Bus Continuity Consultant

About the role

This job is responsible for consulting on corporate business continuity topics with clients. Key responsibilities include recommending and implementing solutions that protect the bank's assets and participating or leading business continuity initiatives and ongoing process activities (i.e., scenario analysis, plan development, testing, event management, and progress reporting/measurement).

Responsibilities

• Conducts current-state risk-based assessments to develop business continuity management strategies and monitors the effectiveness following the implementation of the plan.
• Evaluates the performance of plans, processes, and programs at assigned organizational level, while assessing progress towards identified objectives.
• Implements, monitors, and modifies procedures for the effective response to incidents and the continuance of critical business services, based on testing and exercises of plans or actual events.
• Supports testing of business continuity plans to assess readiness, identify deficiencies, and promote enhancements.
• Identifies, validates, and escalates gaps in business continuity readiness to senior management and second line partners.
• Participate in or run projects from time-to-time based on availability, project topic knowledge, and career interests.

Requirements

• Ability to work independently with a bias for action.
• Capability to learn quickly and demonstrate critical thinking.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Comfortable guiding the business through key business continuity deliverables and confidence to influence the development of robust, executable business recovery strategies.
• Ability to build strong relationships with business function owners and become a trusted advisor on resiliency and business continuity topics.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite of applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of Global Operations (GO) environment and processes.
• Experience with resiliency and business continuity key concepts, including internal standards and tools (Continuity Planning Tool – CPT).

Skills

• Active Listening
• Adaptability
• Attention to Detail
• Critical Thinking
• Data Collection and Entry
• Collaboration
• Continuous Improvement
• Issue Management
• Record Keeping
• Written Communications
• Business Continuity Management
• Data Management
• Data and Trend Analysis
• Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management
• Process Simplification

Benefits

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

1st shift (United States of America)