Business Continuity Specialist

Control Risks

Business Continuity Analyst executing corporate business continuity programs focusing on the Americas region for a Fortune 100 client. Collaborating with teams to ensure effective business continuity plans and assessments.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeRemote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $95,000 - $105,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Executing the BC strategy as developed by the Head of Corporate BC and Regional BC managers.
Working with regional business teams to conduct business impact and risk assessments, identify critical services, define recovery objectives, and map critical dependencies.
Working with business teams to document BC plan needs in Corporate Continuity tool to drive consistency and attestation.
Partnering with the Business, and Global Real Estate and Facilities team to coordinate recovery strategies as identified through the Business Continuity planning process.
Facilitating business continuity exercises and tests, to identify potential gaps in plans, as well as functionality of work transference processes supporting recovery.
Work with large amounts of data and create meaningful reports.
Support in launching and maintaining tools and POC for conducting trainings.
Liaison with support teams to implement the program.
Supporting workplace resilience initiatives by working with multiple stakeholders to include facilities, business continuity, information technology, security and crisis management, for the purpose of seamlessly integrating within the disaster response cycle, as required.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years' experience implementing and managing corporate business continuity or risk management programs.
Ability to travel across assigned regions and internationally as needed.
Bachelor's Degree in business or related field.
Experience with commercial Business Continuity tools.
Experience managing and analyzing data from various sources to align to strategic goals.
Experience in responding to significant disruptive events.
Ability to dive deep into data, existing processes, people, and technology challenges in order to identify risks and opportunities.
Strong interpersonal skills, including the written and oral communication skills necessary to build relationships and positively influence decision making.
Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple complex projects.
Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII), Business Continuity Institute (BCI), or other business continuity professional certification a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer.
We operate a discretionary bonus scheme that incentivizes, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasize the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
Medical Benefits, Prescription Benefits, FSA, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, Life and AD&D, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Disability Benefits, Voluntary Benefits, 401 (K) Retirement, Nationwide Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Business Impact AssessmentRisk AssessmentRecovery Objectives DefinitionData ManagementReport Creation

Soft Skills

Interpersonal SkillsWritten CommunicationOral CommunicationProject Management

Certifications

Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII)Business Continuity Institute (BCI)