Resilience & continuity manager

Seccl; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday + bank holidays

Option to work abroad

6% employer pension contribution

Job summary

Seccl is seeking a Resilience & Continuity Manager to enhance our business continuity capabilities and support operational resilience efforts. The role involves maintaining critical operations, conducting assessments, and ensuring compliance with FCA standards. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment and actively contribute to our mission of transforming the investment industry.

This hybrid role offers a competitive salary between £60,000 and £80,000, along with benefits like holiday leave, private medical insurance, and a supportive work culture.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in operational resilience, business continuity management or a related risk discipline within financial services.
• Strong understanding of FCA Operational Resilience requirements and EU DORA obligations.
• Ability to produce clear, insightful governance reporting and present findings confidently to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve Seccl’s business continuity management system.
• Facilitate business impact assessments and business continuity risk assessments.
• Support operational resilience activity, including documentation for regulatory compliance.

Skills

Operational resilience

Business continuity management

Risk discipline in financial services

FCA Operational Resilience compliance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Experience in financial services

Job description

Flexible hybrid role to be based in our Edinburgh, London or Bath office.

About Us

Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform that’s on a mission to help more people invest – and invest well. We’re B‑Corp certified with an impressive product‑market fit, early traction and the potential to transform an outdated industry for the better. We’ve been growing fast and will scale even faster over the next few years.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Resilience & Continuity Manager to join our Operational Resilience team. You’ll be responsible for the ongoing development, implementation and maintenance of Seccl’s business continuity capability as part of our wider operational resilience framework. Your work will help us safeguard stakeholders, maintain critical operations and recover quickly from operational disruption.

This is a hands‑on role for someone who can combine subject‑matter expertise with practical delivery. You’ll lead our business continuity management capability, support wider operational resilience activity and help ensure we continue to meet relevant regulatory requirements, including FCA Operational Resilience and EU DORA obligations.

Working closely with teams across the business, you’ll help embed resilience thinking into day‑to‑day decision making and business operations. You’ll support testing, exercising, governance reporting, third‑party resilience assessment and continuous improvement – making sure our plans, evidence and processes remain current, proportionate and effective.

Typical Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve Seccl’s business continuity management system, ensuring it remains current, effective and well documented.
• Facilitate business impact assessments and business continuity risk assessments across the business.
• Work with stakeholders to develop, review and maintain practical business continuity plans.
• Support operational resilience activity, including documentation, evidence and records for regulatory compliance.
• Design, coordinate and facilitate business continuity, operational resilience and crisis management exercises.
• Assess testing outcomes, identify lessons learned and track remediation actions through to completion.
• Produce high‑quality reporting for senior management, governance forums and Board‑level audiences.
• Use insight, trend analysis and management information to support risk‑based decision making.
• Support third‑party continuity and resilience assessments.
• Identify opportunities to improve resilience processes through tooling, automation and data‑driven reporting.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in operational resilience, business continuity management or a related risk discipline within financial services.
• Strong understanding of FCA Operational Resilience requirements and EU DORA obligations.
• Experience in designing, facilitating and evaluating scenario exercises and resilience testing programmes.
• Ability to produce clear, insightful governance reporting and present findings confidently to senior stakeholders.
• Comfortable maintaining policies, standards, procedures and evidence for regulatory, audit and assurance purposes.
• Clear communication with technical and non‑technical stakeholders, bringing people along while challenging constructively where needed.
• Strong risk mindset with the ability to balance regulatory expectations with practical, commercial and operational realities.

What’s In It For You

• Salary between £60,000 and £80,000, dependent on experience and reviewed annually.
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays; some flexibility; day off on your birthday; three full‑time dependant leave days per year.
• Two volunteering days per year.
• Option to work abroad for up to six weeks a year.
• Recognition programme offering flexible rewards including extra pay, additional holiday and increased learning budget.
• One month paid sabbatical after eight years of service.
• 6% employer pension contribution and life assurance.
• Private medical insurance with AXA Health.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• MacBook and up to £500 home office set‑up budget.
• £750 per person learning budget.
• Health and wellbeing initiatives, including free therapy via Wellness Cloud and mental health support via Headspace.
• Financial wellbeing focus with access to Octopus Money, Octopus Share Incentive Plan and a will‑writing service via Octopus Legacy.
• Perkbox – Flexi‑points providing a range of discounts and perks such as free weekly coffee, gym and retail discounts.
• Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work and Octopus Electric Vehicle Leasing.

Not For You

• You rely on a lot of top‑down direction – here you’ll have freedom and ownership of your role and be expected to shape your own progression.
• You’re not comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment. We value people who act quickly and think on their feet.
• You struggle to follow through on ideas. We value those who do what they say they will; you’ll have the freedom to make it happen.
• You don’t like change. You’ll thrive if you relish rapid growth and embrace uncertainty.

Our Culture

We’re proud to put people first, creating a culture where we truly listen to what matters most. Our transparent and inclusive environment encourages diversity of thought, challenge and experimentation.

Interview Process

We view interviews as a two‑way conversation and will give you the chance to learn about us as we learn about you.

Typical interview stages:

• First stage – 45‑minute competency‑based interview with the hiring manager and another team member.
• Second stage – one‑hour technical interview or assessment.
• Final stage – 45‑minute bar‑raiser culture‑based interview.

We will close the role once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid missing out. You can expect to hear back within one to two weeks of applying.

Equal Opportunities

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive company. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box.

Compensation Range: £60K – £80K.