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Beazley · 1 day ago

Operational Resilience and Business Continuity Manager

West Hartford, CT

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $135K/yr

Beazley is a specialist insurance company with over 30 years of experience helping people and businesses manage risk. The Operational Resilience and Business Continuity Manager is responsible for implementing regulatory requirements and ensuring resilience principles are embedded across the organization.

FinanceFinancial ServicesInsuranceInsurTech

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Work with the existing Operational Resilience & Business Continuity team to keep the Operational Resilience and Business Continuity strategy up to date, ensuring the appropriate practices and framework are implemented and reviewed on an ongoing basis

Monitor resilience of our Important Business Services (IBSs) and critical resources, including the development and monitoring of metrics across IBS and Critical resources

Contribute to the creation of the annual Operational Resilience Self-Assessment to ensure senior management teams have an accurate and accessible assessment of our resilience position which also meets regulatory requirements

Lead operational resilience testing strategy in agreed territories and develop a testing roadmap with the Operational Resilience team and relevant business areas to review and document the resilience and recovery options in the event of “severe but plausible disruption” scenarios; determining whether the test is passed or failed

Undertake reviews of Beazley’s key third-party suppliers, vendors and outsource providers to ensure that Operational Resilience controls are in place and requirements are being met. Work with the Procurement team to ensure the appropriate controls and measures are available to manage contracts and material outsource/supplier questionnaires

Work with Beazley change functions to ensure that operational resilience requirements are embedded in all projects, change programmes, processes and systems

Work with the CISO team to ensure that Operational Resilience requirements are aligned with and factored into Beazley’s Information Security Strategy

Establish and maintain effective relationships with key heads of departments and service owners and ensure all operational resilience matters are managed effectively

Assist with any other operational, financial, business recovery and resilience matters and regulations as required

Attend and input into the Incident Management Working Group meetings, and take responsibility for oversight through to conclusion of Business Continuity incidents/events

Contribute to the development of and implement a test strategy for Beazley’s Business Continuity plans

Work with the Risk Management function to ensure an effective solution is in place for logging, managing, reporting on and learning from incidents

Drive the development of department-level business continuity plans, working closely with department leaders

Contribute to the Business Impact Assessment strategy and assist with the creation of a BIA framework aligned with the Operational Resilience framework

Liaison with regulators on Operational Resilience related matters, ensuring our processes and controls for events are aligned with their requirements and expectations as appropriate

Responsible for timely completion of all regulatory returns associated with Operational Resilience and Business Continuity

Establish and maintain effective relationships with key executive and board members and ensure all operational resilience and business continuity matters are included in the provision of regular board training

Act as an internal subject matter expert and consultant to our business stakeholders

Qualification

Operational ResilienceBusiness ContinuityRisk ManagementBusiness Continuity Institute CertificationDisaster Recovery Institute CertificationISO 22301 CertificationITIL FoundationCommunicationTeam PlayerProblem SolvingCustomer FocusSelf-Motivation

Required

Degree level educated, or equivalent work experience

Appropriate professional qualifications or certifications such as: UK: Certification from the Business Continuity Institute (e.g. CBCI, MBCI or FBCI), US: Certification from the Disaster Recovery Institute (e.g. CBCP, MBCP or CFCP), UK: Institute of Risk Management Certificate or Diploma in Operational Risk or Operational Resilience, US: RIMS Certified Risk Management Professional, ISO 22301 Certified Business Continuity Professional, Lead Implementer, Lead Auditor, ITIL Foundation

Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills

Experience in development and implementation of a robust business continuity program

Demonstrable track record of leading Business Continuity programmes large matrixed global organization

The ability to prioritise work and deliver results in a pressurised environment, through tactical and strategic planning

The ability to manage significant client contact, providing expert advice which demonstrates judgement and an understanding of the business

A demonstrated ability to develop strong relationships with internal clients

The ability to provide support to more senior roles in developing key client relationships through the design of leading edge technologies

Self-motivation, with an ability to work with high degree of autonomy and to be results-driven with a flexible approach to working

The ability to work collaboratively with a broad range of constituencies

An understanding of the various operational resilience and business continuity regulatory requirements that Beazley is subject to, in the UK, the US and around the world

The ability to communicate technical and regulatory concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff and management

Knowledgeable and conversant with the principles set out in Operational Resilience regulations

The ability to analyse, understand, recommend, manage, develop and implement solutions and processes for complex and conflicting demands

Knowledge of the impact of regulation on business continuity matters

Preferred

Experience in financial services is highly desirable, but not required

Experience in the insurance industry is desirable but not required

Multi-country experience (i.e., beyond UK, and ideally including US) is highly desirable, but not required

Benefits

Attractive base compensation and discretionary performance related bonus

Competitively priced medical, dental and vision insurance

Company paid life, and short- and long-term disability insurance

401(k) plan with 5% company match and immediate vesting

22 days PTO (prorated for 1st calendar year of employment), 11 paid holidays per year, with the ability to flex the religious bank holidays to suit your religious beliefs

Up to $700 reimbursement for home office setup

Free in-office lunch, travel reimbursement for travel to office, and monthly lifestyle allowance

Up to 26 weeks of fully paid parental leave

Up to 2.5 days paid annually for volunteering at a charity of your choice

Flexible working policy, trusting our employees to do what works best for them and their teams