2 Operational Resilience Jobs

The Senior Resilience Analyst Third-Party is a versatile and innovative risk professional who can support all aspects of Resilience, including Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Corporate Crisis Management. You will be responsible for supporting the implementation of a global, enterprise level and sustainable resilience framework in conjunction with a wide range of business stakeholders. About the Role: As the Senior Resilience Analyst, you will: Define the standard of adequate contingency plans for critical third- parties Wholistically pull the together the internal and external plans in case of third-party disruption Work with critical TR stakeholders to inform them of the Resilience framework and its importance. Will play a critical role in the mapping of vendors against critical operations as part of the operational Resilience Program Work with Third-party risk management team to review and approve Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery clauses Deliver subject matter expertise on resilience control function responsibilities within the Third-party lifecycle activities. Have an in-depth knowledge of Business Impact Analyses and work with key stakeholders to get them completed. Deliver BIA training sessions for process and asset owners to better familiarize them of expectations and requirements. Support the implementation of common resiliency and recovery taxonomies and policies. Identify business processes and then work to ensure they are resilient. Meet KPIs for process identification and BIA completion. Leverage BIA output to design new recovery strategies and refresh existing strategies for maintenance and resumption of operations to meet business requirements. Document the strategic information captured through the BIA within standardized business recovery plan templates to support the execution of strategies and the continuation and recovery of business activities. Work with the other teams in Risk and Compliance to drive efficiencies and risk mitigation capabilities across the Risk and Compliance organization. Work together with Third-Party Risk to identify critical third-party vendors (leveraging BIA output) and begin to co-develop recovery strategies with vendors to support continuity of services. Support the enterprise-wide Crisis Management process and integrate escalation and response protocols into the Resiliency function. About you: A Bachelors degree level in relevant subject (e.g., Business Administration/Management, Economics, Finance, Technology, Innovation) 5+ years in a similar role or any valid combination of education and experience Versatility to understand various and complex subjects to adequately build collaborative, productive and trust-based relationships within the business segments and functions Solid experience in creating, editing, and proofreading executive-level documentation and material Proven ability to take initiative and influence within a matrix organization to achieve results Knowledge of controls in business and technology environments (e.g., SOx) Expert knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Strong knowledge of GRC tools, specifically Fusion Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to autonomously set and meet deadlines Additional key differentiators would be: Hands-on experience in the design and scaling of a Resilience Framework and enhancing organisational maturity. In depth knowledge of ISO 22301. In depth knowledge of Fusion, including process automation. Technology fluency: Knowledge of PowerBI, Tableau and good understanding of technology concepts such as AI, ML, RPA, and data science.

Role Description Team / division overview The Operational Resilience team within the Chief Operating Office, drives the execution of the DWS Group Operational Resilience Programme. Operational Resilience describes DWSs ability to detect, prevent, respond to, recover and learn from operational disruptions. On the basis that operational disruption is inevitable, a risk-based and systematic approach to Operational Resilience provides greater assurance to Senior Management that those Business and Infrastructure Functions which deliver the Bank's material business services are adequately prepared for future disruption. In times of crisis specifically, this means minimizing the impact, improving the DWSs response, and maintaining the availability of our most important Business Services to our clients and markets. Your key responsibilities As an Operational Resilience Co-Ordinator you lead the Operational Resilience Operations Team that: Crisis Management Supports Global and Regional Crisis Chief of Staff with Crisis Mgmt information management, training, exercising and lessons learned tracking Maintains and update Regional Crisis Management Contact cards, Email Distribution, SendWordNow and MS Teams Lists. Supports the preparation required for running regional crisis exercises. BCM Oversees non-compliance with Accountable Managers, copying relevant Regional OpRes Lead Analyses continuity risks, including but not limited to concentration risks, single points of failure, recovery capability against DWS Risk Appetite Operational Resilience Supports Important Business Service Managers to coordinate scenario analysis / stress testing for each IBS instance to ensure regulatory requirements are met Coordinates and track through to completion the necessary remediation activities where scenario testing (or other analysis) identifies capability gaps (i.e. expected to be unable to recover services within stated Recovery Objectives) Supports production and maintenance of severe but plausible scenario library Reporting and Tooling support Develops, maintains and issues resilience related risk reporting to ensure proactive business awareness for compliance and vulnerabilities Provides central advisory and support for DWSs adoption of ServiceNow OpRes/BCM Modules Supports production of governance meeting and training reference materials Supports production and maintenance of threat analysis reports Your skills and experience Operational Resilience is a rapidly evolving risk discipline with the sector and regulatory authorities continually learning. We are therefore seeking candidates with a hunger to learn, enjoy collaboration, problem solving and challenging the status quo. Specifically we are looking for: Several years of professional experience in the Financial Services / Asset Management Sector (ideally at DWS/DB), experienced in Operations, Business Continuity, Crisis Management, Audit, Information Security, Compliance, IT Risk, Third Party Risk Management or Operational Risk Management preferred Good knowledge of DWS operations and divisional operating models and ability to translate business strategic changes into areas of emerging risks to support mitigation preferred Appreciation of the regulatory requirements for Operational Resilience (including BCM and Crisis Management) in the asset management area Excellent analytical skills and structured approach; Ability to grasp new topics quickly and create the right framework for further evaluation and implementation Personal initiative, results orientation and leadership qualities with regard to the independent implementation of medium-sized initiatives Demonstrable team leadership, staff development, relationship building skills and problem solving Worked with broad set of stakeholders within a high-pressure dynamic environment Demonstrable ability to understand and engage in business transformation; productively highlight risks and opportunities and effectively manage a successful outcome Advanced knowledge of using MS Excel/ PowerPoint/Word to analyze and present complex issues; other project management, automation and visualization tools are beneficial Excellent communication skills both within working groups and in presenting results in a clear and concise manner Very good knowledge of the English language (spoken and written)