Title: Business Analyst IV
Location: Remote (US)
Schedule: Full-Time, 40 hours/week (PST preferred)
Employment Type: 12-Month W2 Contract with potential for extension
Compensation: $75.47/hr
About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced Business Continuity Planning Analyst to support enterprise-wide business resilience initiatives. This role will partner closely with business stakeholders across multiple functions to identify operational risks, develop continuity strategies, facilitate business continuity exercises, and help ensure critical business functions can continue during disruptive events.
The ideal candidate has a strong background in business continuity planning, operational resilience, risk analysis, and stakeholder management within a large enterprise environment.
Main Responsibilities:
- Partner with business stakeholders to conduct Business Impact Analyses (BIA) and identify critical business functions.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance business continuity plans and recovery strategies.
- Facilitate and lead tabletop exercises to test preparedness and response capabilities.
- Perform continuity and recovery gap assessments and coordinate remediation efforts.
- Map business processes, system dependencies, and operational workflows.
- Support crisis preparedness and resiliency initiatives across multiple teams.
- Deliver continuity training, awareness programs, and exercise debriefs.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including technical, operational, and business stakeholders.
- Support third-party and vendor continuity risk management efforts.
- Document procedures, workflows, findings, and recommendations.
Education and Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- 8+ years of overall professional experience.
- 5+ years of Business Continuity Planning experience.
- 5+ years of experience in operations, consulting, project coordination, or related environments.
- 5+ years of experience leading projects and coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Experience developing and maintaining business continuity documentation, procedures, and workflows.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
- Business Continuity Management (BCM)
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
- Tabletop Exercise facilitation and execution
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Recovery planning and gap analysis
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Process mapping and workflow documentation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience working in fast-paced, dynamic environments
- Experience with Confluence, SharePoint, Wiki, or similar collaboration tools
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- Crisis Management experience
- Operational Resilience experience
- Disaster Recovery planning
- Incident Response or Emergency Management experience
- Third-Party/Vendor Risk Management experience
- Enterprise-level business continuity program experience
- Experience supporting large-scale technology organizations
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