Business Continuity Manager

Overview

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, minimises impact on operations and customers, and ensures regulatory compliance with 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.
• Coordinate with departments to conduct Business Impact Analysis (BIA) to identify critical processes, resources, recovery objectives and dependencies.
• Design, develop, and maintain department-level Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and a Bank-wide Business Continuity Plan.
• Support departments in identifying appropriate recovery strategies considering their recovery objectives, Bank’s objectives, regulatory requirements and cost.
• Communicate business recovery objectives to the IT department and provide feedback into the IT disaster recovery plan to ensure alignment with 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 Senior Management on 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 and operational resilience framework.
• Collaborate with HR & Admin to provide feedback on the 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 organization with responsibility for Business Continuity Management.
• Understanding of and/or experience/qualification in 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, and engagement with third party service providers.
• Experience across banking business lines (corporate/wholesale banking, traded and capital markets, settlement and clearing) is valuable; deep skills in all lines are not required.
• 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. 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.