Continuity Planning Consultant

Location: UK, London
Organisation: State Street Corporation

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors, including investment servicing, investment management, and investment research and trading. With $11.3 trillion in assets under custody and $1.4 trillion in assets under management at March 31, 2009, State Street operates in 27 countries and more than 100 geographic markets worldwide.

Operating in the United Kingdom since 1972, State Street has about 2,200 employees servicing customers in multiple locations.
http://www.statestreet.co.uk

Continuity Planning Consultant

This role will demonstrate the commitment of GCS and GIS in supporting the EMEA businesses during an incident to mitigate business impact. The following are some of the initiatives of this position.

-Conduct incident management enhancement meetings with the EMEA IRT, BCMs, and SCMs
-Conduct training and awareness sessions for EMEA IRT, BCMs and Senior Continuity Managers
-Implement specific roles and responsibilities to the EMEA Incident Response Team
-Develop and conduct all Simulation Exercises including Executive Management on an ongoing basis for the EMEA region
-Provide on call status on a rotation schedule with Incident Management Team 7 x 24.
Manage incidents regionally coordinating with appropriate Corporate Support staff, Client Relationship Managers (CRMs), Business Continuity Managers (BCMs) and Senior Continuity Managers (SCMs) when applicable.

When managing incidents:
-Conduct conference calls, identify impact to business units, communicate to management impact assessment, identify workaround being conducted to prevent any business interruption and determined resolution.
-Fulfill the Fed requirements for IT Split Operations for the support of all GCS Interagency Functions.
-Serve as a point of contact for enhancement initiatives with GCS (i.e., incident management, business function streamlining, process continuity, etc.)

REMARKS: This position is critical for us to fill as soon as possible as there is a critical requirement for a strong seasoned professional to take a leadership role to head up EMEA Incident Management.

Exception to GIS EMEA budget; GIS Mgmt commits to covering through attrition.

EDUCATION:
-Bachelor's Degree in Business
-Experience in business continuity, emergency preparedness and / or disaster recovery
Certified Business Continuity Professional preferred

SKILLS:
-Strong leadership skills especially in a critical or crisis situation
-Good communication skills
-Ability to interact with Executive Management in a professional manner
-Demonstrates sound judgement

To apply to this position, follow the "apply now" link. To locate this position in our application page, please use the KEYWORD search functionality and insert either the State Street Job ID 27683 or the Location London.

•Date: 1st February 2010 •Region: UK