Operational Resilience Manager

Prestigious International Bank based in the City of London is looking to recruit a Business Continuity Manager. The BC Manager is responsible for developing, enhancing, implementing, and maintaining an effective Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Operational Resilience framework across the bank. This role ensures the bank is resilient and prepared to respond to business disruptions, minimise impact on operations, customers, and ensure regulatory compliance with all applicable regulations.

Main responsibilities will include:

• Own, implement, enhance and maintain the Bank’s BCM & OR framework in line with regulatory requirements, the Parent Bank’s policy and industry best practices.
• Own the Bank’s BCM & OR policy and regularly review and update Bank’s BCM & OR policy, procedures, and plans.
• Co-ordinate with departments to conduct Business Impact Analysis (BIA) to identify critical processes, resources, recovery objectives and dependencies.
• Work with departments to design, develop, and maintain department level Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and a Bank-wide Business Continuity Plan.
• Support departments in identifying appropriate recovery strategies taking into consideration their recovery objective, Bank’s recovery objectives, regulatory requirements and cost.
• Communicate the business recovery objectives to the IT department and provide feedback into IT disaster recovery plan to ensure the plan aligns with the business requirements.
• Ensure BCM & OR practices comply with UK regulatory requirements (e.g., FCA, PRA, Bank of England) and the Parent Bank’s requirements.
• Provide periodic reports and dashboards to the Bank’s Senior Management on the effectiveness of the BCM & OR framework, including any BCM & OR risks.
• Identify potential threats and assess risks to business continuity and develop mitigation strategies.
• Conduct regular risk assessments and scenario analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of BCM & OR framework.
• Collaborate with Risk & ALM and Compliance & Legal departments to integrate BCM & OR into the bank’s overall risk management framework and operational resilience framework.
• Collaborate with HR & Admin department and provide feedback on Bank’s Communication.

To be considered for this position, ideal candidates must have the following experience and skills:

• Practical experience in a senior role in a similar European financial services organisation with responsibility for Business Continuity Management.
• An understanding of and/or experience/qualification of Business Continuity Management and operational resilience principles and best practices (Business Continuity Institute).
• In-depth awareness of business continuity, operational resilience and risk management.
• Good understanding of UK regulatory requirements on operational resilience and outsourcing requirements.
• Basic project management capabilities including chairing working group meetings, managing work streams, scheduling project action plans, cost/benefit assessment, engagement with third party service providers, etc.
• Experience across banking business lines (corporate/wholesale banking, traded and capital markets, settlement and clearing) will be of particular value to this role although deep skills and expertise in all business lines is not expected.
• Familiarity with cross-border aspects of current and incoming UK and European BCM & OR regulation would be extremely advantageous.
• Strong presentation skills – providing one-to-one, structured training, and management reporting to staff at all levels of the Bank.
• Excellent communication skills are critical to ensure risk and control understanding is embedded throughout the business.

Candidates must also have the right to work in the UK. I’m afraid sponsorship isn’t offered for this position. Due to the high volume of CVs that we receive, only successful candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your time and patience.