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About the Role

CLS is seeking a Vice President, Business Continuity to join the Enterprise Resilience department. This role is pivotal in enhancing CLS's Business Continuity Management (BCM) tools, evolving training and exercises, and supporting the strategic development of the BCM program. The position also involves supporting the development and enhancement of Business As Usual (BAU) activities, ensuring CLS operates safely, smoothly, and cost-effectively.

Responsibilities

Continued enhancement of BCM tools
Evolving BCM training and exercises
Support the strategic development of CLS’s BCM program
Support the development and enhancement of BAU activities
Liaise and work with all BCM stakeholders
Ownership of the on-going planning, preparedness, and maintenance of the CLS pandemic plan
Act as dedicated risk subject matter expert for Enterprise Continuity, Crisis Management and Operational Resilience regarding Third Party Risk Management
Provide support to TPM team and Procurement team with all elements of the TPM lifecycle
Support the development and implementation of all revised BCM process and procedures
Management and maintenance of BCM SharePoint site / documentation
Ownership for all aspects of BCM training and awareness with CLS globally
Perform country risk assessments and provide horizon scanning updates
Employee business travel support
Ownership of the management, identification, and mitigation of BCM risks
Development and implementation of CLS Critical Internal Services
Support with the key BCM program stakeholders to ensure mandatory, audit, and regulatory requirements are met
Provide cover for other team members
BC plan analysis, maintenance, development, support and training
Crisis Management support where required

Requirements

Experience delivering industry leading Business Continuity within the context of cutting edge GSIB and FMI practices and customer expectations
Experience in the design and delivery of business continuity scenario testing and associated vulnerability identification and remediation
Experience of Third Party Resilience program delivery
Experience across technology, third party, facilities and people risk analysis and mitigation
Experience of Operational Resilience implementation
Experienced in business process mapping and using these capabilities to produce MI
Experience influencing stakeholders across the business, up to C-suite
Experience analyzing and delivering enterprise change
Experience managing enterprise level strategic continuity planning including Cyber, Resolution, Pandemic, Change
A history of Operational Risk analysis, specifically in the Resilience domain
Good understanding of FX products and services with knowledge of the required infrastructure and dependencies
Experience in the delivery of projects providing solutions across the breadth of a company’s operations; business process, technology solutions, cyber remediation, third party risk etc.

Skills

Business Continuity Management (BCM)
Third Party Risk Management (TPRM)
Operational Resilience
Crisis Management
Risk Management
Business Process Mapping
Project Management
Cybersecurity Risk
FX Products and Services

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid working
Flexible working

Experience Level

Vice President
Corporate level – Vice President

Education Level

Recognized qualifications in Financial regulation
Resilience / BCM
Operational / Enterprise Risk Management
Project Management (e.g Prince / PMI / APM)
Cyber Management (e.g. CISM)

Benefits

25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays) for UK/Asia
23 holiday days for US
2 paid volunteer days
Generous parental leave policies
Parental transition coaching programmes and support services
Wellbeing and mental health support resources
Employee Networks (Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network)
Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings
Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees
401K match from CLS for US employees
Private medical insurance and dental coverage
Social events
Annual flu vaccinations
Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories for UK employees
Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees
Access to Discover – comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning
Access to frequent development sessions

About the Company

CLS is the trusted party at the centre of the global FX ecosystem, making FX safer, smoother and more cost effective.
Utilized by thousands of counterparties, CLS handles trillions of dollars’ worth of currency daily.
CLS's global settlement infrastructure reduces systemic risk and provides standardization for participants in many of the world’s most actively traded currencies.
CLS delivers huge efficiencies and savings for clients, shrinking funding requirements by over 96% on average.
CLS products enable clients to manage risk effectively across the full FX lifecycle.
CLS values include Pivotal purpose, Trusted guardian, Targeted innovation, Facilitate connections, Delivering excellence, and Inclusive culture.

Equal Opportunity

CLS celebrates inclusion and is committed to fostering an environment in which everyone feels comfortable to be who they are, and inclusion is valued.