Operational Resilience & Continuity Business Partner | S3

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This is an exciting role working in a team of collative thinkers. Developing relationships with internal and external stakeholders, in this highly visible and rewarding role.

You will be responsible for partnering with the business area senior management team in developing and implementing the resilience and continuity framework tools and methodologies, enabling the business to identify, assess and where appropriate, mitigate its major operational resilience exposures.

A senior contributor role within CRCO accountable for embedding effective operational resilience and continuity management practices and standards, ensuring the business understands and owns its resilience and continuity profile.

The difference you'll make.

• Advising senior leadership teams or asset group owners to support, challenge and influence decision making
• Ensuring that business areas accurately maintain and update their Integrated Service Taxonomy and asset group owners maintain and update their supporting assets
• Ensuring IBS Owners/ Asset Owners/Pillar Owners have appropriate control testing schedules for all critical processes, challenging the feasibility of remediation plans, and delivering improvements through lessons learned
• Using specialist knowledge of Operational Resilience and related policies, standards, and controls to identify service risks and propose workable solutions to mitigate or reduce resilience risks
• Leading the development of Important Business Services recovery plans in line with regulatory requirements

What you'll bring.

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to push back whilst understanding and demonstrating the application of Operational Resilience and related disciplines such as Business Continuity, IT, data, and management of third parties
• Background of IT/Cyber within operational business area role or operational risk

It would also be nice for you to have.

• An understanding of risk and controls within the Bank
• Ability to build collaborative working relationships
• Able to present complex information in a simplified and engaging style
• Strong interpersonal skills - able to persuade, influence and challenge at all levels using a range of approaches to achieve deliverables

What else you need to know.

This role is currently hybrid working, location National/Remote.

How we'll reward you.

As well as a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs

• Pension with generous contributions of up to 12.5% from Santander, depending on your own contribution and length of employment with us
• 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year
• £6,000 car allowance per year
• Company funded individual private medical insurance
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments
• Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover
• Share in Santander's success by investing in our share plans

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A bit more about Santander

At Santander we're driven by our purpose - to help people and businesses prosper. This means we help customers to create change for themselves and those around them, and we champion businesses to grow sustainably. We do this by always living our values of Simple, Personal and Fair.

At Santander, we each take personal responsibility for managing risk by embracing the I AM Risk framework - to Identify, Assess, Manage and Report risks, and to continuously build a deeper understanding of the risks we face. It is an important part of our culture at Santander and we will provide you with knowledge to help you manage risks in your role.

What to do next:-

If this sounds like a role you're interested in, then please apply.

If there's anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it's a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we're available through telephone, email, or face to face. You can contact us at resourcing@santander.co.uk or call 0870 414 9080.

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