Business Continuity Risk Officer

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The Position

Job Title

Business Continuity Risk Officer

Job Description

Summary

First United Bank and Trust Co. is seeking a dedicated and experienced Business Continuity Officer to assist with our enterprise-wide business continuity and disaster recovery programs. In the evolving landscape of financial services, safeguarding our operations, assets, and customer trust against disruptions—whether natural disasters, cyber threats, or systemic failures—is paramount. This role involves ensuring the bank's resilience and the timely recovery of essential business functions in alignment with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.

The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of banking operations, strong project management skills, and a proven track record of designing, implementing, and testing comprehensive business continuity plans. This critical role will serve as the primary subject matter expert, fostering a culture of preparedness across all departments. Previous Information Technology DR testing experience is a plus.

Major Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

The Business Continuity Officer will manage all phases of the business continuity lifecycle, including but not limited to:

• Program Management: Assist with the maturing and maintaining of the bank's comprehensive Business Continuity Management (BCM) program, ensuring compliance with all relevant federal and state banking regulations (e.g., FFIEC guidance).
• Risk Assessment and BIA: Conduct thorough Business Impact Analyses (BIA) and risk assessments across all business units to identify critical functions, dependencies, recovery time objectives (RTOs), and recovery point objectives (RPOs).
• Plan Development and Maintenance: Oversee the creation, documentation, and regular review of actionable continuity and disaster recovery plans, ensuring they are current, accessible, and aligned with BIA results.
• Testing and Documentation: Design, coordinate, and execute a rigorous schedule of testing and exercises (tabletop, scenario-based, functional) and document the effectiveness of recovery plans and identify gaps.
• Training and Awareness: Mature and deliver targeted training programs for all employees, business continuity coordinators, and the incident management team to ensure roles and responsibilities are clearly understood during a disruption.
• Incident Response: Serve a key role in the bank’s incident response team during an actual crisis or disaster, facilitating communication, coordinating recovery efforts, and managing the activation of continuity plans.
• Vendor Management: Collaborate with vendor management teams to ensure that critical third-party vendors have adequate BCM programs and testing protocols in place that meet the bank’s standards.
• Continuous Improvement: Monitor industry trends and emerging threats