Associate- Business Resilience Planning and Operations

Job Description

*Team Profile: Fusion Business Resilience Planning and Operations team provides a framework and oversight for development of business continuity plans, perform exercises and technology readiness testing, and integrate lessons learned in order to build resilience throughout the Firm. The team sets the planning standards, provides effective challenge to those plans, and identifies the risk around the plans in partnership with the business units in order to manage business continuity and technology disaster recovery risks and enhance operational resilience throughout the Firm. We offer: - Dynamic and challenging working environment - Complex training and development program to learn all you need to excel in our organization - To work with some of the best professionals in the business - for a firm that values individual intellect as much as teamwork - State-of-the-art offices in the City Centre that are designed to maximize collaboration - Flexible working arrangements (core hours and opportunity to work from home) - Enriching challenges that provide opportunity for constant learning and advancement - An environment which is leveraging technology to its highest potential Key Responsibilities: - Provide support in coordinating, assessing, developing, and communicating contingency plans associated with the company-s Business Units to protect the firm in the event of a business disruption - Interact with critical business units and support groups for the purpose of planning, directing, and controlling contingency planning efforts while facilitating their plan development - Maintain direct communications and participate in appropriate business unit planning meetings and activities - Assist the department in enhancing, formalizing and standardizing the business planning process - Coordinate periodic reviews and tests of established plans and procedures, reporting findings to management and making recommendations for improvements as needed - Provide expertise and support to management and business functional areas, as requested - Perform ongoing risk analysis to determine which business processes, systems, and applications need to be recovered within the indicated time frame in order to comply with corporate and regulatory recovery time objectives of the organization - Provide support during response to regional and global crisis events and coordinate engagement and response of crisis managers - Work with regional leadership and other teams within the Firm to strengthen coordination during incident response - Engage with senior management and participate in governance committees to effectively deliver the BCM Program - Actively drive and support local, regional, and global managed projects - Participate in and contribute to business continuity tabletop exercises as applicable - Conduct Enhanced Quality Assurance Reviews for critical third party services including ODC services - Collaborate with business representatives and other internal stakeholders in order to manage deliverables and enhance processes - Track and manage outstanding and aging issues, and provide regular updates including issue reports and metrics - Assists in writing and updating internal policies and procedures, *Skills: - Ability to manage and interact with staff at all levels in the Firm - Ability to actively lead by example - Analytical skills with the ability to think logically and critically - Strong influencing skills, including ability to articulate complex issues and incorporate feedback - Excellent verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal skills - Proven ability to work autonomously and to meet deadlines - Strong initiative and a proactive attitude in approach to work - Self-motivated, proactive, and calm under pressure - Willingness to learn, develop, and take over new roles and responsibilities when required - Willingness to occasionally work on weekends and out of business hours when required - Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, Excel and Word Qualifications / Skills: - Excellent English fluency (verbal & written) is required - An undergraduate degree from an accredited university is required while a post-graduate degree / diploma is a plus - 5+ years- experience in business continuity, crisis management or related risk field is required - Business continuity coverage experience in the Financial Services, Technology, Service Provider Industries or Management Consulting is a plus - Business Continuity certification or similar is a plus - Risk or Technical background a plus - PC skills: Microsoft applications (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word) is required

Keyskills :
risk analysisbusiness unitsanalytical skillsdisaster recoverycrisis managementquality assurancesupport groupsfinancial servicessenior managementmicrosoft officebusiness planningstatements of work sow