Senior Business Analyst - MVB Project

PROJECT INFORMATION

Industry: banking

Remote work: hybrid in Gdańsk, 3 days/week

Project language: English, Polish

Business trips: n/a

Project length: >12 months contracts + prolongations.

Start: ASAP / Flexible

Assignment type: B2B 

Summary:

This role focuses on enhancing operational resilience in banking through effective testing and exercising of crisis management and business continuity strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Design and plan desktop testing exercises aligned with Collaboration and Communication Services (CCS) objectives and regulatory expectations for banking operations.

• Develop realistic, MVB grounded scenarios that stress-test manual recovery procedures and interdependencies across business functions.

• Facilitate and host exercising workshops with key stakeholders across business units and support functions to validate crisis plans and identify operational gaps.

• Manage exercise logistics and coordination, including participant engagement, timing, documentation, real-time facilitation of desktop exercising sessions, and team coordination.

• Develop exercise material, participant guides, and facilitator notes that enable repeatable, high-quality execution of recovery exercises.

• Track and manage action items arising from testing exercises, coordinate follow-up actions, and provide timely updates to senior leadership and programme governance.

• Document testing outcomes, including findings, observations, gaps, and recommendations for Collaboration and Communication Services improvements.

• Collaborate with business continuity and crisis management teams to ensure alignment between recovery plans, crisis response protocols, and business continuity strategies.

Must Haves:

• 3-5 years of experience in Business Continuity, Crisis Management, Operational Resilience, or related disciplines, with at least 1-2 years focused on testing, exercising or technical recovery planning.

• Proven hands-on expertise designing and executing testing exercises, including desktop exercises.

• Demonstrated experience in the FSI sector (banking, insurance, or equivalent).

• Proven expertise in BCCM (Business Continuity and Crisis Management) frameworks, methodologies, and best practices.

• Excellent facilitation skills: ability to engage senior leadership, manage differing perspectives, and drive productive discussions.

• Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing priorities while maintaining focus on exercise objectives and outcomes.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with regulatory expectations specific to the financial sector.

• Advanced certification in Business Continuity or Crisis Management (e.g., CBCP, MBCP).

• Knowledge of IT disaster recovery planning.