Senior (HITRUST) – Advisory (India based role – Hyderabad)

About Frazier & Deeter

Frazier & Deeter (FD) is an award-winning accounting & advisory firm. FD and our family of brands serve clients worldwide, from the Fortune Global 500 companies to growing small businesses. Frazier & Deeter cultivates a growth mindset and instils in our people the belief that we must be adaptive and entrepreneurial, and we make a difference for our clients and each other. We focus on our brand promise of Investing in Relationships to Make a Difference.

FD offers a full range of tax, audit, accounting, and advisory services through our offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Nashville, Alpharetta, and Tampa, in addition to London and India. We have been recognized repeatedly as a Top 50 firm, a Best of the Best Accounting firm, a Best Firm to Work For® and a Best Firm for Women in Leadership.

FD recently opened its own entity in India to support our expanding international and cross-border client base. We are not your typical firm of accountants, and we like doing things differently. Our team members can be involved in global consulting and advisory client facing roles in a fast growing and exciting new business in India, which is part of our established and highly regarded accountancy firms in the US and UK.

 

About the Role

To lead, govern, and optimize the organization's information security compliance program, specifically driving end-to-end adoption, maintenance, and defense of the HITRUST CSF framework to mitigate risk and enable business growth.

 

Responsibilities

 

• Lead HITRUST CSF assessments (readiness, validated, and interim) including planning, scoping, control testing, and reporting.
• Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of security, privacy, and IT controls against HITRUST CSF requirements and related frameworks.
• Review and challenge audit evidence, identify control gaps, assess risks, and validate remediation activities.
• Manage client interactions and stakeholder communications, including walkthroughs, status discussions, and presentation of audit observations and recommendations.
• Review work performed by junior team members, provide coaching, and ensure adherence to audit methodology and quality standards.
• Support engagement management and practice development, including project planning, resource coordination, methodology improvements, and business development activities.

 

 

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Accounting, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in IT Audit, Risk Advisory, Information Security, Compliance, or Cybersecurity Assurance.
• Hands-on experience performing audits and assessments against frameworks such as HITRUST CSF, SOC 1/SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.
• Strong understanding of IT General Controls (ITGCs), access management, change management, logical security, incident management, vulnerability management, and data protection controls.
• Experience in audit planning, control testing, evidence evaluation, issue identification, and report preparation.
• Proven ability to manage client interactions, lead walkthroughs, and coordinate audit engagements with minimal supervision.
• Professional certifications such as CISA, CISSP, CRISC, HITRUST CCSFP, or ISO 27001 Lead Auditor preferred.

 

What FD offers

• Competitive salary.
• Clear career path within the firm.
• Personal and professional skills development and training support.