Business Continuity Advisor

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Hybrid | Downtown, Toronto

(must reside in the GTA to support recovery sites in Mississauga, also)

Duration: 9 months

Our client a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto, is looking for a Business Continuity Advisor to support business change initiatives as it relates to BCM, including completion of associated BIA, BCP and required recovery testing. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.

Typical Day in role:

  • Responsibility for the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Plan Development/Maintenance, to implement appropriate
  • BCM contingency plans and associated controls
  • Prepare business lines for potential disruption through communication and reporting processes re: Incident Management,
  • Business Continuity and Recovery Strategy within area(s) of responsibility
  • Coordinates tactical activities of BCM including:
  1. Complete Business Impact Assessments (BIA) to understand the impact of process failures
  2. Remain apprised of environmental and potential business-impacting BCM-related risks
  3. Conducts BCM exercises to validate planning assumptions and test controls (including work area recovery, contact exercises and simulations as required)
  • Advise and recommend on continuity strategies in the identification of risks, the determination of risk tolerances, the selection of appropriate recovery strategies
  • Identify gaps in application capabilities requirements, working with the business and IT to resolve the gap through acceptance, workarounds or an enhancement project
  • Ensures all Business Continuity Plans conform with Enterprise BCM standards
  • Provide analysis and insights on function-specific KRI’s to support management reporting and investigate and resolve deficiencies
  • Partnering with EBCM Centralized team, the Regional and Business Line Executive to coordinate and maintain a multi-disciplinary
  • Incident Management Team to provide a resilient response to incidents
  • Track outstanding audit items or regulatory findings relative to the respective business lines, as they relate to BCM, assuring established timelines are met
  • Secretary to the Business Line(s) Regional Incident Management Team, maintaining a working relationship/liaison with other Crisis Management Teams

Must-Have Skills:

  • 1-3 years of experience in Business Continuity Risk Management within a financial services environment, conducting risk and control assessment/process reviews, and/or key controls assessments (monitoring/testing), in a combination of knowledge,
  • Skill and background in operational risk practices, audit or compliance functions, and/or one or more businesses.
  • Project management/ Business analytics experience
  • Professionalism and solutions orientation required to liaise directly with Senior Management with different lines of business. 
  •  Excel and Tableau

Nice-To-Have Skills:

  • ABCP, CBCP, University degree, or equivalent, or relevant professional qualification
  • PMP
  • Reporting and monitoring tools

Soft Skills Required:

  • Strong communication, interpersonal (verbal and written) and presentation skills.

Education:

  • Highest Education

Finance professional is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. We advocate for you and welcome anyone regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.