VP, Senior Business Continuity Planning Officer

VP, Senior Business Continuity Planning Officer

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Banc of California, Inc. (NYSE: BANC) is a bank holding company headquartered in Los Angeles with one wholly‑owned banking subsidiary, Banc of California (the “bank”). Banc of California is one of the nation’s premier relationship‑based business banks focused on providing banking and treasury management services to small, middle‑market, and venture‑backed businesses. Banc of California offers a broad range of loan and deposit products and services, with full‑service branches throughout California and Denver, Colorado, as well as full‑stack payment processing solutions through its subsidiary, Deepstack Technologies.

The bank is committed to its local communities by supporting organizations that provide financial literacy and job training, small business support, affordable housing, and more.

The VP, Senior Business Continuity Planning Officer role is a key role that is second in command for Business Continuity, responsible for supporting crisis management as well as the business‑as‑usual activities within the Business Continuity team. Ensures timely completion of BCP program deliverables, including business impact analysis and business continuity plans. VP has ownership of training materials, procedures, standards and exercise documentation, as well as full responsibility for operating and maintaining the bank tools, including Riskonnect and Onsolve in alignment with the FFIEC Business Continuity Planning Handbook.

• Documentation:
  Creates standards, policies, and procedures to support processes, ensuring that updates to procedures and plans occur regularly, as significant changes to business operations occur, or as identified through testing and audits or exams.
• Exercises:
  Plans, conducts, and debriefs business continuity and disaster recovery exercises to test the adequacy of existing plans and strategies.
• Crisis Management:
  Serves as key point of contact for crisis management and as front line for continuity efforts after a disruption event. Coordinates emergency response processes and teams, including required trainings.
• BIAs/BCPs:
  Ensures successful completion of all deliverables within the Standards and Policies, including ensuring Business Impact Analysis and Business Continuity Plans are updated accurately, with reporting aligned with recovery time objectives.
• Reporting:
  Prepares executive presentations including the quarterly Board reporting.
• Vendor Due Diligence:
  Assesses and performs due diligence on vendors and suppliers to ensure that they are aligned with bank requirements.
• Disaster Recovery Testing:
  Supports third‑party and internal disaster recovery testing.
• Industry Knowledge:
  Keeps current with FFIEC, and other regulatory and industry guidance and requirements, trends and technological innovations in the banking and IT industry and makes recommendations. Maintains knowledge and awareness of financial industry technical status, trends, and regulatory requirements.
• Additional Deliverables:
  Supports special projects, responds to audit requests, and manages other activities as needed.
• Treat people with respect; keep commitments; inspire the trust of others; work ethically and with integrity; uphold organizational values; accept responsibility for own actions.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and adherence to EEO policy; shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences; educates others on the value of diversity; promotes a working environment free of harassment of any type; builds a diverse workforce and supports affirmative action.
• Follows policies and procedures; completes tasks correctly and on time; supports the company’s goals and values.
• Performs the position safely, without endangering the health or safety to themselves or others and will be expected to report potentially unsafe conditions. The employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations and orders issued pursuant to the OSHA Act of 1970, which are applicable to one’s…