Business Continuity Manager
Posted 2 days ago by Hays Specialist Recruitment
£600 Per day
Inside
Undetermined
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Summary: You will be joining a leading organisation in the Risk & Assurance sector as a Business Continuity Manager, focusing on enhancing the risk maturity of the company. This role involves managing the Business Continuity Framework for a major client account, ensuring resilience and effective crisis response. The position requires current SC Clearance and offers opportunities to influence Business Continuity practices across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and embed a consistent approach to managing the Business Continuity Framework.
- Ensure resilience, readiness, and effective crisis response across the organisation.
- Shape and evolve Business Continuity practices to ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Drive the operational resilience agenda and lead critical exercises.
- Act as a subject matter expert in bids, audits, and major programmes of work.
Key Skills:
- Core expertise in Business Continuity Management.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- In-depth knowledge of Good Practice Guidelines and BCM best practice.
- Ability to adapt to internal and external drivers impacting the Business Continuity Framework.
- Strong relationship management and collaboration skills.
- Statutory membership of the BCI.
- Good understanding of regulation, policy, and standards within Financial Services.
- Working knowledge of IT controls, risk management, ISO standards, and risk frameworks.
- Preferably, experience in Business Continuity within Financial Services (Life & Pensions).
- Existing SC Clearance essential.
Salary (Rate): £600 per day
City: Edinburgh
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Your new company and role
You will be joining a leading organisation within the Risk & Assurance space, taking on a pivotal role in strengthening its overall risk maturity. You'll lead and embed a consistent, robust approach to managing the Business Continuity Framework across a major client account, supporting both B2C and B2B business lines.
This position is central to ensuring resilience, readiness, and effective crisis response across the organisation.
Please note: This role requires current SC Clearance.
What you'll need to succeed
To excel in this role, you'll bring a strong blend of technical expertise, stakeholder influence, and industry awareness, including:
- Core expertise in Business Continuity Management
- Strong written and verbal communication, with confidence presenting to senior stakeholders
- In-depth knowledge of Good Practice Guidelines and BCM best practice
- Ability to understand and adapt to internal and external drivers impacting the Business Continuity Framework
- Strong relationship management and collaboration skills across internal and external senior stakeholders
- Statutory membership of the BCI
- Good understanding of regulation, policy and standards within Financial Services
- Working knowledge of IT controls, risk management, ISO standards, and risk frameworks
- Preferably, experience in Business Continuity within Financial Services (Life & Pensions)
- Existing SC Clearance essential
What you'll get in return
You'll take on a highly influential role where you'll shape and evolve Business Continuity practices, ensure compliance with industry standards, and drive the operational resilience agenda. The role provides exposure across the business, opportunities to lead critical exercises, and the chance to act as a subject matter expert in bids, audits, and major programmes of work.
What you need to do now
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