Business Continuity Management Advisor

Location: Toronto, ON - Hybrid (4 days a week)

Pay Rate: $60.38/hr - $71.29/hr

Contract Length: 12 Months with possibility for extension

We at Raise are hiring a Business Continuity Management Advisor for one of our top clients. After establishing themselves as an industry leader, they’re now expanding their team to meet rising demand.

Responsibilities:

Provides subject matter expertise and work directly with Client CM, LLC Business Units regarding all requirements in the Enterprise Business Continuity Risk Management (EBCRM) Standard. Specifically, new or existing business impact analysis (BIA), business continuity planning, and exercises.

Complete Business Impact Analysis (BIA) to identify all requirements to understand the impact of process and key dependency failures.

Develop Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and document recovery strategies and workarounds.

Conducts BCM exercises to validate planning assumptions and test controls (including work area recovery, contact exercises and simulations as required)

Perform internal business continuity risk controls through timely scheduling, completion and quality of BCRM requirements outlined in the EBCRM Standard.

Retain responsibility to ensure that all approvals are obtained. Where applicable, expedite roadblocks in a timely fashion.

Identify Client CM, LLC Business Unit recovery time and point objective gaps, challenge business requirements where appropriate and assist in developing workarounds.

Collaborate with the Business Unit BCM Coordinator, BCM Central Team and IT Risk to identify, track, and approve remediation decision on Client Business Unit RTO and RPO gaps.

Work with Client CM, LLC Third-Party Risk Team to review exit strategies and document manual workarounds and / or alternate methods of processing for loss of critical suppliers.

Manage and support work area recovery sites with BCM Central Team and where appropriate, with BCM Coordinators in Client CM, LLC Business Units.

Support Client CM, LLC Business Units in preparing for and responding to incidents or crisis and acts as Secretary to the Business Line(s) and Regional Incident Management Teams.

Conduct Post Incident Reviews, if IMT if activated, as appropriate.

Remediate known gaps, issues, risk acceptances,



and action plans to conclusion and elevate systemic or material gaps through issue management to Senior Manager, Business Continuity Risk.

Contribute to the monitoring and risk reporting processes for Client CM, LLC Business Units, where applicable.

Support the delivery of training to Client CM, LLC Business Units, promoting understanding of key components and core BCRM artifacts and activities (e.g., BIA, Threat Risk Assessment, BCP Exercising), and their respective roles and responsibilities (e.g., activating the BCP, strategies addressing loss of key employees, interdependencies, disruption impacts).

Lead, conduct and participate in training through exercise types that validate plans and assumptions by exercising the interactions of people, processes, and technology risks and vulnerabilities in a consequence-free environment.

Retain all business continuity related documents including BIA, Threat Risk Assessment, BCP and exercise evidence and make available upon request.

Support first line projects, initiatives and engagements including remediation of gaps identified through Operational Resiliency Scenario Testing.

Remain apprised of environmental and potential business impacting BCM related risks.

Adhere to FFIEC, FINRA, and OSFI E-21: Operational Risk and Resilience Guideline requirements.

Build relationships and encourage collaboration across the greater ORM community in both segments, and with the business risk management teams.

Support a strong culture of risk and integrity through effective challenge and deep partnerships to promote transparency of risks and matters requiring escalation.

Willingness to learn and foster an environment of continuous growth.

Consistently demonstrate behaviors that foster a sound and sustainable risk culture and environment across the organization including robust awareness of BCM practices.

Experience Required





Experience in implementing business continuity management practices in the financial services industry

Strong understanding of Business Continuity Management

Understanding of the high-level processes to support the Business Unit to manage and mitigate business continuity risk

Knowledge of regulatory requirements and leading practices regarding Business Continuity Management

Execution of policies and procedures and proficient in business continuity risk management methodologies

Understanding of PB&CB; services and processes

Excellent interpersonal skills with a strong customer service focus

Strong communications skills with Business Units

Experience in identifying and implementing appropriate controls for effective risk mitigation

Experience working in a complex, matrix environment and proactively managing a diverse set of stakeholders.

Skills and Capabilities

Ability to adapt and quickly implement regulatory change

Strong critical thinking skills, with the ability to independently recognize problems, propose solutions and execute on them

Strong program management skills

Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio)

Strong presentation skills (written and verbal) and ability to demonstrable experience in effective communication/presenting at a Senior Manager’s level

Experience of working in a dynamic environment with changing priorities

Must have:

Business Continuity Manager/operational -4-6 years of experience

Financial industry/Regulatory

Nice to Have:

Capital Markets

Knowledge of OSFI E-21

Looking for meaningful work? We can help! Raise is an established hiring firm with over 65 years of experience. We believe strongly in making the world a better place through work, which is why we’re a certified B Corporation and donate 10% of our profits to charity.

We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.

We have a dedicated webpage for accommodations where you can learn more about what we offer and request accommodation: https://raise.jobs/accommodations/

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