Business Continuity Officer

Profile Description

We're looking for a Business Continuity Planning Associate with minimum 4 years of experience to join our team.

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Firm Resilience

Firm Resilience leads and coordinates initiatives to proactively prepare the Firm to be resilient against operational threats as well as identify and manage material operational risk.

Risk & Resiliency Management

This is a Associate position that Identifies, assesses, and mitigates risks to ensure operational continuity and resilience in the face of potential threats or disruptions that could impact the organization, plus management of ongoing incidents.

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.

At Morgan Stanley India, we support the Firm's global businesses, with critical presence across Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment management, as well as in the Firm's infrastructure functions of Technology, Operations, Finance, Risk Management, Legal and Corporate & Enterprise Services. Morgan Stanley has been rooted in India since 1993, with campuses in both Mumbai and Bengaluru. We empower our multi-faceted and talented teams to advance their careers and make a global impact on the business. For those who show passion and grit in their work, there's ample opportunity to move across the businesses for those who show passion and grit in their work.

Interested in joining a team that's eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on…

What You'll Do In The Role
The role of Business Continuity Planning Officer requires you to work as part of a global team to support strategic Planning program development and fulfilment of internal and external planning and testing requirements. Ensuring Business Continuity and Operational resilience requirements for processes performed in India is a regulatory requirement. The team is focused on driving continued enhancement to the Firm's Business Continuity Planning standard to ensure the impact of potentially disruptive incidents can be responded to robustly and promptly in alignment with business objectives and regulatory expectations. The function is also responsible for program governance and reporting, and development and support of Business Continuity tooling and transition of enhancements into production.

The Business Continuity Planning Officer is required to provide subject matter expertise to both enhance and expand existing programs around Business Continuity Planning and the testing of Business Continuity Plans to ensure that, during a business disruptive incident all Business Units will be able to recover and perform critical business processes and limit the impact of the incident to the Firm. A successful candidate will be responsible for the implementation of these enhancements by working closely with stakeholders from across the organization.

Primary Responsibilities

Drive Business Continuity Planning program requirements by providing guidance and direction to assigned Business Unit Stakeholders to ensure their Business Continuity Plans are in accordance with the Firm's Business Continuity Management Policy and Procedures

Ensure assigned Business Unit Business Continuity Plans are updated, tested and signed off in accordance with the Firm's Business Continuity Management Policy

Provide Business Continuity Planning tool training as required

Perform enhanced quality assurance of Business Continuity Plans on an ongoing basis and document findings for Business Unit Stakeholders

Maintain direct communications via monthly Business Unit planning meetings and activities

Assist the department in enhancing, formalizing, and standardizing the business continuity planning process

Coordinate periodic reviews and tests of established plans and procedures, reporting findings to management and making recommendations for improvements as needed

Coordinate monthly reporting collation and distribution for program governance and monitoring purposes

Engage with senior management and participate in governance committees to effectively drive the Business Continuity Planning program

Actively drive and support local, regional, and global managed projects as required

Interact with country management to provide guidance, coordination, and support during a disruptive event, including escalation, communication and documenting lessons learned

Support and participate in internal and third-party vendor testing table-top exercises.

Conduct client engagement sessions, presenting the Firm's resilience framework and testing regime as part of client third-party due diligence assessments.

This role may require some travel within the region

Skills Required
What you'll bring to the role:

2+ years of professional experience in a Business Continuity Planning Role

Understanding of existing and emerging regulatory requirements on the financial sector regarding Business Continuity and Operational Resilience

Understanding of industry best practices pertaining to Business Continuity Planning and Testing

Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentation) with the ability to articulate program enhancements to key stakeholders

Strong relationship building and influencing skills

Self-motivated, proactive, and calm under pressure

Computer skills: Microsoft applications (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)

Desired Skills

Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) certification or similar

Risk Management, or technical background

Knowledge of BC Planning Tool, Fusion RM

What You Can Expect From Morgan Stanley
We are committed to maintaining the first-class service and high standard of excellence that have defined Morgan Stanley for over 89 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren't just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries. At Morgan Stanley, you'll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry. There's also ample opportunity to move about the business for those who show passion and grit in their work.

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Morgan Stanley is an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential. Our skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the global communities in which we operate and who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing, and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.