Senior Associate-Business Continuity Management

About the Role

Extensive experience of the BCP framework components such as Business Resiliency Planning, Crisis Management Planning, Incident Response Planning, Disaster Recovery Planning, Plan Exercising/ Testing, BIAs etc.

Responsibilities

• Strong understanding of the planning, development, program execution, maintenance and testing of Enterprise Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Crisis/Incident Management programs.
• Hands on experience in implementing and assessing business resiliency program for organization of various sizes and complexity.
• Should be able to support BC/ DR audit and examination activities including development and maintenance of policies, procedures and standards that are aligned with best practices (standards, frameworks) such as ISO 22301, NIST.
• Should be able to understand the Enterprise Risk Management methodologies and map it to the Business Resiliency Program.
• Support the identification of Business Continuity related risks (internal / external), the assessment of their likelihood, as well as potential impacts and risk mitigation plans.
• Conduct Business Impact Assessment for various business functions.
• Support internal reporting and tracking of business continuity related issues and remediation activities.
• Design, coordinate and execute BCP/DR annual test exercises for critical business processes and produce test reports including lessons learned.
• Develop recovery priorities, timelines, and strategy for proper sequence of recovery components.
• Assist Crisis Management / Incident Management teams during service disruption events and contribute to process improvement initiatives.
• Should understand complete assessment lifecycle from assessment scoping to project deliverables.
• Collaboration with the different stakeholders on the complex assessment issues to develop possible recommendations.
• Monitor progress, manage risk, and verify key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Presents findings and proposes recommendations that deal with root cause of issues and impact to the organization.
• Manages the approved budget and resources for the assigned audit; assigns and reviews the work done by all team members.
• Coaches team members and colleagues in the best use of company & teams methodologies and tools.
• Educate team members in the correct implementation of BC & DR processes, standards and impart training to ensure recoverability of business processes and supporting services across business functions.
• Demonstrates excellent people management capabilities and is able to think out of the box.
• Great communication skills and the ability to break down and explain complex data security problems.
• Excellent presentation skills and ability to effectively communicate proposals and point of view at senior management levels.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualification: BE/ BTech.
• Postgraduates in any stream would be preferred (not mandatory).
• Prior Big 4 experience would be an added advantage.
• Relevant experience in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for varied industry segments preferred.
• Excellent communication skills - both written and oral.

Required Skills

• Certifications: ISO 22301 LI/ LA.
• CRISC/ CISA/CISM/ MBCP/ CBCP will be added advantage.