Senior Analyst, Business Continuity

LPL Financial; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 81,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching

Health benefits

Employee stock options

Paid time off

Volunteer time off

Job summary

LPL Financial is seeking a Senior Business Continuity Analyst in Fort Mill, SC to support the enterprise resiliency program. The role translates requirements into actionable activities, leads risk assessments, and drives business continuity controls across units.

You’ll collaborate with partners to test plans, produce reports, and improve crisis readiness. Ideal candidates have 2+ years in resiliency or risk roles, relevant certifications, and experience with BCP tools like Archer GRC and

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in a resiliency risk, resiliency business controls function, or risk function
• Licenses/Certifications: CBCP/ MBCP or equivalent, or CBCP within 6–12 months as a condition of employment
• Experience using BCP planning and incident management tools (Archer GRC, Everbridge, NC4, GETS/WPS)

Responsibilities

• Support and contribute to Enterprise Resiliency policy, strategies, plans and playbooks
• Establish working relationships with key business partners to understand processes and drive continuity lifecycle activities
• Contribute to resiliency training and execute program controls to detect risk and mitigate issues
• Assist with ad hoc event response, crisis communications, and post‑event analysis
• Support creation, testing and execution of crisis response plans and playbooks
• Provide reports and analysis to Enterprise Resiliency leaders during disruptions
• Develop and distribute resiliency metrics through regular management reports
• Execute third party vendor resiliency risk assessments

Skills

Resiliency risk

Resiliency business controls

Risk function

Tools

BCP planning tools

Archer GRC

Everbridge

NC4

GETS/WPS

Job description

Where Ambition Meets Innovation

Build a career that matches all your initiative with an impressive dose of innovation. From cutting-edge resources and a collaborative environment to the freedom to make an impact and more, you’ll find the ingredients you need at LPL Financial to shape your success while helping clients pursue their financial goals.

Job Overview

Reporting to the VP Enterprise Business Continuity for the firm, the Business Continuity Senior Analyst is responsible for supporting the enterprise business continuity strategic vision and initiatives. The Senior Business Continuity Analyst will contribute to, and provide hands-on support for the development, implementation, and ongoing evolution of the Firm’s comprehensive enterprise business continuity programs. The person in this role will lead efforts in translating program requirements for the business unit resiliency partners into actionable activities to establish or improve business continuity processes and controls, including business impact analyses, risk assessments, resiliency testing, quality reviews, supplier resiliency and crisis management. The person in this role is expected to work and communicate effectively with partners at different levels across all business units to assess resiliency risk, and to produce routine and ad-hoc resiliency reports.

Responsibilities

• Support and contribute to Enterprise Resiliency policy, strategies, plans and playbooks.


• Establishes working relationships with key business partners to understand business processes and provides support and hands on execution to drive Business Continuity Lifecycle activities such as the development and maintenance of business unit business continuity plans and execution of plan testing.


• Contributes to resiliency training to support firm preparedness.


• Executes program controls to detect resiliency risk issues, documents risk, recommends corrective actions and mitigating controls.


• Upon demand, ad hoc which may occur after business hours, supports event response, management, and crisis communications in response to actual or potential business disruptions as they surface.


• Supports the creation, implementation, testing and execution of crisis response plans and playbooks.


• Provides report and analysis support to Enterprise Resiliency leaders during business interruptions that impact the firm both internally and externally.


• As assigned, develops, and distributes resiliency metrics ad hoc, initiative-based, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual management reports.


• As assigned, executes Third Party vendor resiliency risk assessments to ensure they meet the firm’s resiliency requirements.

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for strong collaborators who deliver exceptional client experiences and thrive in fast-paced, team-oriented environments. Our ideal candidates pursue greatness, act with integrity, and are driven to help our clients succeed. We value those who embrace creativity, continuous improvement, and contribute to a culture where we win together and create and share joy in our work.

Requirements

• 2+ years’ experience in a resiliency risk, resiliency business controls function, or risk function


• Licenses/Certifications: Business Continuity Certification Designation (MBCP, CBCP, or ABCP or BCI equivalent) or successful attainment of CBCP certification within first 6 - 12 months as a condition of employment


• Experience using BCP planning and incident management tools (preferably Archer GRC, Everbridge, NC4, GETS/WPS)

Core Competencies

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively on a geographically dispersed team, prioritize effectively and produce quality, on-time deliverables


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong interpersonal relationship building ability


• Self-motivated, willingness to take on challenges, and adaptability to support and adopt change

Preferences

• Effective time and meeting management skills


• Analytical skills and experience


• PC skills (Microsoft Office with emphasis on Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project and Adobe)

Pay Range

$80,855.00 - $134,827.00

Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more.

• 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more.

Company Overview

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor‑mediated marketplace, LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.

For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities.

Principals only. EOE.

Information on Interviews

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