Business Continuity Specialist - 6 months Job at Control Risks, New York, NY

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  • Control Risks
  • New York, NY

Job Description

We’re seeking a detail-oriented Business Continuity Specialist to support a leading global consumer goods client on a 6-month engagement. In this role, you will help strengthen the client’s resilience by reviewing and enhancing existing business continuity plans, facilitating risk assessments, and supporting continuity exercises across key business units. This position requires a strong understanding of industry best practices, a proactive mindset, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

This role is set for a 6-month contract.

  • Assist with the developing, maintaining, and implementation of resiliency solutions, including business continuity plans, business impact analysis, and documentation of procedures.
  • Partner with critical business functions to identify opportunities for strategic improvement or mitigation of interruptions and other risks caused by business, regulatory, or industry-specific change initiatives.
  • Collaborate with the client’s IT teams to integrate business continuity processes and templates within their SmartSuite platform.
  • Prepare reports to summarize testing activities, including descriptions of goals, planning, scheduling, execution, results, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations.
  • Participate in support of various other initiatives and ad- hoc projects to enhance business resilience.
  • Ensure alignment with recognized BCP standards (e.g., ISO22301, DRI, Gartner, etc).

Requirements

  • 6+ years' experience implementing and managing corporate business continuity or risk management programs.
  • Bachelor’s degree in business or related field.
  • Experience with commercial Business Continuity tools.
  • Experience managing and analyzing data from various sources to align strategic goals.
  • Experience in responding to significant disruptive events.
  • Ability to dive deep into data, existing processes, people, and technology challenges in order to identify risks and opportunities.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including the written and oral communication skills necessary to build relationships and positively influence decision making.
  • Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple complex projects.
  • Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII), Business Continuity Institute (BCI), or other business continuity professional certifications are a plus.

Benefits

  • Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer.
  • We operate a discretionary bonus scheme that incentivizes, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
  • Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasize the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.

The salary range for this position for a 6-month period will be between $55,000-$62,500

Control Risks is committed to a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made in order to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.

Control Risks participates in the E-Verify program to confirm employment authorization of all newly hired employees. The E-Verify process is completed during new hire onboarding and completion of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, at the start of employment. E-Verify is not used as a tool to pre-screen candidates. For more information on E-Verify, please visit

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, Work at office, Remote work, Flexible hours,

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