Manager, Business Continuity Planning & Compliance

The Position: 

The role is under Technology BCM Unit within Technology Infrastructure Department. The role is responsible for supporting the implementation of ICT business continuity and disaster recovery plans, procedures and solutions, including risk assessments, business impact analysis and documentation in line with IT policy and procedures and in a manner that provides effective continuity or restoration of ICT infrastructure and systems for business.

The role holder will be responsible for ensuring that all technical components of the Business Continuity Plans are successfully tested at least quarterly, or whenever significant changes are made to those components. Coordinate IT disaster response/crisis management activities in compliance with the IT emergency plan and helps provide and coordinate disaster preparedness training, helping ensure business continuity. Help ensure compliance with all applicable state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances with respect to the Bank’s information technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assists with developing and documenting tactical business continuity and IT disaster recovery plans and understand their interdependencies. 
• Implement IT risk management procedures, business continuity scenarios, and contingencies and advises on business continuity and disaster recovery plans. 
• Coordinates the implementation of IT disaster recovery test plans, testing, and documentation for each application. 
• Engages application and systems management in disaster recovery testing, objectives and auditing. 
• Performs on-going risk analysis of existing IT disaster recovery plans. 
• Assists with the execution of the business continuity and IT disaster recovery plan(s). 
• Manage the rehearsal program for testing the plans in accordance with the requirements, reporting on the outcome of such testing. 
• Provide management support and administration for the Bank’s Incident Management Team, including activating incident escalation processes and coordinating the response to the early stages of an incident.
• Ensuring IT DR plans are regularly tested with the participation of relevant stakeholders including external representatives and ensure accurate records are maintained for audit purposes.
• Work with the IT technical staff to ensure that disaster recovery solutions are adequate, in place, maintained, and tested as part of the regular operational life cycle.

The Person:

For the above position, the successful applicant should meet the following criteria:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Security, or a related IT field.
• Professional Qualifications in either CISA, CISSP, AMBCI, MBCI, ITIL, CBCP is required.
• 4 years Technology experience.
• At least 3 years’ experience in current business continuity and disaster recovery planning techniques and technologies, as well as the methods used in performing risk analyses and business impact analyses.
• 2 years’ experience in Core IT applications. 
• 1 year experience in current recovery solutions & high availability architectures. 
• 1 year experience in Vendor Management.
• 1 year experience in People Management/Managing Teams.

To be considered your application must be received by Tuesday, 27^th December 2022.

Qualified candidates with disability are encouraged to apply.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.