Bus Continuity Consultant

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

This job is responsible for consulting on corporate business continuity topics with clients. Key responsibilities include recommending and implementing solutions that protect the bank's assets and participating or leading business continuity initiatives and ongoing process activities (i.e., scenario analysis, plan development, testing, event management, and progress reporting/measurement). Job expectations include providing subject matter consulting support in audit and regulatory matters as needed. The Group Business Recovery Coordinator (GBRC) is an individual contributor within the Global Operations (GO) organization (KD005 – Bus Continuity Consultant job profile). This role is responsible for supporting the end-to-end Business Recovery Planning and Testing processes and driving overall operational resiliency for a portfolio of business functions within Global Operations. The GBRC will: • Work closely with function teams and the function owner to complete deliverables and collaborate with other GO GBRCs to ensure deliverable consistency and quality • Directly update deliverables in the business continuity systems of record, including Continuity Planning Tool (CPT). • Interact with senior leaders and engage/influence business partners across the defined portfolio Key responsibilities include the building and maintenance of the following deliverables for the GBRC’s portfolio of business functions: • Business Impact Analysis (BIA) – functional risk assessment to determine the function’s Recovery Time Objective (RTO).   Also includes identification of the function’s application, 3rd party, and other function dependencies • Business Recovery Plan (BRP) – recovery strategies and tasks for recovery of the function; includes recovery for physical location disruption, dependency disruption, and employee unavailability (e.g., pandemic) • Business Recovery Function-Location Testing – the GBRC will write test scripts and expected results and oversee test execution by function teams The GBRC will have opportunities to participate in or run projects from time-to-time based on availability, project topic knowledge, and career interests.

Conducts current-state risk-based assessments to develop business continuity management strategies and monitors the effectiveness following the implementation of the plan Evaluates the performance of plans, processes, and programs at assigned organizational level,