What will the Business Continuity Analyst do?
The Business Continuity Analyst plays a vital role in supporting Coterie’s efforts to ensure operational continuity and resilience. The position is responsible for identifying potential disruptions to business operations, developing and maintaining comprehensive business continuity plans, conducting business impact assessment (BIA), risk assessments, and ensuring the organization can effectively recover from incidents by facilitating testing, training, and communication strategies to minimize downtime and impact on critical functions.
The role involves close collaboration with various departments to gain a thorough understanding of business processes and critical dependencies, enabling the development of robust recovery strategies that enhance organizational resilience.
- Conduct Business Impact Assessments (BIA) to identify critical processes, assess potential impacts, and prioritize recovery efforts.
- Identify and analyze single points of failure in business processes, systems, and infrastructure, and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to implement risk mitigation strategies.
- Develop, document, and test business continuity plans, including temporary workarounds and risk mitigation strategies for critical processes.
- Plan and execute disaster recovery tests and tabletop exercises, documenting results, identifying gaps, and implementing improvements.
- Collaborate with team lead’s and stakeholders to create, maintain, and align continuity plans with organizational objectives and standards.
- Ensure continuity plans, procedures, and related documents are organized, accessible, and regularly updated to reflect changes in business processes or risks.
- Provide ongoing updates on the business continuity program’s progress, risks, and compliance with organizational policies.
What we are looking for
- 3-4 years of experience in business continuity planning, disaster recovery, risk management, IT audit, business analysis, project management, or a related field. A minimum of 1-2 years of direct experience in BCP/DR is required.
- Strong analytical skills to assess impacts, identify risks, and develop mitigation strategies.
- Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to create and maintain business continuity plans.
- Knowledge of industry standards and best practices, such as NIST frameworks.
- Excellent organizational skills to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly.
- Detail-oriented, proactive, and self-motivated, with a commitment to enhancing resilience and continuity.
Our interview process:
Our hiring process generally consists of 4 phases. The goal is to provide an opportunity for us to learn more about our candidates while allowing them to get to know us as well!
- Phase 1: Qualified candidates will first meet with a member of our People Operations team for a phone interview. This discussion is a high-level conversation to understand more about your background and interests and for us to share more about Coterie and the position.
- Phase 2: Selected candidates will be invited to participate in our PDP survey and meet with our Hiring Manager for a 2nd interview via Teams video. This interview is designed to be more detail oriented and allows you to learn more about the role and expected to be 45 minutes in length.
- Phase 3: Top candidates will be invited to participate in an experiential exercise interview. This will include a project provided in advance. The 1-hour interview will be conducted with our hiring manager and our CISO.
- Phase 4: Final candidates will receive an invite to our final interview series. This series will include 1:1 interviews with additional team members. The final series is roughly 1-2 hours in total.
What's in it for you:
Coterie has excellent benefits for all full-time employees. We offer the following:
- 100% remote
- Health insurance through Aetna (we pay 100% of premiums)
- Dental and vision insurance through Guardian (we pay 100% of premiums)
- Basic life insurance (we pay 100% of premiums)
- Access to flexible spending account (FSA) or health savings account (HSA) (for those using HSA eligible plans)
- 401K plan (up 4% match with immediate vest)
- Flexible PTO and 12 company-paid holidays each year
- Continuing education annual stipend
- Annual salary estimated between 90,000-110,000 based on national data. Candidates who meet all the minimum requirements and possess additional relevant experience, as outlined in the job description, may be considered for a salary above the midpoint of the above range. Salary is based on internal equity; internal salary ranges; market data/ranges; applicant’s skills; prior relevant experience; degrees or certifications, etc.