Operational Resilience Specialist

As an Operational Resilience Specialist, you will play a key role in delivering and continuously improving our Operational Resilience framework. You will take ownership of specific components of the framework (such as Important Business Services, mapping, and self-assessments), ensuring they are maintained, embedded, and aligned with regulatory and Group requirements. Working closely with stakeholders across the business, you will apply your practical experience to support delivery, ensure activities are completed to a high standard, and contribute to the ongoing evolution of our resilience approach. This role is ideal for someone who has hands-on experience of operational resilience in practice and is confident taking ownership of key activities while working as part of a collaborative team.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and maintain defined elements of the UK Operational Resilience framework, ensuring alignment with regulatory and Group requirements.
• Support and enhance the Operational Resilience function, advising on regulatory requirements and best practice, providing quality assurance and governance to ensure and report on compliance.
• Provide ongoing Operational Resilience operational support, guidance, and operational subject matter expertise to stakeholders, supporting implementation of key initiatives.
• Collaborate with relevant teams such as Business Continuity, IT Service Continuity Management, Compliance and Risk to integrate Operational Resilience considerations into the overall operational model.
• Enhance the resilience culture across Allianz UK through initiatives to promote operational resilience and training sessions.
• Own and deliver periodic reviews of Important Business Services, impact tolerances, mapping, controls and self-assessments.
• Progress audit and compliance actions for Operational Resilience, ensuring timely and effective resolution.

Experience

• Proven hands-on experience in operational resilience within a regulated environment.
• Experience delivering key components of an operational resilience framework, such as Important Business Services, impact tolerances, mapping and self-assessments.
• Good working knowledge of UK Operational Resilience regulation and expectations, with the ability to apply this in practice.
• Experience supporting or delivering regulatory or audit activity related to resilience.
• Able to take ownership of deliverables and see activities through to completion.
• Experience working with stakeholders across business and technology teams.
• Experience in financial services or a similarly regulated industry (preferred).

Skills

• Strong understanding of operational resilience frameworks and regulatory expectations.
• Ability to take ownership of deliverables and manage them to completion.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
• Ability to apply regulatory concepts in a practical, delivery-focused environment.
• Strong organisational and analytical skills.

What We Will Offer You

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options.
• Hybrid working.
• Annual performance related bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Development days.
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet.
• Retail discounts.
• Volunteering days.

Our Ways of Working

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Integrity, Fairness, Inclusion & Trust

At Allianz, we believe in fostering an inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our commitment to equal opportunities, gender equity, and balanced gender representation, is demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer. We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success. We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role. Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.

If you are an at-risk candidate facing potential redeployment, please include this information in your CV. For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: Matthew Irvine.

Closing date 28th May 2026. We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

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