Operational Resilience Analyst

Operational Resilience Analyst

Location: Milton Keynes

Salary: Up to £52,000 + 6% bonus + private health care + onsite parking

Type: Permanent, full time, 5 days a week

Hybrid: 2 days in the office, 3 days remote working

Our client is a leading insurance organisation investing heavily in technology, cyber security and operational resilience as part of a wider transformation programme.

Following significant investment in cloud, data and security capabilities, they are looking to appoint an Operational Resilience Analyst to join a growing team within the Information Security function.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in enhancing resilience across the business, ensuring critical services can continue to operate during incidents, outages and disruptions.

Working closely with Technology, Risk and Security teams, you'll help embed resilience frameworks and support the organisation's regulatory obligations.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and embedding of the Operational Resilience Framework
• Conduct Business Impact Assessments (BIA) and identify Important Business Services (IBS)
• Map critical business processes, technology dependencies and third-party relationships
• Facilitate operational resilience scenario testing and resilience exercises
• Support business continuity planning and resilience improvement initiatives
• Identify resilience gaps and support remediation activities
• Assist with third-party risk management and exit planning activities
• Work with stakeholders across Technology, Risk, Security and the wider business to improve resilience capabilities
• Support compliance with FCA and PRA operational resilience requirements

Requirements

• Experience within a PRA and/or FCA regulated environment
• Strong Operational Resilience and Business Continuity experience
• Exposure to scenario testing, resilience exercises and impact assessments
• Knowledge of BIA, dependency mapping and impact tolerances
• Understanding of IT infrastructure, technology services and cloud environments
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience working within a 1st Line Operational Resilience, Business Continuity or Risk Function, or within a 2LOD function with significant hands on experience with resilience and delivery and testing
• Insurance, Banking, Building Society, FinTech or Financial Services experience

This is an excellent opportunity to join a business where operational resilience is a strategic priority, offering genuine scope to influence change, shape frameworks and develop your career within a growing team.