Resilience Analyst

Division Close Brothers Central Functions

Location London, United Kingdom

Salary Competitive Basic Salary + Benefits + Discretionary Bonus

The Vacancy

OVERALL SUMMARY

At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don't tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.

Join the Close Brothers Resilience Team where you will support the Bank in preparing to respond expediently to business disruptions while supporting our ability to maintain continuous operations whilst safeguarding our people, assets and customers. Working as part of the Resilience Team our ideal team member will have previous experience in supporting the training, testing and exercising across different Resilience components in line with Resilience Policy and standards with excellent experience with testing and exercising Resilience activities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create and own the Resilience Testing Calendar which will give a holistic view of testing across the Bank and production of the associated MI
• Support the Operational Resilience (OR) Manager in the development, implementation and testing of the annual OR Stress Tests for UK & RoI as defined by relevant standards
• Maintain and review all training packs in line with current regulations and CB approach to resilience
• Engagement with stakeholders for the purpose of collecting data for MI reports
• Support the OR Manager with BAU operational resilience activity
• Support the delivery of CM including operational support where appropriate, to an on-call provision 24/7 rota (c.1/7 on-call)
• Maintaining an awareness of current threats and challenges to develop severe but plausible testing
• Performs routine threat intelligence gathering tasks to ensure the testing programme is run based on plausible events

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE/CAN:

• Demonstrate knowledge of at least one of the following:
  • Operational Resilience (UK & RoI) SS1/21 and CBI Operational Resilience Guidance
  • Business Continuity / Crisis Management
  • Third Party Management
• Experience with
  • Testing and exercising Resilience activities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to target messages appropriately to Business Management, IT management, IT staff and risk team members
• The ability to work independently within a defined remit, managing schedule and multiple objectives

IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAVE/ARE:

• Conversant with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
• Knowledge of Technology Recovery mechanisms
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• A member of relevant industry forums to stay abreast of current best practice

We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at or request a call back.

ABOUT US

At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.

Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.

At Close Brothers Group, we are all connected by our mission to be the best place in the UK for wealth professionals and their clients.

We believe that everyone should think ahead, have a financial plan and invest wisely. Our clients are professionals, business owners, individuals, charities, families, and employers, who rely on our clear financial advice and investment management services to preserve and grow their long-term savings and investments.

We are a team of about 900 people based in 15 offices across the UK. Our geographic footprint means we can combine a local approach with face-to-face services to enable strong, long-term relationships with our clients.

Sustainability is fundamental to our purpose and we have a responsibility to help address the social, economic and environmental challenges facing our business, colleagues and clients. We strive to do the right thing and are dedicated to helping the charities that matter most to our people.

Our vision is to develop an open and inclusive company that ensures everyone is valued, respected and included, so that in years to come our business will represent a diverse and inclusive workforce from the top down.

We look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds. If this job is of interest to you but you do not meet every criteria then we encourage you still to apply as we are open to providing training opportunities. As an early adopter of hybrid working we are open to discussing all types of flexible working options, helping you to balance your work and home life.