Continuity & Resilience Manager (Geneva based)

Your team

Corporate Functions includes the Group’s non-banking activities and employs more than 600 people. These functions are carried out by specialists with expertise across all business units, and include Communications, Compliance, Finance, Human Resources, Information Security, Internal Audit, Legal, Organisation, Risk and Tax departments.

You will be joining the Group Corporate Resilience Team, part of Risk & Compliance Management Department, a dynamic cross-entity team responsible for groupwide coordination and oversight of Business Continuity (BCM), Operational Resilience (OR) and Crisis Management. 

As a Continuity and Resilience Manager, you will work in close collaboration with all departments and business lines across the Group in Switzerland and abroad. Your mission will be to support the resilience of their activities, by ensuring ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements and adherence to best practices at the Group and industry levels. 
 

Your role

•    Support the business and Group entities in updating/upgrading their BCM reference documentation and related activities, including:
      - Business Impact Analysis (BIA). Team level ‘bottom-up’ analysis, including mapping with enabling assets/resources and assessment against performance objectives;
      - Crisis Contingency, Business Continuity Plans (BCP), Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP); 
      - Crisis and BCP exercises, formalization of improvement measures and management reporting.
•    Interact with business managers and key stakeholders (risk, legal, ICT experts, etc.) and drive smooth performance and integration of Corporate Resilience objectives set for the Group, while ensuring alignment with local regulation (FINMA, CSSF, BaFin, MAS, HKMA, etc.).
•    Maintain and communicate internal policies, standards and processes pertaining to Business Continuity, as well as Operational Resilience and Crisis Management, ensuring shared awareness and purpose.
•    Support and develop Corporate Resilience training and testing activities, to reflect most recent industry trends and internal standards, and ensure preparedness towards operational disruption.
•    Contribute to the specification, assessment and deployment of new technology and other change initiatives aimed at improving the team’s activities. 
•    Provide subject-matter expertise on BCM and other Corporate Resilience topics to Due Diligence, RFP and audit enquiries.
•    Provide ad hoc capacity and insight to support the Crisis Management team, in response to severe but plausible disruptive events the Group may face.
 

Your profile

•    University degree in Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or equivalent. 
•    At least seven years’ experience in financial services (asset management, private banking), with good understanding of end-to-end processes, ideally combined with BCM and crisis management know-how.
•    Previous experience in operational risk management preferred, for instance through exposure to information security, cyber risk or market infrastructure matters, with a track record of successful deliveries.
•    Strong analytical mindset, with good attention to detail and critical thinking.
•    Excellent command of MS Office, in particular PowerPoint and Excel.
•    Knowledge of data analytics and business intelligence tools (ex. Tableau) would be an advantage.
•    Excellent command of French and English, German an asset.
•    Resident in Switzerland, or willing to relocate.
•    Open to travel across Europe, occasionally.

You are a quick learner with a “can do” attitude, seeking ways to improve both efficiency and effectiveness. You are pragmatic and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. As the chosen candidate, you will be able to bring a forward-thinking mindset, together with technical and organizational skills. You will be able to work autonomously and in strong collaboration with your team, as well as with other co-workers, at all levels of the organisation. 
 

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Diversity & Inclusion

Pictet is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. We respect all individuals and seek their inclusion in the workplace.