Business Continuity Manager

About the company

We are recruiting for an experienced Business Continuity Manager to join an established international bank in London.

Your tasks

This is a key role responsible for developing, enhancing and maintaining the Bank's Business Continuity Management (BCM), Operational Resilience and Operational Risk frameworks, ensuring the organisation is prepared to respond effectively to business disruptions while meeting UK regulatory requirements.

The successful candidate will work closely with senior management and stakeholders across the Bank, playing an important role in strengthening operational resilience, managing operational risks and embedding a robust risk and control culture.

• Own, develop and maintain the Bank's Business Continuity Management and Operational Resilience frameworks, policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with relevant FCA, PRA and Bank of England regulatory requirements, alongside Group policies.
• Coordinate Business Impact Assessments (BIA), identifying critical business processes, dependencies, recovery objectives and potential vulnerabilities.
• Develop and maintain departmental and Bank-wide Business Continuity Plans (BCP).
• Work closely with IT to ensure disaster recovery arrangements align with business recovery requirements.
• Conduct operational risk assessments, scenario analysis, business continuity testing and simulation exercises.
• Support crisis management and incident response activities, including post-incident reviews and lessons learned.
• Provide regular management information, risk reporting and resilience updates to senior management.
• Collaborate with Risk, Legal, IT and other business functions to integrate operational resilience into the Bank's overall risk management framework.
• Support third-party risk management, outsourcing arrangements and business continuity requirements.
• Deliver training and awareness initiatives to promote a strong resilience culture.
• Manage the annual resilience programme, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

Requirements

Skills & Experience Required

• Minimum 5 years' proven experience within the UK banking industry in Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Operational Risk Management or Operational Resilience Planning.
• Strong understanding of UK regulatory expectations, particularly FCA and PRA requirements, and industry best practices relating to operational resilience.
• Practical experience developing, implementing and maintaining Business Continuity Plans, Business Impact Assessments and recovery strategies.
• Sound knowledge of operational risk management, risk assessments and control frameworks.
• Experience conducting business continuity testing, scenario exercises and supporting crisis management activities.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to lead and coordinate cross-functional initiatives, manage workstreams and deliver projects effectively.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to work with and influence senior management and stakeholders across the Bank.
• Strong analytical, organisational and reporting capabilities.

Desirable Experience

• Business Continuity Institute (BCI) qualification or relevant professional certification.
• Experience within corporate or wholesale banking, capital markets, trading, settlements or clearing.
• Previous experience working within an international banking group.
• Understanding of UK and European regulatory requirements relating to operational resilience and outsourcing.
• Experience working with overseas parent banks and international stakeholders.

The Ideal Candidate We are looking for a proactive and commercially aware professional with at least five years' relevant UK banking experience who can take ownership of business continuity and operational resilience activities within a complex banking environment.

You will combine strong technical and regulatory knowledge with excellent stakeholder management and project delivery skills, enabling you to influence senior management, challenge existing processes and drive improvements across the organisation.

What we offer

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in strengthening the resilience framework of an established international bank. In return you can expect a competitive package including basic salary, discretionary bonus and additional benefits.

How to apply

If you have relevant experience in Business Continuity Management, Operational Risk or Operational Resilience within the UK banking sector, we would welcome your application.