Business Continuity Trainee recruitment
The BCM team is responsible for ensuring that SGLB has in place adequate and regulatory compliant business continuity plans to resume its essential business functions quickly and effectively in the event of a major disruption
Main responsibilities
Business regulatory requirements analysis
- Define and maintain up to date recovery requirements with the business units: Business Impact Analysis, Risk Assessment
- Define and maintain SGLB Crisis Management structure and arrange training of crisis management principals where required
- Demographic studies of business unit staffing.
Testing Rehearsals
- Desktop testing of BC plans
- Coordinate tests at the DR site
- Coordinate cross back up tests
- Production of all test outputs
- Help with design of test / crisis exercises
Maintenance
- Maintain SG BCM standards compliant with the current legal and regulatory requirement,
- Provide support to B/Us representatives in deployment and maintenance of plans and cascade,
- Ensure that status and contact details of employees involved in the Business Unit recovery are up-to-date,
- Administrate Shadow Planner and other BCM tools,
- Maintain inventory of the DR equipment (IT, B/Us battle boxes…) stored in-house or off-site in liaison with ITEC or any third parties where required (i.e. DR site provider),
- Maintain membership to various BC associations (Survive…).
- No Direct Reports
Degree of autonomy
Level of authority
- Self-starter capable of undertaking assigned project tasks with minimal supervision
- Ability to develop relationship with business line and take responsibility for business continuity for business line as directed
Internal external contacts
- IT BCP
- BCP representatives in business lines
- Paris Operational Risk Management Colleagues
- Business Lines
- Emergency services / local authorities / counterparties
Specific context
- Ability to work under stressful conditions (during crises etc.)
- Interpersonal skills to deal sensitively with staff at all levels in the organisation
- Ability to summarise and report complex matters in a clear and concise manner
Education
- Degree Level Education Preferred
Past experience
- Knowledge of Investment Banking a bonus
Languages
- Fluent English
- French an advantage
Technical skills
- Excellent PC skills
- Microsoft Office experience
General Competencies
- Management Skills (in terms of managing internal clients)
- Communication Skills
- Flexibility - Adaptability
- Ability to make Decisions (limited)
- Ability to Work Under Pressure
- Analytical Skills
- Initiative
- Teamwork
Personal abilities
- Good inter-personal and presentation skills – to build awareness of solutions and facilities in the general employee population
May 6, 2012
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