Business Continuity Consultant, Hybrid
Posted 1 day ago by Sanderson Recruitment Plc
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
City of London, UK
Summary: The role of Business Continuity Consultant involves leading the readiness program for a prominent financial services organization in London, specifically in preparation for the PRA DyGIST exercise. The consultant will oversee the Business Continuity, Incident, and Crisis Management framework, ensuring operational readiness and compliance with regulatory standards. This position offers a hybrid working arrangement, requiring three days in the office each week. The role is classified as outside IR35, indicating a favorable tax status for contractors.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead & coordinate Business Continuity, Incident and Crisis Management activities and acting as the central point of accountability for resilience.
- Partner and oversee the appointed consultancy, ensuring that deliverables meet regulatory, operational, and governance expectations.
- Deliver hands-on remediation and delivery of improvements to business continuity, incident response, and crisis management plans.
- Ensure alignment across all functions including Underwriting, Claims, Finance, Risk/Assurance, Operations and IT.
- Communicate and coordinate with stakeholders to ensure identified capability gaps are addressed promptly and progress is tracked through to a successful completion.
- Lead readiness activities for the PRA's DyGIST exercise, including rehearsals/simulations etc.
- Provide Executive and Board-level briefings to present progress updates, risk summaries etc.
Key Skills:
- Experience in Business Continuity, Incident and Crisis Management.
- Strong leadership and coordination skills.
- Ability to deliver hands-on improvements and remediation.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Familiarity with regulatory and governance frameworks.
- Experience in preparing for and conducting exercises and simulations.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: City of London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Business Continuity, Incident & Crisis Management ConsultantLeading Finance company
Outside of IR35.
Hybrid working - 3 days per week
Our client, a leading financial services organisation based in the City of London is looking to hire an experience Business Continuity Consultant.
The outcome of the assignment will lead the organisation's readiness programme in preparation for the PRA DyGIST exercise in May 26.
The successful candidate will provide leadership, coordination, and delivery oversight for our clients Business Continuity, Incident and Crisis Management framework to deliver a validated and operationally ready Business Continuity and Crisis Management framework.
This assignment has been deemed outside of IR35.
Hybrid working - 3 days per week.
General responsibilities and deliverables: -
- Lead & coordinate Business Continuity, Incident and Crisis Management activities and acting as the central point of accountability for resilience.
- Partner and oversee the appointed consultancy, ensuring that deliverables meet regulatory, operational, and governance expectations.
- Deliver hands-on remediation and delivery of improvements to business continuity, incident response, and crisis management plans.
- Ensure alignment across all functions including Underwriting, Claims, Finance, Risk/Assurance, Operations and IT.
- Communicate and coordinate with stakeholders to ensure identified capability gaps are addressed promptly and progress is tracked through to a successful completion.
- Lead readiness activities for the PRA's DyGIST exercise, including rehearsals/simulations etc.
- Provide Executive and Board-level briefings to present progress updates, risk summaries etc.
Reasonable Adjustments:
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