Business Analyst - Senior

Randstad Digital Americas is seeking a Senior Business Analyst who will apply a broad range of knowledge and skills in the Operational Resilience domain. The role involves supporting Client Business Units in their Business Continuity Planning Lifecycle activities, including conducting Business Impact Analysis and developing Business Continuity Plans.

Responsibilities:

• Maintenance of Business Continuity Plans, and supporting related resilience exercises
• Conducting Business Impact Analysis to identify the potential impacts of a business function disruption and determining Recovery Time Objectives and recovery requirements for dependencies
• Developing and maintaining Business Continuity Plans with business units to respond and recover from various types of disruptions
• Coordinating and facilitating the performance of various types of resilience tests (e.g., recovery strategy testing, tabletop exercises)
• Guiding Business Units through completing Business Continuity Planning Lifecycle activities in a complete, accurate, and timely manner
• Providing solutions to address resiliency gaps identified through the performance of Business Continuity Planning Lifecycle activities
• Participating in the enhancement of tools and processes promoting the efficiency in performing Business Continuity Planning Lifecycle activities
• Conducting and promoting Business Continuity Planning awareness and training activities with business units as needed
• Contributing to the development and ongoing maturity of plans, policies, standards, and procedures applicable to Business Continuity and overall Operational Resilience
• Supporting initiatives and projects that align to Business Continuity, Incident Management, and overall First Line Risk Management Office objectives

Requirements:

• bachelor degree
• Bachelor's Degree in any field
• Understanding of the financial services industry, banking, and associated regulations
• Certified Business Continuity Professions (CBCP), Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP), and/or FEMA Professional Development Series (PDS) preferred
• Experience with facilitating the performance of Business Continuity Planning Lifecycle activities and building robust working relationships with business partners
• Project management experience and ownership of Business Continuity and/or Operational Resilience related strategic initiatives is a plus
• Refined verbal and written communication skills; must be extremely comfortable with and highly effective at communicating to senior management