Operational Resilience Analyst

JR United Kingdom; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading American FinTech company is seeking an Operational Resilience Analyst to enrich their Cybersecurity team in a permanent role. This position is crucial in delivering Digital and Operational Resilience initiatives, including the execution and refinement of resilience frameworks in a dynamic, remote-friendly environment.

Benefits

Stock options

Private medical insurance

Pension contribution

Flexibility to work from home

Qualifications

• Experience in a regulated financial services or payments environment.
• Relevant experience in Business Continuity Management, Incident Management, Cybersecurity.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of Digital and Operational Resilience initiatives.
• Conduct Business Analysis for the Operational Resilience Framework implementation.
• Facilitate workshops and coordinate third-party risk assessments.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Job description

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Brand new permanent role with an innovative American FinTech company. They’re hiring for a top-tier Operational Resilience Analyst to work with their wider Cybersecurity team, and to be responsible for the delivery of Digital and Operational Resilience initiatives.

Every year, the company processes over $10 billion in value for their customers. The headquarters are in London and San Francisco, but they have employees in 40+ countries around the world, working 100% remotely.

This is a pivotal role at the heart of a rapidly growing mobile-first payments solution organisation, where you can truly shape and affect how the Operational Resilience is delivered.

You would be reporting to the Operational Resilience Manager (who reports to the Head of Cybersecurity) and will be working alongside a team of talented and motivated people, giving you some incredible learning opportunities.

If you’re passionate and self-driven, and if you’re constantly seeking excellence, apply and we can schedule a call to discuss your background and suitability for the role.

Key responsibilities

• You will be responsible for supporting the Operational Resilience Manager with the delivery of Digital and Operational Resilience initiatives while managing ongoing resilience activities for several entities.
• You will provide Business Analysis support for the continued implementation of the company’s Digital and Operational Resilience Framework and the ongoing execution of resilience activities in line with Regulatory Guidelines.
• You will be responsible for the execution of various deliverables to further implement the Digital Operational Resilience Framework across the company e.g., refining and optimising existing policies, plans and procedures (in areas such as Risk Management, Incident Management, Business Continuity, Crisis Management, Third-Party Risk Management and Disaster Recovery), supporting the implementation of new technologies to strengthen how resilience activities are performed.
• Facilitation of cross-functional workshops with business stakeholders to execute resilience activities such as End-to-End Function Mapping, Business Impact Assessments, Impact Tolerance Setting and Risk Assessments.
• Delivering workshops to facilitate testing programme planning and overseeing the ongoing execution and reporting of testing as per the test schedule and remediation of gaps / vulnerabilities identified.
• Collating Management Information reporting from various business stakeholders on a quarterly basis to ensure effective reporting on resilience levels of Critical Functions to Senior Management and Board of Directors.
• Coordinating the activities of Contract Owners in terms of activities related to the outsourcing lifecycle – Issuing Due Diligence Questionnaires, performing third-party risk assessments, ensuring contracts are reviewed against required resilience provisions in line with regulations.
• Performing review of regulations in specific jurisdictions where required to ensure regulatory requirements are clearly understood and documented.
• Preparing documentation to facilitate i) status reporting on specific projects and ii) regular reporting to Senior Management and Board of Directors at Committee Meetings.
• Participation in the internal / external audits and inspections as required.
• Attending industry events to keep abreast of developments in relation to regulations such as DORA.

Key requirements

• Experience in a regulated financial services or payments environment.
• Relevant industry experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery
• Incident / Crisis Management
• Third-Party Management
• Testing of Response and Recovery Plans and Procedures
• Information Security / Cybersecurity
• Previous experience with Operational Resilience and / or DORA will be highly advantageous.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills to articulate complex concepts in simple terms.

What you’ll get in return

• Stock options
• Private medical insurance
• Pension contribution
• Flexibility to work from the office or from home