Operational Resilience Analyst

Operational Resilience Analyst

Location: Milton Keynes

Salary: £45,000 - £52,000 + 6% bonus + private health care + onsite parking

Type: Permanent, full time, 5 days a week

Hybrid: 2 days in the office, 3 days remote working

Our client is a leading insurance organisation investing heavily in technology, cyber security and operational resilience as part of a wider transformation programme.

Following significant investment in cloud, data and security capabilities, they are looking to appoint an Operational Resilience Analyst to join a growing team within the Information Security function.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in enhancing resilience across the business, ensuring critical services can continue to operate during incidents, outages and disruptions.

Working closely with Technology, Risk and Security teams, you'll help embed resilience frameworks and support the organisation's regulatory obligations.

Key Responsibilities

Support the development and embedding of the Operational Resilience Framework

Conduct Business Impact Assessments (BIA) and identify Important Business Services (IBS)

Map critical business processes, technology dependencies and third-party relationships

Facilitate operational resilience scenario testing and resilience exercises

Support business continuity planning and resilience improvement initiatives

Identify resilience gaps and support remediation activities

Assist with third-party risk management and exit planning activities

Work with stakeholders across Technology, Risk, Security and the wider business to improve resilience capabilities

Support compliance with FCA and PRA operational resilience

requirements

Requirements

Experience within a PRA and/or FCA regulated environment

Strong Operational Resilience and Business Continuity experience

Exposure to scenario testing, resilience exercises and impact assessments

Knowledge of BIA, dependency mapping and impact tolerances

Understanding of IT infrastructure, technology services and cloud environments

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

Experience working within a 1st Line Operational Resilience, Business Continuity or Risk Function, or within a 2LOD function with significant hands on experience with resilience and delivery and testing

Insurance, Banking, Building Society, FinTech or Financial Services experience

This is an excellent opportunity to join a business where operational resilience is a strategic priority, offering genuine scope to influence change, shape frameworks and develop your career within a growing team