Operational Resilience & Business Continuity Manager
Posted 4 days ago by Symmetry Search & Staffing Solutions
£70,000 Per year
Fixed-Term
Hybrid
Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Group Operational Resilience and Business Continuity Manager is a strategic role within a leading Financial Services company, focused on enhancing organizational resilience and readiness through the delivery of business continuity and crisis management initiatives. This hybrid position requires collaboration with senior stakeholders and regulators to implement robust frameworks and drive a culture of readiness. The role is critical for ensuring compliance with UK regulatory frameworks and best practices while managing cross-functional initiatives. The position is offered on an initial 12-month fixed-term contract with a competitive salary and benefits package.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the delivery of business continuity and crisis management initiatives.
- Enhance the organization’s resilience and readiness.
- Work closely with senior stakeholders, regulators, and internal teams.
- Implement robust frameworks and test response capabilities.
- Drive a culture of readiness across the business.
- Provide subject matter expertise on business continuity and crisis management.
- Manage collaboration with the Business Continuity & Group Incident Manager.
- Ensure alignment with regulatory expectations and best practices.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in crisis management, business continuity, and operational resilience.
- Strong knowledge of UK regulatory frameworks, including FCA and PRA expectations.
- Experience in creating and implementing crisis response and business continuity playbooks.
- Relevant professional certifications (CBCI / MBCI / ISO 22301).
- Background in operational risk, resilience, or continuity planning.
- Demonstrated leadership and people management skills.
- Experience leading cross-functional resilience or continuity initiatives.
Salary (Rate): £70,000.00 yearly
City: Swindon
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
Group Operational Resilience and Business Continuity Manager urgently required by a leading Financial Services company on an initial 12-month fixed-term contract. This is a hybrid role based flexibly from Swindon office (2 days / week on site). You will be responsible for enhancing the organisation’s resilience and readiness by leading the delivery of business continuity and crisis management initiatives. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, regulators, and internal teams to implement robust frameworks, testing response capabilities, and drive a culture of readiness across the business.
To be considered for this role applicants must have the following:
- Proven experience delivering crisis management / business continuity / operational resilience programmes in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
- Strong knowledge of UK regulatory frameworks, including FCA and PRA expectations
- Experience creating, implementing, and embedding crisis response & business continuity playbooks across an organisation
- Relevant professional certifications (CBCI / MBCI / ISO 22301)
- Background in operational risk, resilience, or continuity planning within regulated sectors
- Demonstrated leadership and people management skills, with the ability to influence and drive engagement
- Experience leading cross-functional resilience or continuity initiatives at group or enterprise level
This is a business-critical, strategic role, operating as the main point of contact for all matters relating to business continuity, crisis management, and organisational resilience. You’ll provide subject matter expertise across the business, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations and best practices, while driving a culture of readiness and effective response. You’ll also manage and collaborate with our Business Continuity & Group Incident Manager to deliver on recommendations from a recent consultant-led discovery, ensuring that resilience efforts are both strategic and actionable. This is an initial 12 month fixed-term contract, offering a salary of £70,000 + 10% bonus + excellent benefits package.