Jr. Operations Specialist to support business continuity planning and risk management for a large financial client - 68021

Jr. Operations Specialist to support business continuity planning and risk management for a large financial client - 68021

Position Title: Business Continuity Coordinator

Line of business: T&O, Risk and Controls (Capital Markets)

Duration: 12 months (possibility of extension or conversion)

Location: Downtown Toronto (Hybrid - 1 day in office weekly)

Role Mandate: This team’s role is to aid and strengthen the risk and controls environment within the Capital Markets, Technology & Operations (CM T&O) group. There are various mandates including Issue and Audit Management, however this role will focus on Business Continuity Planning and Management. The successful candidate will act as the CM T&O Business Continuity Coordinator and will be responsible for ensuring that the BCPs accurately reflect the current state of the business all the while adhering to the enterprise standards and required testing.

Must Have Skills:

• 1+ years of experience in business continuity planning and/or operations
• Knowledge of key risk concepts
• Bank/FI experience

Nice to Have Skills:

• Post-secondary completion reflecting business acumen (such as accounting, economics, business admin)

Job Responsibilities:

• Disaster Recovery (DR) testing plans to ensure recovery strategies are working properly - weekend work
• Notification testing to ensure individuals are available on specific devices
• BCP Walk through testing
• Alternate work area testing (contingency sites of process in BCP)
• Audit support when a managed team is going through internal or external audit (typically providing required documentation regarding the BCP controls/requirements)
• Quality assurance (QA) reviews to ensure plans are adhering to the enterprise standards.