Business Continuity Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Virginia.

📋 Description

• Implementing the Business Continuity (BC) strategy as established by the Head of Corporate BC and Regional BC managers.

• Collaborating with regional business teams to carry out business impact and risk assessments, pinpoint critical services, establish recovery objectives, and map essential dependencies.

• Assisting business teams in documenting BC plan requirements in the Corporate Continuity tool to ensure consistency and facilitate attestation.

• Partnering with the Business and the Global Real Estate and Facilities team to coordinate recovery strategies identified through the Business Continuity planning process.

• Leading business continuity exercises and tests to uncover potential gaps in plans and assess the effectiveness of work transference processes that support recovery efforts.

• Managing extensive data and generating insightful reports.

• Aiding in the launch and maintenance of tools and Points of Contact (POC) for conducting training sessions.

• Serving as a liaison with support teams to execute the program.

• Enhancing workplace resilience initiatives by collaborating with multiple stakeholders, including facilities, business continuity, information technology, security, and crisis management, to ensure seamless integration within the disaster response cycle, as necessary.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 3 years of experience in implementing and managing corporate business continuity or risk management programs.

• Willingness to travel across assigned regions and internationally as required.

• Bachelor's Degree in business or a related field.

• Proficiency with commercial Business Continuity tools.

• Experience in managing and analyzing data from diverse sources to align with strategic objectives.

• Proven experience in responding to significant disruptive events.

• Ability to thoroughly analyze data, existing processes, personnel, and technology challenges to identify risks and opportunities.

• Strong interpersonal capabilities, including excellent written and verbal communication skills essential for building relationships and positively influencing decision-making.

• Proven ability to meet deadlines while juggling multiple complex projects.

• Certification from Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII), Business Continuity Institute (BCI), or other relevant business continuity professional certification is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Control Risks provides a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and outlined in the full job offer.

• We operate a discretionary bonus scheme that incentivizes and rewards individuals based on both company and individual performance.

• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever feasible, that highlight the importance of in-person collaboration - both in the office and with our clients - while continuing to endorse flexible and remote working options.

• Medical Benefits, Prescription Benefits, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Voluntary Life and AD&D, Disability Benefits, Voluntary Benefits, 401 (K) Retirement Plan, Nationwide Pet Insurance, and Employee Assistance Program.

• As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage qualified applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply and are fully committed to ensuring equal treatment and freedom from discrimination for all candidates throughout our recruitment process.