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Job Details: BUSINESS CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT VENDOR ANALYST
WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?
The Business Continuity Management (BCM) Vendor Analyst is part of the FLoD Business Continuity Management team. The BCM Vendor Analyst will assist with identifying critical Third-Party vendors to determine their roles and responsibilities as they align to the FLoD Business Continuity Plan. The BCM Vendor Analyst will ensure that third-party service providers are operationally resilient, maintain adequate infrastructure and the resources necessary to restore critical services aligned to CNB’s critical operational recovery objectives and vendor contractual requirements. The Analyst is responsible for ensuring that routines meet regulatory guidelines and align with the Business Continuity Management program. The BCM Vendor Analyst works closely with Vendor Management as the Business Continuity subject matter expert (SME) and is responsible for ensuring that all third-party vendor relationships are reviewed for critical process alignments to CNB. The analyst will engage early on with Vendor Management partners to assist with third-party onboarding, assessment and contract considerations as they relate to Business Continuity Management.The BCM Vendor Analyst will also work closely with BC FLoD Analysts to assist with Business Impact Assessment (BIA), Business Recovery Plans (BRP) and plan testing routines, as they relate to third party interdependencies.
Residential Lending Division
Make a meaningful difference as a member of City National’s Residential Lending group. This is a great opportunity to grow your career with a stable and expanding organization while enhancing and retaining bank client relationships through competitive mortgage products and solutions with exceptional service and care.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
- Coordinate Third Party Risk Assessments as part of Business Continuity programs, working with the Business Continuity Manager and Vendor Management to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Ensure contractual requirements, for critically aligned vendors, include the right to perform and/or participate in testing with third-party service providers. Participate in and report on third-party service provider testing programs to ensure testing exercises include “high-risk” disruptive events and viable recovery strategies.
- Ensure third-party service providers maintain transparent testing programs that include test results, reports, remediation action plans and status reports. Track, prioritize, resolve and report all third-party exercise/testing issues as they relate to Business Continuity recovery objectives.
- Identify core and significant firms that are interdependent with CNB critical processes. Design testing activities for core firms to demonstrate viable operational recoverability following wide-scale disruptive events. Document strategies and testing plans per “Sound Practices” guidelines.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
Must-Have*
- Bachelor’s Degree Business/Finance
- Minimum 7 years practical Business Continuity experience
- Minimum 3 years of years of third party risk management, assurance and / or oversight or relevant supplier or third party audit or compliance experience
- Minimum 3 years of project management experience
- Minimum of 2 years working with a GRC system, incorporating continuous improvement for the system and process
- CBCP
Skills and Knowledge
- Demonstrated strong skills in applying Business Continuity planning principles to various levels (staff, management and executive) of the company.
- Comprehensive knowledge of third party and information technology risk management processes and methodologies
- Experience using third party risk management /Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) systems
- Experience assessing contracts, including master service agreements, statements of work, and license agreements.
- Able to effectively interact with peers, subordinates, internal and external customers and vendors.
- Excellent, analytical, problem solving, communication, and prioritization skills
- Demonstrated ability to influence and motivate individuals and teams.
- Advanced presentation skills and oral and written communication skills
- Excellent project management skills, which include task identification, project planning, and ability to understand scope of recovery efforts, ability to coordinate critical activities during continuity exercises and events, and proficiency with tools required to pull project together.
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently.
- Fully proficient with Microsoft Office applications, including (but not limited to) Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint
*To be considered for this position you must meet at least these basic qualifications
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
INCLUSION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT
City National Bank is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other basis protected by law.
ABOUT CITY NATIONAL
We start with a basic premise: Business is personal. Since day one we’ve always gone further than the competition to help our clients, colleagues and community flourish. City National Bank was founded in 1954 by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs and that legacy of integrity, community and unparalleled client relationships continues to drive phenomenal growth today. City National is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies.
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