Director Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Jobs

WHO WE ARE
We're in the business of people helping people, and you can help us make an impact on our members’ lives and in your community. Whether it’s helping a member make a transaction, buy their first home, or improve their financial wellness one step at a time – you have an impact on their lives just by working here, no matter what your position may be.

Work with us – and be part of something bigger than banking.

In exchange for your time and talents, we offer generous benefits, including:

• Retirement benefits – pension plan, 401(k) with employer match
• Excellent health benefits – medical, dental, vision, and supplemental coverage
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO), Volunteer Time Off (VTO), and Wellness Time Off (WTO)
• 10+ paid holidays per year
• Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) stipend for wellness, caregiving, or personal expenses such as student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement
• Employee recognition program
  ...and more!

At Visions, we do, and will continue to, treat all of our employees fairly and with complete respect, and we strive to celebrate the diversity of our employees.

ABOUT THE POSITION
Position Overview: As a Business Continuity Analyst I, you'll help ensure the credit union can continue serving members during unexpected disruptions such as technology outages, cybersecurity incidents, severe weather events, facility emergencies, or other operational interruptions. You'll work with departments across the organization to identify critical business functions, assess risks, develop recovery plans, coordinate testing exercises, and support response activities when disruptions occur.

This role is ideal for individuals who have experience supporting business continuity, disaster recovery, operational resiliency, crisis management, emergency preparedness, or incident management programs. While data analysis and reporting are important components of the position, the primary focus is helping ensure critical business operations can continue or be restored during periods of disruption. 

As part of the Enterprise Risk Management, you'll contribute to the ongoing maturity of the credit union's Business Continuity Program by partnering with business leaders, facilitating continuity planning activities, coordinating testing and exercises, and supporting response and recovery efforts when disruptions occur. 

Location: This is an on-site position in Endwell, NY.

What You'll Do:

• Partner with business units to identify critical functions, assess operational risks, evaluate business impacts, and develop practical continuity and recovery strategies. 
• Work with departments across the credit union to identify critical business services and develop plans for maintaining or restoring operations during disruptions.
• Develop, maintain, and test business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management, and incident response plans. 
• Coordinate continuity exercises, tabletop exercises, disaster recovery testing, and program training activities.
• Assist with real-time incident response, business recovery, and continuity event coordination during operational disruptions. 
• Analyze continuity program results and assessment data, develop recommendations, and support ongoing program maturity initiatives.
• Administer and maintain business continuity and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) systems, including reporting, metrics, and program documentation. 

What success looks like:

• Demonstrates a strong understanding of business continuity, disaster recovery, operational resiliency, and incident response practices.
• Successfully facilitates continuity planning activities with business partners and proactively identifies opportunities for program improvement. 
• Builds trusted partnerships across departments and serves as a resource for continuity planning and recovery preparedness. 
• Demonstrates increasing ownership of of business impact analyses, continuity testing, recovery planning, and resilience recommendations. 
• Progresses toward independently managing continuity program activities and readiness for a Business Continuity Analyst II role.  

Minimum Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct experience supporting business continuity, disaster recovery, operational resiliency, crisis management, emergency preparedness, or incident response programs. 
• Experience conducting or facilitating Business Impact Analyses (BIAs), continuity risk assessments, continuity plan development, or continuity testing. 
• Experience within financial services, banking, credit unions, insurance, healthcare, government, utilities, or another highly regulated industry. 
• Experience administering business continuity, risk, or governance platforms (GRC tools). 
• Relevant certifications such as CBCP, MBCI, ABCP, Certified Risk Manager (CRM), Disaster Recovery certification, Incident Management certification, or similar credentials. 

At this time, Visions Federal Credit Union will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization or offer any immigration related support for this position.

MISSION AND VALUES

Our mission is to MAKE VISIONS MATTER.

• To our members, we will provide value and relevance.
• To our employees, we will be a premier organization and provide opportunities for career advancement.
• To our community, we will be a leader and provide a positive impact. 

At Visions, we’re an organization with Integrity that builds Community, provides exceptional Service to all, and continually strives to earn your Trust.

We make Visions matter. You can, too. #ClaimYourSeat

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If you have any questions, please contact the Talent Team directly at 800.242.2120, ext. 10501 or by emailing us at TalentTeam@visionsfcu.org.