Senior Analyst, Continuity Risk Management

About the role

The Senior Analyst, Continuity Risk Management is responsible for managing the Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) activities, including policy, planning, implementation, and operation, performance assessment, management review, improvement, and documentation providing auditable evidence. They also oversee the Business Continuity Office (BCO) and provide subject matter expertise, strategy, consulting, and standards to all lines of business across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Identify and maintain a list of technologies and suppliers critical to the business continuity priorities of the organization.
• Identify and evaluate potential risks associated with critical technologies and suppliers, including financial instability, operational disruptions, and geopolitical factors.
• Facilitate the completion of Business Impact Assessments (BIAs) and Technology Resiliency Analyses (TRAs) for in-scope business units.
• Execute gap remediation activities identified after BIAs and TRAs, balancing complex value vs. cost decisions.
• Develop and implement strategies to mitigate identified risks, including technology resiliency tactics, diversification of suppliers, and contingency planning.
• Coach business unit plan owners and assist in implementation for all relevant teams, technologies, and locations to have continuity plans commensurate with their level of criticality to key business processes.
• Ensure suppliers have comprehensive and effective Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) in place that align with organizational standards.
• Design and coordinate exercises that engage suppliers to test and validate related BCPs.
• Continuously monitor technology and supplier performance and their ability to meet contractual obligations during normal operations and disruptions.
• Develop and implement incident response and recovery plans in collaboration with technology owners and suppliers to ensure minimal disruption to operations.
• Conduct regular audits and assessments of supplier business continuity capabilities and practices.
• Discover new capabilities/process improvements of business continuity and emergency notification software, working with management and vendor support to configure/implement.
• Support the maintenance of the emergency notification software and provide regular training.
• Support crisis management events that may arise, identifying assets at risk and their impact, and distributing relevant continuity planning.
• Gather auditable BC/DR information that will be reviewed by key stakeholders.
• Support BCO in creation of summary reporting on various initiatives that will be distributed to senior management.
• On-call for deployment during crisis events, creation of SITuation REports (SITREPs), and execution of various BC services supporting various region and business unit Incident Management Teams (IMTs).

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field.
• 2-5 years of relevant work experience in continuity risk management.
• In-depth experience, knowledge, and skills in own discipline.
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently.
• Strong understanding of DHS/FEMA NIMS/ICS principles.
• Adaptive flexibility, intellectual curiosity, organization, and time management skills.
• Commitment and takes initiative.

Qualifications

• Understanding of the principles of response.
• Understanding of organizational culture.
• BCMS software tool knowledge.
• Moving towards relevant Certification (e.g., CBCP, CBCI, NICS/ICS).

Benefits

• Medical, prescription, vision, and dental insurance.
• 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar matching up to the first 6% of your pay.
• Paid time off including eight observed company holidays and flex time.
• Exclusive perks + discounts, including tuition assistance, commuter benefits, and more!

Pay

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Schedule

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