Senior Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Associate

Responsibilities
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the enterprise BC/DR program.

• Conduct Business Impact Analyses (BIA), Risk Assessments (RA), and Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP).

• Liaise with key stakeholders to ensure ongoing Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) alignment with business impact and system criticality.

• Facilitate Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP), testing, and exercises to validate recovery capabilities.

• Define strategies to ensure resilience with critical SaaS dependencies.

• Educate stakeholders on BC/DR procedures and ensure organizational readiness for crisis scenarios.

• Facilitate interconnectivity between incident response and BC/DR plans and testing activities to ensure that cybersecurity scenarios are adequately contemplated.

• Enhance and maintain the Information Security Policy Framework, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and industry standards (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 27001, NIS2, DORA, CIS).

• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure policies are understood, adopted, and enforced across the organization.

• Ensure adoption and operationalization of a control framework aimed at maintaining compliance with key frameworks and regulatory requirements.

• Perform security compliance framework assessments and control narrative creation.

• Conduct control testing, identify deficiencies, and drive remediation efforts.

• Maintain the enterprise Information Security Risk Register and perform periodic and ad hoc risk assessments.

• Support risk treatment planning and ensure alignment with the organization’s risk appetite.

• Perform third party risk assessments and ongoing oversight activities.

• Promote a security-first mindset across the organization.

• Contribute to the development and delivery of security awareness programs.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; relevant certifications preferred (e.g., CBCP, MBCP, MBCI, FBCI).

• 3–6+ years’ experience in cybersecurity, GRC, and/or BC/DR roles, ideally within financial services.

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills and the ability to organize work in a logical, thorough, and succinct manner.

• Highly self‑motivated, results‑oriented, and self‑directed to handle multiple ongoing tasks.

• Flexibility to adapt to changing assignments and ability to effectively prioritize.

• Effective written and verbal English communication at all levels.

• Demonstrated ability to operate and innovate in a small team with a fast‑paced environment, balancing both strategic and tactical needs.

This position is exempt and is paid according to the laws of the State of Illinois. The pay range for this position is $125,000 – 160,000 USD per year. We are required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This range considers the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.

• This position requires the physical capabilities to work in an office environment, which may include prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Corient seeks to make reasonable accommodations that enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties when possible.

• This position may require the ability to lift up to 15 pounds.

• This position is required to work onsite 4 days per week.

• Must be 18 years of age or older.

• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States. For U.S. employment opportunities, Corient hires U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Exceptions to these requirements will be determined based on shortage of qualified candidates with a particular…