Business Continuity Specialist - London, United Kingdom - 201 - Company

General information

Job Title

Business Continuity Specialist

City

London

Country

United Kingdom

Division

Engineering

Description

Thought Machine’s mission is bold – to properly and permanently rid the world’s banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking and built core and payments technology which runs natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology.

We have grown rapidly in the past few years – growing our team to more than 500 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and Melbourne. We have raised more than $500m in funding and are now valued at $2.7bn. Our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase, Standard Chartered, and more.

We have created a culture enabling our team to produce the best work in the industry, ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the most generous employee share package in the industry. We've been named AltFi's B2B Fintech of the Year, placed in the FinTech50, and in the IDC list of top 100 Fintechs.

As a Business Continuity Specialist, you will be a key member of the Security Risk & Policy Team and will be responsible for leading and implementing Thought Machine's ISO22301 program. You will also play an important role in the wider Security risk management program. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of both ISO 27001 and ISO 22301 standards, and experience in integrating and implementing them into a risk management system. Using a risk-based approach, the candidate will identify and mitigate risks to our organisations information and operations.

DUTIES

Conducts risk assessments for various departments and functions, analysing threats and potential business impact of unpredictable business interruptions.

Lead Thought Machine’s ISO22301 certification program.

Collaborate with lines of business to establish availability requirements and objectives

Assist in the design and testing of disaster recovery designs and business continuity plans.

Develop quantitative business impact and risk assessments focused on the attribute of availability, as well as integrity, and confidentiality.

Assist and support the Security Risk and Policy team’s efforts managing the company's information security risk management program, including policies, procedures, and standards

Communicate effectively with management and stakeholders to provide updates on business continuity and security risks

Undertake a program of activities to, where possible, automate controls, with an emphasis on business continuity planning.

Act as a subject matter expert on business continuity and provide guidance and training to employees

Requirements

Essential

Experience in business continuity and risk management.

Ability to think through hypothetical situations and concepts and to identify risks and weaknesses in various business processes.

Experience with implementing an ISO22301 certification program.

Excellent understanding of ISO22301, ISO27001-27002, and NIST 800-53 security controls requirements, particularly with Business Continuity.

Expertise with Operational Resilience in the Financial Services Sector and working with Financial Services regulated entities.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Desirable

Professional security and business continuity qualifications (e.g. ISO22301 Lead Implementer, CBCP, etc.)

Experience working with cloud environments and Kubernetes

Experience working in, or closely with, a highly regulated environment

Awareness of risk quantification and FAIR.

Familiarity with risk management for information security and third-party risk management

Benefits

Highly competitive salary
Pension plan (match up to 7%)
Life insurance - three times annual salary
Competitive maternity (6 months fully paid) and paternity leave (4 week fully paid)
Shared parental leave (matched to our maternity leave for the same point in time)
25 days holiday and bank holidays
Private health insurance with Bupa for you and your family
Health cash plan (including dental and optical)
Flexible working hours
Cycle-to-work scheme
Electric car scheme
Season ticket loan
Access to outstanding learning materials and courses
Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine
All the latest tech you need
Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals
Huge range of healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks
A talented and experienced team as your colleagues
An environment where we encourage learning and progress
Two charity days a year
Weekly food pop up

Thought Machine are committed to making a measurable positive impact on people's everyday lives. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We actively hire for cultural growth. We welcome people of all ages, backgrounds and value people who take a journey unique to them. We provide everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description.