To this end the following challenging position has arisen and candidates with the requisite competencies and qualifications described below are hereby encouraged to apply.
Business Continuity & Strategic Risk Manager
Ref: RISK 04/2011
The Position
Reporting to the Head, Compliance Risk, the position will support coordination of the Group’s BCM policies and practices to assist the Group understand its Business Continuity vulnerabilities and to plan for the continuity of business in the event of various impacts.
The position will support the identification and evaluation of the whole portfolio of strategic and operational risks presenting the Group with risks to continuity of business, and will support assessment of the adequacy and development of policies, practices and implementation of decisions on how best to manage or treat the individual risks, in order to build resilience to potential threats and disruptions.
Key Responsibilities:
Ref: RISK 04/2011
The Position
Reporting to the Head, Compliance Risk, the position will support coordination of the Group’s BCM policies and practices to assist the Group understand its Business Continuity vulnerabilities and to plan for the continuity of business in the event of various impacts.
The position will support the identification and evaluation of the whole portfolio of strategic and operational risks presenting the Group with risks to continuity of business, and will support assessment of the adequacy and development of policies, practices and implementation of decisions on how best to manage or treat the individual risks, in order to build resilience to potential threats and disruptions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Liaise across the enterprise to guide on, collect and collate compliance risk survey & assessment data to facilitate establishing of the individual and organizational Business Continuity Impact Analysis (BIA) & Risk and Vulnerability Assessments (RVA) to determine the extent that events or set of circumstances will adversely affect the achievement of business and operational objectives.
- Provide effective liaison with Strategy and New business Division to achieve visibility of Strategic Business Impact Analysis and Vulnerabilities.
- Support development of necessary recommendations to assist the Business Continuity Management Team develop, agree and implement agreed resilience and response recommendations.
- Maintain monitoring and tracking BAU capability through liaison with line management, to provide reports on the status of implementation of business continuity recommendations, highlighting gaps and problem areas.
- Supporting and monitoring testing of Business Continuity plans to provide status report and highlighting areas for further testing, or untested plans for action.
- Assessing incident reports from Bank units for Business Continuity risk implications, and making recommendations for line management action.
- Monitor and advise on the effectiveness and performance of compliance responsibilities on Strategic & Business Continuity risk across Head Office Support functions.
- Monitor and report on Business Continuity standards and practices across the Group.
- Provide business continuity risk liaison at peer levels across specialist support and risk functions. (Legal, Audit, Risk, HR, Finance, Forensic investigations, and Insurance)
The Person
- A first degree from a recognized university.
- An MBA degree will be an added advantage At least one business continuity risk-relevant professional qualification, MBCI, DRII-CFCP, BCS-ISEP, IRM, and PRMIA etc will be a significant advantage.
- 4 years of wide ranging bank experience - 3 years management experience, in combining operations, or compliance/audit related activities.
- Planning & Project Management experience.
- A good Know-how of bank-wide functions, administration and supervisory skills.
- Good management skills including organizational, presentation & communication, and problem solving skills.
- Demonstrated high integrity.