Senior Specialist BCM (Business Continuity Management)

Job Description:

As a Senior Specialist in Business Resilience, the main responsibilities include overseeing business continuity and crisis management tasks, ensuring that all relevant models and controls are operating effectively. You will play a crucial role in developing risk models and models for business continuity and crisis management, considering all relevant risk areas for the bank’s business. The role requires excellent quantitative and analytical skills, which can be applied to a variety of business processes. Additionally, the job holder will conduct research and analytical analysis while providing support to the bank's leadership team and relevant stakeholders on matters related to business continuity and crisis management roles and responsibilities. Ultimately, the job holder's work will contribute to building a more resilient and sustainable business for the bank.

Key Accountabilities:

The Senior Specialist, Business Resilience will be responsible for but not limited to:

Lead the design and implementation of an overall business continuity and crisis management framework for the bank including Threat Risk Assessment (TRA), IT service continuity, Incident Management, and Cyber-resilience.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, implement, manage, maintain, and monitor an effective Enterprise Business Continuity Governance Framework consistently with the applicable regulatory requirements and industry best practices and standards, especially SAMA BCM framework & ISO 22301.
• Continuity planning including conducting Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Risk Assessment (RA), BCPs, and exercises.
• Development of a BCM Capability Tool that measures the maturity and progress of the framework in accordance with business requirements.
• Enabling the development and regular delivery of business continuity training, workshops, and information sessions to ensure ARB staff are prepared for service disruptions and can resume operations as quickly as possible.
• Full coordination of the trained Business Continuity Teams in the response, recovery, restoration, and resumption of all business operations in accordance with the business continuity plans, emergency response plans, crisis management plans, and technology recovery plans.
• Work closely with the IT DR team to ensure the existence of an effective IT DRP for critical systems and applications.
• Work closely with the Emergency Response Team to ensure ongoing compliance in terms of trained members and preparedness.
• Work closely with all other Business Continuity Management Team role players including Facilities, Security, Human Resource, Cyber-resilience, etc.
• Coordinate Business Continuity Plan Exercises in accordance with the annual exercise schedule.
• Report the Business Continuity Status of Divisions/Business Units to Senior Management.
• Assist ARB in enhancing, formalizing, and standardizing the business continuity planning process by identifying and selecting BC strategies.
• Ensure regular reporting to the relevant governance committees providing assurance.
• Lead the BCMS continual improvement effort by identifying gaps through audits, reviews, and exercises and implementing the agreed corrective actions.

Qualification & Experience:

• Experience: 7-10 years of relevant experience.
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree (Master's preferred) in Risk Management, Emergency Management, Business Administration, IT, or other related disciplines.
• Professional Certificates: Must have one or more BCM professional certificates from a trusted institution such as BCI, DRII, PECB, or another relevant institute.

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities)

• Analytical skills and an eye for detail.
• Planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to understand broader business issues.
• Communication and presentation skills.
• Financial industry expertise.
• Analytical, technical problem solving.

Language:

• English.
• Arabic is an added advantage.