Business Continuity Coordinator

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As a member of Enterprise Risk Management, the Business Continuity Coordinator is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining comprehensive business continuity plans to ensure the Company's resilience in the face of disruptions. This role involves risk assessments, plan testing, and coordination of recovery strategies to safeguard critical operations during unforeseen events.

This role requires a combination of analytical, communication, and organizational skills to be successful.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain comprehensive business continuity plans to ensure organizational resilience.
• Conduct business impact assessments and enterprise-wide threat and vulnerability risk assessments with key stakeholders to identify potential threats to business operations, as well as recovery strategies and procedures.
• Develop business continuity review and testing schedule.
• Identify gaps between cost center recovery requirement and IT recovery capability.
• Establish communication protocols for emergencies and maintain communication channels with relevant parties.
• Respond promptly to incidents, activating recovery plans as needed.
• Conduct post-incident continuity reviews to identify areas for improvement and implement necessary changes.
• Monitor industry trends and emerging risks to continually enhance the organization's resilience.
• Stay up-to-date with relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards.
• Ensure compliance with business continuity and disaster recovery regulatory requirements.
• Foster a culture of preparedness and resilience across the organization.
• Act as a resource for associates seeking clarification on business continuity program, requirements, policies and procedures.
• Maintain program artifacts and supporting documentation in LogicManager.
• Provide data-driven analysis of business continuity reviews and issues.
• Other Duties as assigned.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Needed to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

• Experience gathering and interpreting data for use in risk assessments.
• 1-3 years of relevant experience.
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Excellent written/oral communications and interpersonal skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical abilities.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Word and Excel.

Preferred Knowledge and Skills

• Bachelor's degree.
• Knowledge of LogicManager software is a plus.

Level of Complexity and Scope

• Ability to handle basic, routine issues referring more complex issues to higher-level staff.

Degree of Independence and Decision-Making

• Performs work under direct supervision following established guidelines.

Required Supervisory Responsibilities

• None

Physical Requirements

• Frequently sits, stands, and navigates a typical office environment.
• Occasionally lifts up to 20 lbs.

Compliance Statement

The associate is responsible for meeting all compliance requirements imposed on First Financial Bank by State and Federal law and regulation, as well as all related First Financial Bank policies and procedures. This includes all Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, OFAC and Suspicious Activity reporting requirements, as well as all other lending and deposit compliance requirements.

It is our policy to not discriminate against any individual in violation of federal, state, and local laws as it relates to age, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran/military service, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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