Executive Director responsible for operational resilience and business continuity strategy at SMBC Group. Performing risk assessments and training staff for disaster and continuity events.
Responsibilities
Perform regular risk assessments of business practices to identify severity and likelihood of loss in case of disaster.
Review business continuity plan with business leads and refresh for current requirements.
Maintain department call tree and organize regular tests to ensure viable communication channels.
Deliver regular BCM training for staff.
Act as operational lead in the event of an actual disaster or continuity event.
Define business continuity strategy for business unit or region, including frequency and structure of risk assessments, disaster recovery (DR) site planning and call tree tests.
Assess new business processes to catalog risks and incorporate mitigating actions into broader business continuity plan.
Design and oversee execution of communication plan and BCM training curriculum for staff.
Act as lead crisis manager in the event of an actual disaster or continuity event.
Maintain ongoing dialogue with business leadership to refine and agree business continuity agenda.
Engage process owners to identify, prioritize and mitigate continuity risk for new and existing workflows.
Liaise with senior counterparts in adjacent business units to inform strategic objectives and targeted enhancements.
Challenge support partners in corporate security, technology and corporate real estate (CRES) to improve efficiencies and/or reduce costs.
Requirements
15 years of experience
Experience benchmarking existing BCM strategy against other business units, regions and/or firms to identify and leverage best practices.
Ability to demonstrate understanding of business processes to more comprehensively assess likelihood and impact of disruption.
Oversee post-mortem of actual disasters or continuity events to extract lessons learned and drive strategic improvements.
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