VP - Enterprise Risk / Business Continuity Management

The Company

Our client is an established financial institution with presence globally. They have consistently recorded a strong financial performance and are well-positioned to achieve their growth plans for the APAC region. This opportunity is for a Enterprise Risk / Business Continuity Management (BCM) Specialist to join their team in Singapore.

The Role

This position is responsible for oversight of the Incident Management, Crisis Management Program, Crisis Communications and Disaster Recovery plans. The Business Continuity Management (BCM) team is responsible for the coordination, facilitation and enforcement of the BCM policy.

• Maintain awareness of emerging trends and incidents. Monitors potential threats and informs and advises the organization.
• Work with individuals at all levels for crisis management preparedness.
• Coordinate special projects as needed, related to expansion of the Incident/Crisis Management program.
• Participate in new initiatives to identify potentially new/emerging risks. Develop roadmap based on new threats.
• Interaction with senior leadership in assigned business units and across the organization.
• Oversee disaster recovery and incident response integration efforts with crisis management.
• Collaborate with business and support units to ensure alignment of business priorities, crisis and disaster responses, integrated plan execution and overall company recoverability.
• Coordinate IT Business Impact Analysis process (BIA) and assess the corporate BIA and provide recommendations.
• Provide reports through facilitation of the Business Continuity Management Committee steering committee.
• Manage IT and DR exercises and other continuity exercises: internal preparation, execution, issue resolution and reporting results from the exercises.
• Oversee monitoring of the BCM program as it relates to audit and regulatory compliance.
• Work with business units with development and maintenance of Business Continuity plans including assessment of potential business impact, definition of critical, time-sensitive functions.
  Oversee, develop and implement improvements and efficiencies in both BIA and Business Continuity Program.

Requirements

• Recognized professional certification in business continuity, disaster recovery or crisis management preferred.
• Relevant experience in actual incident management and crisis management
• Sound knowledge and understanding of disaster recovery planning techniques and technologies as well as the methods used in performing exercises, program training, BIA and response to a disaster declaration
• Knowledge of best practices (e.g. ISO22301:2012) and financial regulatory requirements such as MAS Technology Risk Management Guidelines, MAS Business Continuity Management Guidelines, and IOSCO Principles
• Strong verbal/written communications. Able to interface and coordinate work efficiently and effectively with representatives from various business units across the organization
• Effective team player
• Capable of making sound judgments based on the weight of available data
• Ownership of new ideas, challenging ideas constructively
  Strong relationship building skills and ability to work with multiple stakeholders at various levels

Send us your updated resume today to quoting reference number A88415. We thank you in advance for your application, and regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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EA licence Number: 13C6733

EA Personnel Number: R1333454