Business Continuity Consultant

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference.

Join us!

Job Description:
This job is responsible for consulting on corporate business continuity topics with clients. Key responsibilities include recommending and implementing solutions that protect the bank's assets and participating or leading business continuity initiatives and ongoing process activities (i.e., scenario analysis, plan development, testing, event management, and progress reporting/measurement). Job expectations include providing subject matter consulting support in audit and regulatory matters as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Surfaces issues affecting corporate recoverability and ensures resolution. Facilitates cross-functional activities, initiatives and discussion groups to strategize contingency plans. Works with project teams to execute the scope and deliverables, especially any MRA-related initiatives. Adheres to processes and procedures to recommend and implement solutions that protect the banks assets. Support business continuity initiatives and ongoing process activities (plan development, testing, event management and progress reporting/measurement). Provide business continuity subject matter consulting support in audit and regulatory matters, as needed.
• Conducts current-state risk-based assessments to develop business continuity management strategies and monitors the effectiveness following the implementation of the plan
• Evaluates the performance of plans, processes, and programs at assigned organizational level, while assessing progress towards identified objectives
• Implements, monitors, and modifies procedures for the effective response to incidents and the continuance of critical business services, based on testing and exercises of plans or actual events
• Supports testing of business continuity plans to assess readiness, identify deficiencies, and promote enhancements
• Identifies, validates, and escalates gaps in business continuity readiness to senior management and second line partners

Skills:

• Continuous Improvement
• Process Simplification
• Attention to Detail
• Written and Verbal Communications
• Adaptability
• Collaboration
• Critical Thinking
• Presentation Skills
• Prioritization
• Project Management
• Relationship Management

Desired Skills:

• BS/BA or 5+ years or relevant experience
• Knowledge or experience with the Third Party Program / Global Procurement / Vendor Management
• Experience in Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery and related principles/standards
• Working knowledge of SharePoint
• Process and Project Management
• Relationship Management
• Consulting 
• Proficient in Microsoft office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

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