Third-Party Disaster Recovery Risk Assessor

This role is critical to the success of the T&O Business Continuity & Third-Party Disaster Readiness team’s ability to build and maintain a successful Centre of Excellence. You will support the end-to-end process for assessing, monitoring, and validating suppliers’ disaster recovery (DR) capabilities, ensuring alignment with corporate resilience standards, internal risk frameworks, and applicable regulatory expectations. Key responsibilities include: Providing oversight and support to business units for the identification, mitigation, and remediation of third-party disaster recovery risks. Conducting third-party disaster readiness due diligence and ongoing risk assessments for new, existing, and renewed contracts. Identifying and escalating material risks, unresponsiveness, delayed service level agreements (SLAs), and critical deficiencies to senior leadership. Supporting the evaluation of concentrated supplier risks and recommending strategies to mitigate single points of failure. Documenting end-to-end requirements for meeting new obligations in Third Party Disaster Recovery risk assessment, monitoring, and reporting. Looking for opportunities to automate processes, communication, and/or reporting. Partnering with Line of Business teams, IT Risk, BCM, Supplier Management Office, and SaaS Architecture to ensure comprehensive and accurate DR assessments. Acting as a subject matter expert to support supplier engagements, contract negotiations, and renewal discussions related to resilience and disaster recovery provisions. Requirements: University/College Degree in a relevant or applicable field. 2-4 years of experience in performing risk assessment and related reporting and tracking. Experience with Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Management. Basic understanding of IT infrastructure and Third-Party Supplier Lifecycle. Ability to understand policies, standards, and related regulatory requirements. Ability to work independently or within team structures. Nice to have: Working with financial institutions or a similar large organization. Software/system implementation experience for SaaS/cloud solutions. Some knowledge or experience with MSA/contractual agreements. Benefits: Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits. Competitive compensation. Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities. Ability to make a difference and lasting impact. Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team. Job Data by YubHub .