Bcmu Specialist

Requisition ID: 150904

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

As a Business Continuity Management Unit Specialist, you will contribute to the overall success of the Business Continuity Management function globally, ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are following governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures.

The Business Continuity Management Unit works as part of the larger enterprise Crisis Management program, providing oversight for overall business continuity planning. Participates in the on-call program. Partners with and supports Relationship Managers on the quality and completeness of plans. Ensures documentation is current and relevant. The Business Continuity Management Manager will work closely with the Manager-Lead, Business Continuity Management on the creation, management, and sustainment of a comprehensive enterprise-wide Business Continuity Management program, ranging from quality assurance to incident management response.

**What your role will be**:

- Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.
- Provides support and recommendations to Relationship Managers and Planners based on BCM Policy, BCMU Mandate and industry best practices.
- Complete health checks on plans in preparation for semi-annual reporting and maintain spreadsheet to facilitate accurate reporting.
- Reviews and ensures closure for OSFI regulatory requirement for the recovery time objective process.
- Provide 24/7 incident management On-Call support per schedule. Following up until issue/event is closed.
- Conducts health checks for plans ensuring data is relevant and current.
- Partners with relevant stakeholders across the Bank on the implementation of a governance structure that spans the business continuity lifecycle, including the creation and enhancement of business continuity management programs and systems.
- Supports the Senior Manager/Lead and Director of the BCMU as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) with focus on the ongoing maintenance and continuous improvement of the Business Continuity Management function
- Leads and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders on processes focused on Business Continuity Management, with the objective to create an improved end state by:

- Contribute to and/or reviewing BCM material, BCM documents, including but not limited to the BCM Policy, Mandate, Training material and Planner’s Guide, ensuring content is applicable to target audiences and aligns with overall program objectives
- Maintains key notification lists, training, and on-call schedules.
- Administers changes to business continuity plans.
- Prepares monthly reports and updates to Scotialive and Scotiabank Workplace
- Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
- Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to business continuity regulations and best practices, operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework and the Guidelines for Business Conduct.
- Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

**_ _**Skills you already have**:

- 2+ years working in the financial industry
- Bilingual, English & Spanish
- Excellent analytical skills
- Strong communication writing skills and report preparation
- Flexible and creative thinker with the ability to define business tradeoffs, generate out-of-the-box solutions and manage uncertainty; proactively identify and solve complex problems impacting management and business direction
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Ability to prioritize against many competing interests in an environment of constant change
- Nice to have, experience in internal and external audits and/or regulators

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.