Lead Business Continuity Analyst

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Job Description:

About Dimensional: 

Dimensional was built around a set of ideas bigger than the firm itself. With a confidence in markets, deep connections to the academic community, and a focus on implementation, we go where the science leads, and continue to pursue new insights, both large and small, that can benefit our clients. 

The Technology Department at Dimensional leverages the rapidly evolving state of the art to engineer the platforms that power the innovative, research-driven financial and technical products to improve our client’s financial lives. 

The Lead Business Continuity Analyst is a highly visible position serving as the conduit between the business functions and the IT and Risk Management organizations. This position has global purview and will be responsible for driving Business Continuity initiatives to include business impact analysis, BC planning, BC testing, training, and remediation oversight of identified gaps. The Lead Analyst will provide expertise in coordinating, assessing, developing & communicating BC requirements and plans to protect the firm in the event that people, facilities or technology resources are unavailable due to an unforeseen disruption. This role will participate in complex projects as the conduit between the technology groups and other company business functions.

In addition, the Lead Analyst will be responsible for ensuring the completeness, regular review, and appropriate testing of office and firm-level business continuity plans. He/she will also be responsible for reporting, analysis, risk assessment and mitigation planning. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience and understanding of business continuity planning techniques and best practices, as well as the methods used in performing risk analyses and business impact analyses.

You may be a fit for this role if you: 

• Are open-minded, curious, and resourceful. 
• Lead with vision and purpose to bring about transformational change. 
• Are passionate about/stay current with modern technologies/solutions. 
• Solve problems systematically and transparently. 
• Share ideas, solicit/integrate feedback, design and solve collaboratively. 
• Demonstrate engineering and security mindsets. 

What you might work on: 

• Develop, coordinate, and maintain comprehensive business continuity plans to ensure the ability to for the firm to continue business operations in the event of a disruption.
• Assist departments and business units in determining critical business processes, identifying acceptable recovery timeframes, designing and implementing continuity solutions, and establishing resources required for the successful resumption of business operations in the event of a disruption.
• Partner with infrastructure and application areas to develop and maintain continuity procedures for Tier 1 business applications.  Ensure alignment between the disaster recovery and business continuity programs.
• Ensure development of capabilities critical to maintaining cont