Senior Operational Resilience Analyst

Pontoon; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment consultancy is seeking a Senior Operational Resilience Analyst to manage the operational resilience framework across the EMEA region. This role involves developing strategies, ensuring compliance with regulations, and leading a high-performing team in an Investment Banking environment. A deep understanding of operational resilience and banking operations is crucial, with evidence of relevant experience required.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of EMEA operational resilience regulations and interpretation.
• Detailed understanding of operational resilience capabilities and incidents.
• Track record of building international teams within Investment Banking.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the Operational Resilience Strategy and Policy.
• Design and embed operational resilience framework across EMEA.
• Engage with service management to align with resilience objectives.
• Support incident management and ensure appropriate responses.

Skills

In-depth knowledge of EMEA operational resilience regulations

Operational resilience capabilities

Building high performing teams

Understanding of Investment Banking business lines

Knowledge of financial services policies

Job description

Overview

Job title: Senior Operational Resilience Analyst

Location: London/Hybrid

Duration: 6 months initially

Adecco is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive.

The role: The role will develop, implement, and manage the Operational Resilience Framework within the region through the direct management of capabilities, as well as through coordination and partnership with other functions within the firm.

Responsibilities

• Strategy and Policy: Develop and lead the Operational Resilience Strategy and Policy, ensuring alignment with the broader risk management and business continuity objectives.
• Framework and Documentation: Design, develop, and embed an Operational Resilience framework across EMEA, ensuring it aligns with the strategic objectives and regulatory requirements and design and implementation of underlying methodologies and processes including CIF/IBS identification and scenario testing
• Regulatory and Industry: Stay abreast of current and emerging regulations, internal/external incidents and industry best practices related to operational resilience to continuously improve bank's ability to manage resilience risk and ensure inline with regulatory expectations.
• Operational Management: Build an engaged and motivated centralised EMEA regional operational resilience and testing function, with a clear vision, goals and objectives, as well as management of staff-related matters.
• CIF/IBS Assessment: Maintain the CIF/IBS assessment methodology and oversee the annual assessment, including engaging CIF, IBS and Critical Services Owners within the business lines and support functions.
• CIF/IBS Onboarding: Work with owners to onboard CIFs/IBC's into the Operational Resilience
• Service Management: Liaise with Service Management team to ensure service catalogue and mapping of services and their underlying assets is maintained in line with operational resilience objectives
• Incident/Crisis Management: Support Incident Management function to ensure appropriate response where incidents significantly impact CIFs/IBS' and the tracking of relevant remediation and lessons learnt.
• Scenario Testing: Design of operational resilience scenario testing methodology, processes and scenario library as well as developing annual test schedule and overseeing its execution. Represent the client in cross-authority operational resilience forums and exercises.

Requirements

• Regulations: In-depth knowledge of EMEA operational resilience regulations and their interpretation by industry
• Operational Resilience Knowledge: Detailed knowledge of operational resilience capabilities including CIF/IBS determination, scenario testing, vulnerability management and incident management
• Operational Management: Track record of building high performing international team, within Investment Banking, that is recognised for their contribution to the performance of the department and region.
• Banking: Understanding of Investment Banking business lines and supporting operation functions
• Technology: Understanding of Investment Banking technologies and how they are supported
• Policy/Framework documentation: Experience of defining, implementing and continuously improving operational resilience policies and processes in financial services organisations.

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.