Business Continuity Officer (Resilience) at Salmon Group (Taguig, Philippines)Business Continuity Officer (Resilience)

• Maintain the Bank’s business continuity and operational resilience frameworks, policies, standards, and procedures.
• Coordinate periodic Business Impact Analyses and continuity risk assessments.
• Facilitate the identification of critical operations and their end-to-end dependencies, including people, processes, technology, facilities, information, and third parties.
• Assist business units in establishing recovery objectives and tolerances for disruption.
• Review and challenge business continuity, crisis management, emergency response, and recovery plans.
• Coordinate tabletop exercises, call-tree tests, disaster recovery tests, simulations, and severe-but-plausible scenario exercises.
• Evaluate test results, document identified gaps, and monitor corrective actions to completion.
• Assess whether critical operations can remain within approved disruption tolerances.
• Coordinate with IT on system resilience, disaster recovery, cybersecurity incident response, and recovery readiness.
• Assess the continuity and resilience arrangements of critical service providers and outsourced operations.
• Support the activation of continuity and crisis management plans during actual disruptions.
• Facilitate post-incident reviews and ensure lessons learned are incorporated into policies, plans, and controls.
• Maintain escalation and communication procedures for significant disruptions.
• Support the timely preparation of regulatory incident reports and notifications.
• Conduct training and awareness programs for employees, plan owners, and business continuity coordinators.
• Prepare regular resilience reports, dashboards, and recommendations for senior management and the Board.
• Maintain complete documentation for BSP examinations, internal audits, and independent reviews.
• Monitor regulatory developments and recommend enhancements to maintain compliance.
• Perform other operational-risk and resilience responsibilities assigned by the Chief Risk Officer.

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in banking, financial services, or a related industry where BCP is important.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Business continuity management
• Operational resilience or operational risk
• Disaster recovery
• Crisis or incident management
• Banking operations
• Information technology or cybersecurity
• Audit, compliance, or risk management
• Working knowledge of Business Impact Analysis, continuity planning, recovery strategies, and resilience testing.
• Familiarity with BSP regulations, particularly MORB Section 149 and Circular No. 1203.
• Knowledge of ISO 22301 or similar business continuity standards is preferred.
• BCM, operational resilience, risk management, or disaster recovery certification is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, documentation, project coordination, and report-writing skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate across business units, IT, management, and external service providers.
• Ability to remain composed and work effectively during disruptions and crisis situations.
• Willingness to provide support outside regular working hours during exercises or actual incidents, if warranted only.