
Senior Consultant - Business Continuity Management
- Toronto, ON
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
What you will do
- Conducting assessments of business continuity management plans including business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management plans to identify gaps and opportunities for improvements.
- Design business continuity programs and roadmaps to implement the different plans and practices.
- Perform business impact assessments and support organizations in identifying the prioritizations of their business continuity planning practices.
- Monitoring relevant business continuity standards and practices.
- Developing risk and control matrices and reviewing procedures.
- Working on several IT internal audit engagements and delivering on various technology risk projects. Primary focus will be in the business continuity and disaster recovery space but other technology risk and IT internal audit experience is a plus.
- Engagement risk management: quality assurance through file review, engagement planning, development and monitoring, engagement profitability - Simultaneously deliver multiple client engagements of varying size, scope and complexity.
- Business development: taking an active role in the business community to increase awareness of the firm's services and level of commitment to the local market, developing and maturing relationships with internal staff and clients, developing proposals, identifying and pursuing opportunities to increase the practice's penetration in the public and private sector.
- Service Delivery: conducting research, performing technical testing, writing reports, conducting interviews and communicating regularly with clients and resources.
- Leading field engagement teams as well as coaching and mentoring junior staff members.
- Bachelor’s or Masters degree required, or equivalent experience
- Completion of relevant certifications (e.g., ABCP, CBCP, CISA, CRISC)
- 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in assessing, developing or managing business continuity, including Disaster Recovery Planning, Business Continuity Planning, and Crisis Management
- Working knowledge of ISO 22301, ISO 22317, or ISO 22361
- Experience with developing and facilitating tabletop exercises
- Ability to work both independently, with little supervision and within a team environment.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, able to effectively express insights.
- Demonstrated ability to learn and succeed in a fast-paced environment.
- Attention to detail and strong organization and analytical skills.
- Strong understanding of business and audit risks.
- Has a high degree of personal confidence, enthusiasm and drive. Willingness and ability to travel both within Canada and internationally.
- Working knowledge of the core components of an IT infrastructure (e.g. servers, virtual systems, SaaS technology, backup technologies, etc.)