What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Continuity Associate position at Point72?
A Career with Point72’s Operational Risk Team
The Operational Risk Team at Point72 is responsible for the identification, monitoring, and reporting of non-investment risk across the Firm. The group reports to the Chief Administrative Officer and includes Business Continuity Planning, Operational Risk Management, Corporate Insurance, and Third-Party Risk Management. We are looking for an experienced Business Continuity Associate to contribute to the development, maturation and management of all aspects of business resilience and crisis management.
What you’ll do
As a Business Continuity Associate at Point72, you will play a key role in ensuring our business operations can continue, with minimal disruption, during various scenarios that include but are not limited to technological failures, natural disasters, and other operational disruptions. You will work closely with all departments to develop, maintain, and improve our business continuity plans, strategies, testing and training programs. Specifically, you will:
We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:
Point72 Asset Management is a global firm led by Steven Cohen that invests in multiple asset classes and strategies worldwide. Resting on more than a quarter-century of investing experience, we seek to be the industry’s premier asset manager through delivering superior risk-adjusted returns, adhering to the highest ethical standards, and offering the greatest opportunities to the industry’s brightest talent. We’re inventing the future of finance by revolutionizing how we develop our people and how we use data to shape our thinking. For more information, visit www.Point72.com/working-here
The Operational Risk Team at Point72 is responsible for the identification, monitoring, and reporting of non-investment risk across the Firm. The group reports to the Chief Administrative Officer and includes Business Continuity Planning, Operational Risk Management, Corporate Insurance, and Third-Party Risk Management. We are looking for an experienced Business Continuity Associate to contribute to the development, maturation and management of all aspects of business resilience and crisis management.
What you’ll do
As a Business Continuity Associate at Point72, you will play a key role in ensuring our business operations can continue, with minimal disruption, during various scenarios that include but are not limited to technological failures, natural disasters, and other operational disruptions. You will work closely with all departments to develop, maintain, and improve our business continuity plans, strategies, testing and training programs. Specifically, you will:
- Conduct business impact analyses to identify critical business processes, RTOs, RPOs and the impact of specific disruptions
- Assist in the development and implementation of business continuity strategies and solutions
- Collaborate with all departments to develop and document procedures in business continuity playbooks
- Facilitate training and exercises to test the effectiveness of the business continuity playbooks
- Coordinate emergency response and recovery efforts during disruptions
- Provide support in managing communication with stakeholders during and after disruptions
- Utilize SaaS risk management programs to work efficiently and collaboratively with other departments
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry best practices and regulatory requirements related to business continuity
- Assist in the preparation of reports and presentations for senior management on the status of business continuity preparedness
- Manage and update all content found on the Business Continuity intranet website
- Partner with Compliance to ensure all business continuity related regulatory requests and deliverables are completed accurately and ahead of due date
- Support other Operational Risk team members efforts pertaining to business resilience
- Develop and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders through regular working groups and roundtables
- Partner closely with Technology, Global Information Security, Disaster Recovery and all global BCP coordinators
- At least 5 years of experience in business continuity, disaster recovery, or a related field
- Experience using a crisis/incident management software tool
- Experience using a governance, risk and controls software to manage program requirements
- Working knowledge of software like Workday, Salesforce, SharePoint, JIRA, JSM
- A bachelor’s degree
- Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) or similar certification
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- The ability to develop and maintain relationships internally and externally to gain insight into risks that are not immediately clear
- Strong critical thinking skills that lead to finding new, better ways of doing things, implementing positive changes, and quickly adapting to changing processes, priorities, and ideas
- The ability to keep track of multiple projects and work through abstract issues in an organized and efficient manner
- An honest, direct, unbiased, and ethical approach to your work
- Commitment to the highest ethical standards
We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:
- Fully-paid health care benefits
- Generous parental and family leave policies
- Mental and physical wellness programs
- Volunteer opportunities
- Non-profit matching gift program
- Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, minorities and the LGBT community
- Tuition assistance
- A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more
Point72 Asset Management is a global firm led by Steven Cohen that invests in multiple asset classes and strategies worldwide. Resting on more than a quarter-century of investing experience, we seek to be the industry’s premier asset manager through delivering superior risk-adjusted returns, adhering to the highest ethical standards, and offering the greatest opportunities to the industry’s brightest talent. We’re inventing the future of finance by revolutionizing how we develop our people and how we use data to shape our thinking. For more information, visit www.Point72.com/working-here
