Assistant Manager, Compliance Organizational Resiliency

Were looking for an Assistant Manager Compliance Organizational Resiliency to join our Integrated Compliance Services this role you will support on the design execution maintenance and continuous improvement of the compliance organizational resiliency program and disaster recovery strategies. This role plays a key part in ensuring the organizations preparedness and compliance with regulatory and internal continuity standards. The task will include documentation testing training and cross-functional coordination to strengthen organizational resilience.

Position Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development review and maintenance of BCP/COR documentation ensuring accuracy consistency and alignment with compliance frameworks.

• Support the mapping of continuity plans/ resiliency programs to business functions regulatory themes and risk categories.

• Coordinate and document business impact analyses (BIAs) and risk assessments across departments.

• Facilitate periodic testing and simulation exercises track results and follow-up actions.

• Maintain centralized repositories for BCP documents ensuring secure access for authorized users.

• Monitor regulatory updates and industry best practices to support plan enhancements.

• Provides monitoring on the renewal of the service level agreements with the stakeholders

• Collaborate with business units to gather continuity requirements and ensure plan ownership.

• Prepare reports and dashboards for internal stakeholders and audit readiness.

• Support awareness and training initiatives to promote continuity culture across the organization.

• Build strong cross-functional relationships to support effective documentation

• Other related tasks that may be assigned

Required Qualifications:

• With at least 3 years of experience in compliance risk management or audit within financial services

• Proven strong understanding of control environments regulatory frameworks and documentation standards

• Knowledgeable with business continuity or resiliency software platforms

• Exposure to audit or regulatory compliance

• Excellent communication stakeholder engagement and analytical skills.

• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

• Bachelors degree preferably related to Banking Finance Insurance Accounting or related course Certifications related to BCP or service recovery strategies is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent organizational skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in negotiating influencing and relationship building skills.

• Knowledgeable with business continuity tools or software

• Ability to solve problems and excellent execution of the action plans

• Strong ethical compass and discipline

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with all levels of management in the organization.

• Ability to facilitate decision making across groups in the company.

• Ability to set priorities managing overlapping timelines and competing demands

• Comprehensive knowledge of the financial services industry and regulatory environment with an advanced understanding of the Companys business

• Ability to represent business internally within the company and externally outside of the company (e.g. regulators industry peers)

When you join our team:

• Well empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

• Well recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our global team well support you in shaping the future you want to see.

About Manulife and John Hancock

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