Senior Analyst, Business Continuity .
Ally and Your Career
The Opportunity
This role is in our Charlotte, NC location on a hybrid schedule, a few days in office with some remote work.
Within Ally’s Crisis Management & Business Continuity (BC) function, the BC Senior Analyst will assist BC leadership in developing and executing the enterprise business continuity program, policies, and procedures; lead training and education for BC stakeholders, and support analysis and reporting routines related to BC.
The ideal candidate is detail-oriented and thorough, can balance routine program execution with continuous consideration of enhancement opportunities, and easily builds collaborative, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders. This role will support and participate in incident response or crisis management, as needed. The role will report to the Manager of the BC team.
The Work Itself
- Support the implementation of all BC operations and program elements.
- Coordinate the development and maintenance of BC plans across the enterprise.
- Manage BC related data in Fusion (Ally’s BC platform) to support completeness, consistency, and accuracy.
- Support processes for evaluating plan effectiveness and identifying areas for improvement.
- Develop regular reporting for senior management regarding BC initiatives, as well as required regulatory reporting related to BC.
- Maintain policies, standards, processes, and systems/tools to support the BC Program, in alignment with Ally Policy and FFIEC standards, and to reflect changes in business processes, technology, or regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate routinely with partners to ensure BC program elements address all organizational areas and align with business objectives and operational hierarchies.
The Skills You Bring
Minimum Qualifications:
- 3 years of experience
- High School Diploma or GED
Preferred Qualifications:
- Business continuity certification preferred.
- Experience with GRC applications or Business Continuity platforms (e.g., Archer, Fusion) preferred.
- Proficiency with all Microsoft products (e.g., Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Power BI)
- Strong, professional communication skills and ability to effectively deliver information to senior leadership and various areas of the business.
- Ability to think critically, exercise sound judgment, and apply experience to independently solve problems.
- Ability to develop consultative and collaborative partnerships with internal stakeholders.
- Excellent data management and analysis skills, and the ability to effectively synthesize and report information and insights across the organization, including with executive leadership.
- Knowledge of BC framework and methodology (e.g., assessment, Business Impact Analysis, Testing and Validation, Plan Maintenance.
- Knowledge of common risk management framework and methodology components (e.g., governance, reporting, review and challenge, risk control self-assessments, testing and monitoring, issue management).
- 3+ years of experience in business continuity or in a similar risk management discipline, preferably in the financial services industry.
- Bachelor’s degree (though additional applicable experience or certifications in this field will be considered)
How We'll Have Your Back
Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:
- Time Away: Program starts at 20 paid time off days in addition to 11 paid holidays and 8 hours of volunteer time off yearly (time off days are prorated based on start date and program varies based on full or part-time status and management level).
- Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.
- Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
- Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.
- Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.
- Other compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.
- To view more detailed information about Ally’s Total Rewards, please visit this link: https://www.ally.com/content/dam/pdf/corporate/ally-total-rewards-snapshot.pdf
Who We Are:
Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.
Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at hrpolicy@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.