First Citizens Bank · 5 days ago
Senior Business Continuity Advisor
Raleigh, NC
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
6+ years expFirst Citizens Bank is a financial institution seeking a Senior Business Continuity Advisor to lead their business continuity program. This role involves coordinating recovery requirements, developing contingency plans, and ensuring alignment with regulatory standards while fostering strong partnerships across the organization.
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Responsibilities
Lead the execution of the business continuity roadmap with direct input into key areas of focus to continuously enhance the program
Create a best-in-class program to develop and maintain business continuity plans taking into consideration industry best practice for LFI
Directly work with the business to improve quality of plans during annual refresh cycle and as needed
For assigned business units, facilitate the development and maintenance of business continuity plans
Providing guidance on the business impact analysis, dependency mapping and mitigation strategies
Challenge the business unit to ensure plan is accurately documented and provides assurance to recover critical operations
Facilitate tabletop and functional exercises to ensure plans work as expected
Establish key relationships with Technology and Risk partners to ensure program alignment
Make sure program is alignment to regulatory standards and required reporting is completed on time
Actively support incident and crisis management response including post-incident reviews and improvement initiatives
Develop and deliver business continuity workshops on a regular basis
Create engaging material and facilitate workshops with large audiences virtually and in person when possible
Mentor junior team members in the field of business continuity and support members as needed
Prepare presentations for executive leadership to communicate complex information on an as needed basis including development of the annual business continuity report
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree and 6 years of experience in Enterprise resilience, recovery, business continuity, crisis/incident management, technology or risk management
OR
High School Diploma or GED and 10 years of experience in Enterprise resilience, recovery, business continuity, crisis/incident management, technology or risk management
Preferred
Direct Large Financial Institute (LFI) experience withing banking industry with strong business continuity and overall resiliency background
Excellent communications skills with ability to articulate complex business continuity and technical concepts during business continuity planning and disruptive events
Proficient in developing PowerPoint presentations to engage executive leadership, partners and business units. Strong skills in developing and maintaining program standards and procedures
Expertise in data analysis using MS Excel, is very comfortable working with large amounts of data and can identify key insights
Represents business continuity program during exam and audit with extensive experience in managing assessments and driving successful outcome
Excellent organizational and project skills with attention to detail when dealing with multiple deadlines and high priority initiatives, including execution of management action plans
Making sure the business continuity program is in line with industry best practices for LFI, future growth through mergers and acquisitions and FFIEC IT BCM Handbook
Takes initiative and makes progress without constant direction and easily adjust approach within fast moving environment with multiple priorities and needs
Benefits
Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates.
Company
First Citizens Bank
First Citizens Bank provides banking services, essential business and professional services, wealth management capabilities, and more.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$33M2021-05-07Post Ipo Debt· $10M
2018-08-29Post Ipo Debt· $23M
1986-10-31IPO
Leadership Team
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Craig Nix
Chief Financial Officer
Samantha Bureau - Johnson
SVP & Director, Customer Contact Center
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