access reviews penetration testing external scans incident-response exercises third-party monitoring and policy reviews.
- Assess changes to applications payment channels infrastructure vendors and business processes for potential PCI scope or control impact.
- Monitor changes to PCI standards supporting guidance payment-channel risks and industry practices and translate them into actionable requirements for TD Insurance.
- Develop reusable templates procedures playbooks training materials and evidence standards to improve consistency and reduce key-person dependency.
What You Need to Succeed
We recognize that strong candidates bring different experiences. However because this position carries end-to-end accountability demonstrated PCI delivery experience is essential.
Required qualifications
- Direct hands-on experience owning or leading a PCI DSS compliance program or a substantial PCI workstream through a complete assessment lifecycle.
- A proven record of delivering PCI compliance outcomes including coordinating control owners collecting and validating evidence resolving assessment issues driving remediation and meeting committed dates.
- Previous experience working in a dedicated PCI compliance PCI controls payment security information security technology risk or audit-readiness capacity. General exposure to PCI without delivery accountability is not sufficient.
- Advanced knowledge of PCI DSS requirements cardholder-data-environment scoping evidence expectations control testing remediation management and audit or assessment preparation.
- Experience working directly with Qualified Security Assessors internal or external auditors security teams technology owners business stakeholders and third-party service providers.
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of complex deliverables remove obstacles escalate appropriately and drive work through to independently validated closure.
- Experience developing executive reporting risk assessments control documentation remediation plans governance materials and management responses.
- Strong stakeholder-management organizational analytical and written and verbal communication skills.
- University degree or equivalent practical experience in information security technology risk management audit business or a related discipline.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience managing PCI compliance in large financial services insurance payment-processing or similarly regulated organization.
- Professional certification such as PCI Professional Internal Security Assessor Qualified Security Assessor CISSP CISA CRISC or equivalent.
- Experience with PCI DSS v4.0.1 targeted risk analyses compensating controls customized approaches third-party service-provider oversight and payment-page security.
- Experience with governance risk and compliance platforms structured evidence repositories control automation vulnerability-management tools and executive dashboards.
- Working knowledge of payment architecture cloud services identity and access management network segmentation encryption tokenization application security penetration testing and incident response.
Success Measures
Success in this role will be demonstrated by:
- Annual PCI assessment and attestation deliverables completed accurately and on schedule.
- Clear and current scope ownership control and evidence documentation.
- No surprises during formal assessments.
- Material risks and compliance gaps identified early and escalated appropriately.
- Remediation commitments completed by their target dates and independently validated.
- Reduced recurrence of control and evidence deficiencies.
- Increased automation reusable evidence and year-round control readiness.
- Strong engagement and accountability across business and technology control owners.
- Reduced dependency on individual resources through documented repeatable processes.
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Who We Are:
TD is one of the worlds leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day we strive to make every interaction product and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada the United States and around the world. More than 95000 TD colleagues bring their skills talent and creativity to foster deeper relationships ensure disciplined execution and build a simpler faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience that is why we believe that all colleagues no matter where they work are client facing. Together we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients colleagues and communities.
Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial physical and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary variable compensation and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits savings and retirement programs paid time off banking benefits and discounts career development and reward and recognition programs. Learn more
Additional Information:
Were delighted that youre considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations training programs and a competitive benefits plan were committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.
Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations requirements.
Colleague Development
If youre interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills we want to help you succeed. Youll have regular career development and performance conversations with your manager as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.
If youre passionate about helping clients and building deep lasting relationships TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.
Were committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued everyone has fair opportunities to grow and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD we hire and develop the best.
Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that youve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.
Interview Process
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Accommodation
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We look forward to hearing from you!
Language Requirement (Quebec only):
Sans Objet
Required Experience:
IC
📌 Information Security Specialist PCI DSS Compliance (Toronto)
🏢 TD Bank
📍 Toronto
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