Are you looking for a challenging role where you will have the opportunity to have a huge impact on an industry leader?
Do you have outstanding relationships and a creative streak? Do you have strong attention to detail?
If so, this role may be for you!
Position: Business Continuity Advisor
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Location: Toronto (must reside in the GTA to support recovery sites in Mississauga also)
Working hours: Standard: 9-5, 7.5 hours daily, 37.50 weekly
Work/Hybrid: 4 days in office , 1 day remote
Advantages
Opportunity to work with a leading organization.
Competitive hourly rate.
9 months contract
Potential conversion to FTE
Responsibilities
•Responsibility for the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Plan Development/Maintenance, to implement appropriate
•BCM contingency plans and associated controls
•Prepare business lines for potential disruption through communication and reporting processes re: Incident Management,
•Business Continuity and Recovery Strategy within area(s) of responsibility
•Coordinates tactical activities of BCM including:
oComplete Business Impact Assessments (BIA) to understand the impact of process failures
oRemain apprised of environmental and potential business-impacting BCM related risks
oConducts BCM exercises to validate planning assumptions and test controls (including work area recovery, contact exercises and simulations as required)
•Advise and recommend on continuity strategies in the identification of risks, the determination of risk tolerances, the selection of appropriate recovery strategies
•Identify gaps in application capabilities requirements working with the business and IT to resolve the gap through acceptance, work arounds or an enhancement project
•Ensures all Business Continuity Plans conform with Enterprise BCM standards
•Provide analysis and insights on function specific KRI’s to support management reporting and investigate and resolve deficiencies
•Partnering with EBCM Centralized team, Regional and Business Line Executive to coordinate and maintain a multi-discipline
•Incident Management Team to provide a resilient response to incidents
•Track outstanding audit items or regulatory findings relative to the respective business lines, as they relate to BCM, assuring established timelines are met
•Secretary to the Business Line(s) Regional Incident
•Management Team, maintaining a working relationship/liaison with other Crisis Management Teams
•Support business change initiatives as it relates to BCM, including completion of associated BIA, BCP and required recovery testing
Qualifications
Must haves:
•1-3 years of experience Business Continuity Risk experience within a financial services environment, conducting risk and control assessment process reviews, and/or key controls assessments (monitoring/testing), in a combination of knowledge, skill and background in operational risk practices, audit or compliance functions, and/or one or more businesses.
•Project management/ Business analytics experience
•Professionalism and solutions orientation required to liaise directly with Senior Management with different lines of business.
Nice to haves:
ABCP, CBCP, University degree, or equivalent, or relevant professional qualification
PMP
Reporting and monitoring tools
Summary
If you are a highly skilled and motivated Business Continuity Advisor with proven experience and a commitment to providing exceptional service, we encourage you to apply. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant contribution to a dynamic team.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Are you looking for a challenging role where you will have the opportunity to have a huge impact on an industry leader?
Do you have outstanding relationships and a creative streak? Do you have strong attention to detail?
If so, this role may be for you!
Position: Business Continuity Advisor
Location: Toronto (must reside in the GTA to support recovery sites in Mississauga also)
Working hours: Standard: 9-5, 7.5 hours daily, 37.50 weekly
Work/Hybrid: 4 days in office , 1 day remote
Advantages
Opportunity to work with a leading organization.
Competitive hourly rate.
9 months contract
Potential conversion to FTE
Responsibilities
•Responsibility for the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Plan Development/Maintenance, to implement appropriate
•BCM contingency plans and associated controls
•Prepare business lines for potential disruption through communication and reporting processes re: Incident Management,
•Business Continuity and Recovery Strategy within area(s) of responsibility
•Coordinates tactical activities of BCM including:
oComplete Business Impact Assessments (BIA) to understand the impact of process failures
...
oRemain apprised of environmental and potential business-impacting BCM related risks
oConducts BCM exercises to validate planning assumptions and test controls (including work area recovery, contact exercises and simulations as required)
•Advise and recommend on continuity strategies in the identification of risks, the determination of risk tolerances, the selection of appropriate recovery strategies
•Identify gaps in application capabilities requirements working with the business and IT to resolve the gap through acceptance, work arounds or an enhancement project
•Ensures all Business Continuity Plans conform with Enterprise BCM standards
•Provide analysis and insights on function specific KRI’s to support management reporting and investigate and resolve deficiencies
•Partnering with EBCM Centralized team, Regional and Business Line Executive to coordinate and maintain a multi-discipline
•Incident Management Team to provide a resilient response to incidents
•Track outstanding audit items or regulatory findings relative to the respective business lines, as they relate to BCM, assuring established timelines are met
•Secretary to the Business Line(s) Regional Incident
•Management Team, maintaining a working relationship/liaison with other Crisis Management Teams
•Support business change initiatives as it relates to BCM, including completion of associated BIA, BCP and required recovery testing
Qualifications
Must haves:
•1-3 years of experience Business Continuity Risk experience within a financial services environment, conducting risk and control assessment process reviews, and/or key controls assessments (monitoring/testing), in a combination of knowledge, skill and background in operational risk practices, audit or compliance functions, and/or one or more businesses.
•Project management/ Business analytics experience
•Professionalism and solutions orientation required to liaise directly with Senior Management with different lines of business.
Nice to haves:
ABCP, CBCP, University degree, or equivalent, or relevant professional qualification
PMP
Reporting and monitoring tools
Summary
If you are a highly skilled and motivated Business Continuity Advisor with proven experience and a commitment to providing exceptional service, we encourage you to apply. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant contribution to a dynamic team.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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