A career at Lombard Odier means working for a renowned global wealth and asset manager, with a strong focus on sustainable investing. An innovative bank of choice for private and institutional clients, our independently owned Firm is one of the best-capitalised banking groups in the world, managing close to CHF
300 billion and operating from over 25 offices across 4 continents.
With a history spanning over 225 years, Lombard Odier is an investment house providing a comprehensive offering of discretionary and advisory portfolio management, wealth services and custody. We also offer asset management services and investment strategies through Lombard Odier Investment Managers and provide
advanced banking technology to other financial institutions.
“Rethink Everything” is our philosophy – it is at the heart of everything we do. We have grown stronger through more than 40 financial crises by rethinking the world around us to provide a fresh investment perspective for our clients.
As a Head of Group Business Continuity Management and Operational Resilience you are part of the Group Operational Risk team in Geneva. You are in charge of developing, maintaining and implementing the business continuity management framework and you are responsible of the implementation of operational resilience at Group level.
YOUR ROLE
Operational Resilience:
Review and potentially adjust the critical functions and their tolerances to disruption;
Manage the different initiatives to ensure our operational resilience within the Group;
Coordinate the testing around the critical functions and the action plans correlated to those table top exercises;
Be the single point of contact for all operational resilience matters.
Business Continuity Management:
Articulate the Business Continuity Strategy and drive its implementation
Maintain and embed the business continuity framework;
Ensure that all the information correlated to continuity are up to date and that corrective actions are in place if needed;
Provide direct support to the business lines and all the entities of the Group to formalize and implement business continuity plans (Business Impact Analysis, Business Continuity Plans, trainings, crisis management);
Educate our stakeholders in terms of best practices around business continuity:
Report to senior management on existing business continuity initiatives, issues and action plans;
Ensure effective and efficient business continuity & resilience governance, organization and processes;
Coordinate the developments and the maintenance of the business continuity tool.
YOUR PROFILE
At least 10 years of experience in business continuity management in a financial institution;
Deep understanding of banking business and operational processes
Excellent knowledge and understanding of the Swiss regulation especially of the FINMA Circ.- 23/1 Operational Risk and resilience and good understanding of the European regulation on Digital Operational Resilience knowledge (DORA)
Solutions oriented and hands on profile
Excellent communication skills, capable to popularize and to train all our stakeholders
Capable to resist to stress and to deal with difficult situations
Fluent, both orally and in writing, in French and English;
Resident in Switzerland
Our Maison’s DNA is defined by five core values. Excellence drives us to be the best at what we do, while Innovation fuels our progress. Respect underpins every interaction, and Integrity shapes our actions. Together, we are One Team, united in serving our clients with unwavering dedication.
Should you recognise yourself in this mission statement, we would be happy to receive your application. It will be handled in the strictest confidence.