Business Continuity Analyst

Assistant Vice President, Business Continuity Analyst

This role is located in New York City and will require a hybrid work schedule of at least two days in office per week.

The Business Continuity Analyst, Assistant Vice President, reports to the Business Continuity Coordinator in the Administration Department. This role requires a significant understanding of business continuity planning and crisis management methodologies. The business continuity analyst will maintain and improve the business continuity and crisis management functions of the New York Branch to ensure resiliency and compliance with regulatory guidance. The business continuity analyst will support preparation for and response to actual emergencies, able to assume leadership if needed.

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• Lead and manage business continuity enhancement initiatives, including process improvements, resiliency capability development, and remediation of identified gaps. Independently analyze resiliency issues and develop, elaborate, and implement practical solutions in coordination with business units and support functions.
• Work closely and facilitate discussions among stakeholders to develop the resiliency of the branch, updating the business continuity team on progress.
• Administering and improving the branch's business continuity program, including ensuring that program components are current and effective, ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory and internal business continuity and operational resilience requirements, organizing business recovery tests and exercises, developing schedules and materials for business continuity training and awareness, revising and maintaining branch wide policy, procedures, and manuals as needed, reporting for executive management and the business continuity working group, administering and managing content on the Business Continuity SharePoint site, and supporting the Crisis Management Team through preparing emergency communications, situational reports, ensuring execution of action items, and creating post-incident reports.

Your qualifications include:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with five or more years of related experience in business continuity, disaster recovery, or cyber resilience planning.
• Understanding of financial institution operations, payment processes, treasury, lending, and relevant regulatory expectations related to business continuity, operational resilience, and cyber resilience including AI related risks.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead medium-sized projects involving cross-functional stakeholders include facilitation and influencing skills to challenge and gain consensus among stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Ability to interact and work efficiently and effectively with employees across the organization.
• Strong administrative skills, including effectiveness in developing project plans to achieve target dates.
• Strong and productive team player and comfortable working independently to meet tight deadlines.
• Availability to provide 24x7 support during emergencies and significant disruption events.
• Professional designation Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP, MBCI) is a plus.
• Prior business continuity experience in a financial institution is preferred.
• Experience managing disruptive events, including technical and cyber, is preferred.

Why you should join SuMi Trust:

SuMi Trust embraces flexible ways of working when the business and role permits. We provide employees with a hybrid working model, allowing for in-office work and work from home. Our diverse and inclusive environment along with our global presence enables us to collaborate and communicate to meet our business needs. We believe that efficient teams need truth, loyalty, and a strong sense of purpose to balance risk and their targets. We make sustainable business decisions to improve our society and the world. We believe that each person brings a unique value that drives the business through their creativity and passion.

The Employee Benefits package includes: Paid Time Off, medical, HSA, vision, dental, FSA, 401(k), profit sharing, legal plan, cancer indemnity plan, disability insurance, life insurance, employee assistance program, commuter benefits, business travel accident, paid volunteer day, paid memberships, paid seminars, and tuition assistance.

We offer many socialization opportunities for wellness, financial wellbeing, runs/walks, team building, happy hours, and activities to support the Sustainable Developmental Goals.