#BusinessContinuityManagementUnitHead #SaudiArabia Job Description: Responsibilities & Key Deliverables: •To ensure a comprehensive end-to-end, Business-As-Usual Business Continuity processing capability for the bank during any Contingency •To mitigate the risk associated with a business interruption, irrespective of root cause •To standardize policies and procedures connected with Business Continuity, where appropriate across all Groups. •Continuous business operations in spite of potentially disruptive natural causes and man-made disruptions •Limited risk of financial losses on a/c of disruptive natural causes and man-made disruptions and of penalties on a/c of non-compliance •Improved practices and processes for Business Continuity and disruption response •Loss mitigation thru insurance claims •Disruption response-readiness of employees •Highly effective and motivated Business Continuity team Specific Knowledge: •Facilitating the process of ensuring that business continuity plans have been established for all businesses and tested for all business locations. •Creating and distributing Business Continuity policies and standards to be followed by all business. •Ensure that all the functions of the bank have an approved BCP •Ensure that all the functions of the bank are aware of the BCM policies and procedures •Ensure Staff Training on Business continuity aspects •Ensure that the DR site is available all the time with proper arrangements Specific Domain Experience/ Exposure: •Ensure that all BCPs are as per standards and have clearly documented the evacuation / safety of all employees during Contingencies •Ensure a comprehensive end-to-end, Business-As-Usual BCM processing capability for front offices, technology, operations and businesses as a whole. •To minimize the risk associated with a business interruption, irrespective of cause, both internal and external. •Provide feed Back to Senior Management on Business Continuity issues •Evaluate creation of dedicated DR / Business Continuity Sites •To identify the best in class Disaster Recovery process for the bank especially for High Risk business entities •Ensure full Governance Structure is defined for Crisis Management •Ownership of Business Continuity Management Policy / Standards •Maintaining BCP Standards and BCP templates – providing detailed documentation guidelines and requirements, to fit business continuity needs. •Ensure maintenance of Master Business Continuity Plan (MBCP). •Ensure maintenance of Tadawul Master Business Continuity Plan (Tadawul-MBCP). Desired Profile: •Bachelors Degree/Masters Degree •candidate should have at least 7-10 years of experience in the Banking / Financial industry with a strong grounding on Business continuity •Should be having in-depth knowledge in BCP Products •Saudi candidate would be preferable, however if not available with the requisite skill set, an Expat can be hired •Arabic language knowledge would be highly preferred •Working in a Multi-Country / Multi-legal environment would be be an advantage •Should be well aware of BCP principles as well as international standards on Business Continuity / disaster recovery •The candidate should have experience in Banks / Financial Industry in a similar role •Analytical skills, specifically, the ability to assess and perform a root cause analysis •Should have strong English communication / written skills so that each BCP can be reviewed and comments provided to the areas for its rectification •Good inter-personal and Communication Skills •Ability to coordinate and work with different businesses within / outside the bank •Ability to coordinate with Technology •Action Plans / Task oriented •Flexible multi-tasking personality •Ability to conclude action items within the time frame •Strong coordination skills and team work which would be helpful during contingencies
Posted on: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 06:14:56 +0000
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