Description
We are seeking a professional to join the First Line Business Continuity Management team at LCH Ltd as a Senior Associate.
This role plays a key part in supporting the development, delivery, and ongoing enhancement of Business Continuity and Crisis Management capabilities across the organisation.
The successful candidate will help ensure operational readiness, coordinate and execute BCM exercises and incident response procedures, and uphold alignment with Group standards and regulatory requirements.
Key responsibilities of the role:
BCM Documentation & Standards Compliance
- Maintain central BCM documentation, Teams channels, and evidence repositories, ensuring information is accurate, organised, and accessible.
- Analyse recovery strategy testing results and work with Business Continuity Coordinators to track completion, highlight gaps, and escalate required remediation to appropriate stakeholders.
- Coordinate periodic testing across Services and Functions, ensuring schedules, outcomes, and follow-ups are well managed.
- Ensure alignment with Group Crisis Management and BCM standards and support ongoing compliance with policy and regulatory expectations.
- Coordinate updates to BCM documentation across Services and Functions to ensure consistency and adherence to policy requirements.
- Support day-to-day BCM activities, including tracking actions, monitoring progress, and ensuring timely status updates.
- Engage regularly with Business Continuity Coordinators to build understanding of BCM requirements and support the effective delivery of their obligations.
Additional Operational Resilience Support
- Support Third-Party Risk Management activities across the supplier lifecycle, ensuring effective supplier oversight and governance.
- Assist with supplier due diligence and risk assessments, identifying, mitigating, and reporting third-party risks in line with policy and regulatory requirements.
- Produce TPRM management information and governance reporting for senior management, committees, and Board forums.
- Support the delivery of the Operational Resilience framework, including governance, regulatory compliance, documentation, and stakeholder engagement activities.
Central Bank Attestation Support
- Provide ad hoc support for central bank attestation activities, including coordination, documentation, and responses to related queries.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
- Degree educated with experience in Business Continuity Management, Third Party Risk Management, Operational Resilience, or Operational Risk.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and confident using Microsoft 365.
- Experience producing reports, management information, and governance materials for senior stakeholders.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise in a fast-paced environment.
- Confident communicator, able to produce clear documentation and presentations.
- Comfortable working independently, taking initiative, and using sound judgement.
- Strong relationship-building skills and a collaborative mindset.
- Good problem-solving ability with a proactive, can-do approach.