Operational Resilience Specialist

4 days ago


Manchester, United Kingdom AJ Bell Management Limited Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Operational Resilience Specialist to join our team at AJ Bell Management Limited. As an Operational Resilience Specialist, you will play a key role in ensuring the continuity of our business operations and services.

Key Responsibilities
  • Operational Resilience Roadmap: Collaborate with the Operational Resilience Manager to coordinate the delivery of the Operational Resilience Roadmap, building strong relationships with stakeholders across the business, including third-party suppliers.
  • Resilience Testing: Engage with third-party suppliers and internal technology teams to understand and document existing resilience testing outcomes.
  • Risk Identification: Assist in the performance of due diligence exercises to identify and articulate risks and vulnerabilities, including opportunities to improve our resilience.
  • Scenario Testing: Design and deliver desktop-based scenario testing exercises, including stakeholders from technology services and third-party suppliers.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Represent the operational resilience team at the Third-Party Resilience Group and the Technology Resilience Group to ensure appropriate escalation of resilience concerns.
  • Lessons Learned: Participate in other resilience testing exercises as part of the resilience team and ensure that any vulnerabilities and actions identified are agreed with owners and documented.
  • Reporting and Analysis: Develop MI for various governance forums, including clear and concise documentation detailing progress of third-party testing.
  • Training and Awareness: Participate in the delivery of training and awareness exercises to embed the Operational Resilience strategy within the business.
Requirements
  • Experience: Experience of resilience testing, working with third-party suppliers, or an awareness of third-party operational risk would be advantageous.
  • Attributes: Highly self-motivated and optimistic, diligent and organized, with the ability to work on multiple workstreams at once.
  • Skills: Experience of using Visio or similar process mapping tools, ability to interpret complex systems and processes, and strong written communication skills.
  • Technical Skills: Experience of MS Excel for detailed data analysis and/or Power BI to build effective reporting.
  • Regulatory Knowledge: Awareness of the Operational Resilience regulations in Financial Services.
About Us

AJ Bell Management Limited is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, offering an award-winning range of solutions that cater for everyone, from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience.

We have over 503,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totaling more than £80 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

What We Offer
  • Competitive Salary: Starting salary up to £37,000 (dependent on experience)
  • Generous Holiday Allowance: Increasing up to 31 days with service, plus bank holidays
  • Casual Dress Code
  • Discretionary Bonus
  • Contributory Pension Scheme
  • Buy as You Earn Share Scheme
  • Free Annual Share Scheme
  • Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Scheme from day one
  • Bike Loan
  • Season Ticket Loan Portal
  • Discounted PMI and Dental
  • On-Site Gym and Personal Trainer Led Classes
  • Paid Volunteering Opportunities, free social events, and more


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