Lead Business Continuity Management (BCM) Officer – Bank in Africa Job Vacancy

CA Global Africa recruitment is currently looking for a Lead Business Continuity Management (BCM) Officer for a Bank in Africa.

The sole purpose of this role is that of sustaining and enhancing the corporate resilience in the face of events that have the potential to disrupt the Bank’s operations.

The Candidates responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

• Develop, implement and maintain policy, standards and governance framework to enable the effective management, testing, measurement and reporting of the Bank Group’s resilience and its ability to continue its operations with agreed parameters.
• Develop methodologies and standards, and provide expert technical assistance related to contingency planning to organizational units throughout the Bank for preparing, testing and updating their own contingency plans.
• Ensure the development and maintenance of up-to-date and practical contingency plans which would assist the Bank in quickly restoring operations after emergency or a disaster that affects the Bank’s business resources at the Headquarter (HQ), or Field Offices (FOs).
• Prepare budget, cost/benefit analyses, and other financial evaluation of available business contingency planning options and make recommendations to management.
• Research and stay abreast of all major threats that could impact the Bank’s business activities where the Bank operates.
• Organize periodic business impact analysis (BIAs) in order to establish the potential impact of these threats to the Bank’s business resources.
• Organize and manage regular BCM and disaster recovery tests simulating the loss of the various production function sites and the use of the existing recovery sites based on one or more impact types; assessing and ensuring readiness and currency.
• Manage a team and coordinate with the Bank services all aspects of work area recovery, testing, reporting, presenting and dealing with disaster situations.
• Coordinate with corporate services and IT and Telecommunication teams to identify gaps and track status of actions and issues; provide expertise and guidance on BCM and disaster recovery solutions.
• Partner with other Bank risk-based functions, principally in relation to IT Security, to coordinate and ensure consistency across BCM sites and readiness for disaster recovery planning efforts.
• Provide guidance and training to sensitize the Bank’s staff, and regional institutions, on BCM concepts, methodology, regulations, contingency requirements and tools via workshops, individual and group meetings, webcast tutorials.
• Work closely with BCM colleagues in sister institutions, to understand global and regional and local regulatory and compliance requirements for BCP and to contribute to the refinement and continuous improvement of a standardized, best-in-class, BCM methodology and technology platform.

The candidate must have;

• Minimum of either (8) years of experience in risk, security management, disaster recovery and BCP-related work;
• At least a Masters degree in accounting, economics, IT security and engineering, or in any relevant or related field of expertise;
• Business Continuity Planner Certification (ABCP/CBCP) or equivalent accreditation will be an advantage;
• Familiarity with industry standard BCM Planning models and tools understanding and application of business continuity management principles and techniques;
• Excellent understanding of the activities, functions and underlying processes of the Bank group (or similar international organizations);
• Ability to think strategically and help others stay focused on the appropriate level of detail;
• Experience in building effective teams and programs and the ability to lead through others;
• High degree of personal commitment, good interpersonal and communication skills;
• Competence in the use of Bank standard software applications (MS Office);
• Ability to communicate and write effectively in English and/or French; a very good working knowledge of the other language is mandatory.

Please send your CV to Camilla at CA Global (Camilla @ caglobal.co.za), or visit our webpage (www.caglobalint.com) for further details.

Should you not hear from us within two (2) weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.