AI Security Specialist

Please note: This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship. 

Company Overview

We are the better way to work in finance. As private equity’s value creation partner, we sit at the heart of PE—where sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI, we help clients drive value—supporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation.

If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow, come solve complex issues alongside 1,600+ finance & technology experts in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Backed by premier private equity firms and headquartered in New York with 11 offices around the globe, we are a high-growth, entrepreneurial firm looking for people who want to be part of building something great. Come make your mark.

AI Security Specialist

Reporting to the Information Security and Infrastructure Manager, the AI Security Specialist focuses on security frameworks for AI usage, machine learning models, and supporting pipelines across Accordion. This role leads threat modeling, risk assessment, control design, and security guidance for AI-enabled tools, workflows, and platforms used across the enterprise.

The role partners closely with the DevSecOps function, security leadership, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to ensure AI adoption is secure, controlled, and aligned to enterprise expectations. This position requires strong technical depth, evolving knowledge of AI risk, and the ability to guide a global organization with team members across the US, UK, and India. Travel will be required.

This position will ideally be based in one of our US offices and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days per week (also eligible for remote candidates).

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

What You'll Do:

AI Security Frameworks

• Help define and mature security frameworks for AI-enabled tools, workflows, models, and supporting data pipelines
• Develop guidance for secure model usage, access control, data handling, monitoring, and third-party AI risk

Threat Modeling & Risk Assessment

• Lead threat modeling and risk assessments associated with AI usage across internal and client-facing environments
• Identify risks related to data exposure, prompt misuse, model abuse, insecure integrations, and agentic workflow behavior
• Translate risks into practical control recommendations and remediation actions

Partnership with DevSecOps

• Work closely with the DevSecOps team to embed AI security controls into development and deployment practices
• Support secure design reviews for AI-related platforms, pipelines, and automation flows

Governance & Awareness

• Help shape enterprise awareness and standards for responsible AI security practices
• Support documentation, policy translation, and technical guidance for teams adopting AI capabilities

You Have:

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, application security, cloud security, or related technical security roles
• Hands-on understanding of AI security concepts, model and data risks, and modern threat modeling approaches
• Experience working with engineering teams on secure design and technical control implementation
• Ability to translate emerging AI risks into practical enterprise security guidance – you are curious, technical, and highly analytical
• Exposure to DevSecOps practices and modern software delivery environments
• Ability to partner across security, engineering, and business teams
• Comfortability working in a rapidly evolving security domain
• Bachelor's degree preferred; relevant certifications or specialized training are a plus

You Are:

• Excited to be part of a growing team, with a focus on driving future growth
• Passionate about delivering exceptional client service
• Knowledgeable about the relationship between Private Equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, particularly within the office of the CFO
• Willing to get your hands dirty in the details of a project while simultaneously seeing the whole picture
• Comfortable managing projects with multiple complex workstreams while also focused on your single workstream (you are managing and doing)
• A self-starter with a strong work ethic
• Full of entrepreneurial spirit and comfortable in a fluid, flat organization
• Able to effectively communicate complex issues and solutions, and raise issues to senior team members when necessary
• A team player, able to work with team members across all levels
• Someone who enjoys mentoring others and doing meaningful work
• A leader of others; you lead by example

The annual salary for this role ranges from: $145,000 to $175,000 + benefits + bonus.

Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to geographic location, skill set, years and depth of experience, education, certifications, cost of labor and internal equity.

Accordion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

Please note that as per Accordion policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Accordion will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.

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