Senior Operational Resilience Specialist

UK Regulators' Network; Leeds; Híbrido; GBP 55.000 - 85.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is strengthening its Cyber and Information Resilience and Operational Resilience capabilities within a new directorate focused on secure and resilient regulation across the FCA and PSR. The role supports embedding the framework by mapping dependencies and improving incident response and recovery readiness, with a strong emphasis on resilience by design.

Based in London, Leeds or Edinburgh, the position offers flexible working with a hybrid pattern.

Formación

• The team is responsible for enhancing the FCA’s operational resilience and business continuity capabilities.
• Supports embedding the FCA’s Operational Resilience Framework by assessing Important Business Services, mapping dependencies, identifying vulnerabilities, validating impact tolerances and remediation activities.
• Promotes an “Operational Resilience by Design” approach to reduce disruption and minimise potential harm to consumers and markets.

Responsabilidades

• Embed the FCA’s Operational Resilience Framework and assess Important Business Services across the organisation.
• Map dependencies, identify vulnerabilities and validate impact tolerances.
• Develop, maintain and continuously improve resilience and continuity plans; work with Subject Matter Experts across teams.

Descripción del empleo

Financial Conduct Authority

Regulating financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, https://www.fca.org.uk/careers

Requirements of the role

Cyber and Information Resilience and the Operational Resilience departments have recently joined together to form a new directorate, Cyber & Operational Resilience (C&OR). The new directorate is focused on enabling secure and resilient regulation across the FCA and the PSR. There are a range of ways the directorate supports the organisation, below are links to each of the teams that make up C&OR.

The team is responsible for enhancing the FCA’s operational resilience and business continuity capabilities, ensuring the organisation can respond effectively to disruption and crisis events. The role supports the embedding of the FCA’s Operational Resilience Framework by assessing Important Business Services, mapping dependencies, identifying vulnerabilities, validating impact tolerances and carrying out remediation activities.

Operational resilience is a strategic priority for the FCA and this role will play a key part in promoting an “Operational Resilience by Design” approach to reduce the risk of disruption and minimise potential harm to consumers and markets. Working closely with Important Business Service owners, Critical Supporting Service owners and subject matter experts across the organisation, you will help develop, maintain and continuously improve robust resilience and continuity plans.

This is a great opportunity to play a key role in shaping and enhancing the FCA’s operational resilience capability, helping ensure the organization can continue delivering critical services during periods of disruption.

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Location

London, Leeds, Edinburgh

Contract type

Full time, Permanent

Profession

Finance, Operations, Regulation, Resilience, Risk, Stakeholder Engagement, Technology

Working pattern

Flexible working, Hybrid

Closing Date

09/11/2026