ABN AMRO Clearing is a globally active and prominent general clearing member, providing best execution, clearing, settlement, custody and financing services for listed derivatives, cash securities, over-the-counter products, exchange-traded funds, commodities, and foreign exchange transactions. As a prime broker, our single global service model for clients connects businesses in the three regions: : Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the United States. ABN AMRO Clearing covers all major exchanges and execution venues, combined with central counterparty coverage in those regions as well as Brazil.
The IT organisation is responsible for the day-to-day availability of IT systems for clients and employees. To this end, IT maintains the service quality of systems and infrastructure, makes business information available and designs solutions. IT also ensures that disruptions or incidents affecting the IT landscape or end users are resolved quickly and adequately. IT is also responsible for Architecture, Security, and Infrastructure
With the following results:
Together with 3 peers around the globe, you will be responsible for the overall IT Service Continuity management process. The scope is global and contains all on premise IT Infrastructure, SaaS and Cloud application.
Key Responsibilities:
Own and maintain the IT Service Continuity Management (ITSCM) Process and Plan
Identify opportunities for the improvement, efficiency and effectiveness of the service
Ensuring the IT resilience capability of the organisation, aligns to Business Resilience requirements
Assure and where appropriate, participate in end-to-end testing for Service Continuity exercises
Schedule risk reviews, obtaining current risk status and mitigation tasks with Risk Owners
Manage and raise risks, where a risk to service has been identified
Support Product Owners to create and maintain the Service Continuity and Risk documentation
Work closely with the dev/ops teams to ensure the required exercises are performed in time and with the desired quality and outcome (eg RTO/RPO)
Identify and govern ITSC related risks, as well as maintaining visibility and awareness of related Risks, Issues, and Improvements
Report towards Risk committees on the health of the IT Disaster Recovery / failover services, identifying issues and remediation activities
Requirements:
Ability to assimilate information quickly, clearly identifying key risks and gaps, issues, and present information concisely
Ability to lead the IT and business organisations to a higher maturity level in IT Service Continuity
Have a proven track record in IT Service Continuity Management (ITSCM) and can demonstrate that you have worked in an ITSCM function, where you have operated an assurance / risk based managed ITSCM process and exercises
Good understanding of IT Infrastructure and high availability architectures
Good understanding of Risk Management concepts and working practices
Hands on mentality
Demonstrate, that you have experience in implementing, applying, and governing IT Service Continuity Management standards and procedures
Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively across all operational levels of the organisation as well as with suppliers
Fluent in the English language