Lead Business Analyst
United States
Full-time
2 hours ago
Key skills
Business ContinuityDisaster RecoveryRisk ManagementBusiness Impact AnalysisReporting ToolsGovernanceRiskComplianceAnalytical SkillsProfessional CertificationOrganizational SkillsCross-functional CoordinationBITableauPower BIServiceNow
About this role
First American Financial Corporation is a longstanding company committed to its people, fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment. The Lead Business Analyst will oversee the execution and management of the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) to support the Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery program, ensuring accurate data collection and regulatory compliance while leading cross-functional initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Support enterprise BIA cycles, including workshop facilitation, documentation, and validation of recovery objectives (RTO/RPO/MTD) and dependencies
- Coordinate BIA inputs for DR scenarios and support end-to-end testing execution and documentation
- Maintain centralized logs of recovery gaps and remediation plans, track ownership, and target dates
- Monitor, escalate, and ensure documentation meets audit and regulatory standards
- Coordinate and validate BIA data submissions across business and IT teams
- Maintain repositories, evidence libraries, and ensure data accuracy and consistency
- Support executive, governance, and regulatory reporting processes
- Develop and manage BIA/DR metrics, dashboards, and trend reporting
- Support day-to-day execution of the BIA roadmap, stakeholder communications, and milestone tracking
- Lead cross-functional initiatives, mentor team members, manage risks, and drive process improvements from evaluation through implementation
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in business, Information Systems, Risk Management, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 7+ years of experience such as business continuity, disaster recovery, operational resilience, or technology risk
- Working knowledge of: RTO, RPO, and MTD concepts
- Business impact analysis processes
- Issue tracking and remediation management
- Experience coordinating cross-functional stakeholders
- Strong analytical and organizational skills
- Proficiency in reporting tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar)
- Experience in financial services or other regulated industries
- Familiarity with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) or resilience management platforms such as ServiceNow's Integrated Risk Management (IRM)
- Exposure to disaster recovery testing programs or operational risk frameworks
- Professional certification (or progress toward) CBCP, CBCI, or similar