Santa Ana, CA, 92702, USA
5 days ago
SVP, Business Continuity Planning Officer
**Description** **BANC OF CALIFORNIA AND YOUR CAREER** Banc of California, Inc. (NYSE: BANC) is a bank holding company headquartered in Los Angeles with one wholly-owned banking subsidiary, Banc of California (the “bank”). Banc of California is one of the nation’s premier relationship-based business banks focused on providing banking and treasury management services to small, middle-market, and venture-backed businesses. Banc of California offers a broad range of loan and deposit products and services, with full-service branches throughout California and Denver, Colorado, as well as full-stack payment processing solutions through its subsidiary, Deepstack Technologies. The bank is committed to its local communities by supporting organizations that provide financial literacy and job training, small business support, affordable housing, and more. At Banc of California, our success is driven by our people, and we take pride in fostering an environment where everyone can reach their full potential. We embrace a culture of empowerment, progressive thinking, and entrepreneurial spirit, ensuring our team members have an opportunity to make an impact and play an important role in the future of Banc of California. Our core values – Entrepreneurialism, Operational Excellence, and Superior Analytics – empower us in creating a dynamic and inclusive workplace. We are committed to supporting your growth and well-being with comprehensive benefits, career development programs, a variety of employee resource groups, and more. TOGETHER WE WIN® **THE OPPORTUNITY** Responsible for leading the crisis management/business continuity responses, as well as for developing the strategy and delivering business continuity planning (BCP) and related program and project management and services in alignment with the FFIEC Business Continuity Planning Handbook. Leads the development, maintenance, and implementation of business continuity and disaster recovery program, governance, strategies and solutions including response plans, risk assessments, business impact analysis, strategy selection, documenting business continuity and disaster recovery plans and procedures, and coordination of business continuity and disaster recovery testing. Performs all duties in accordance with the Company’s policies and procedures, all U.S. state and federal laws and regulations, wherein the Company operates. **HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE** + Establishes requirements, creates standards, plans, conducts, and debriefs regular business continuity and disaster recovery exercises to test the adequacy of existing plans and strategies. Ensures that updates to procedures and plans occur regularly, as significant changes to business operations occur, or as identified through testing and audits or exams. + Acts as a leader for continuity efforts during and after a disruption event. + Manages company BCP processes, policies, procedures and activities in the regulated environment. + Implements BCP strategy by developing and administering policies and procedures for BCP, IT/DR, and others as required. + Implements and assess the viability of controls to ensure compliance of various business continuity and disaster recovery related processes against the corporate governance established by the company. Ensures quality control procedures are effective. Ensures accuracy of deliverables. + Manages the development, coordination, maintenance and execution of the Business Continuity Plan. + Manages the development, coordination, maintenance and execution of the Crisis Management Plan. + Manages the completion of third-party service provider business continuity due diligence reviews and testing activities. + Manages business continuity planning projects. + Responsible for the completion of the company’s BIA and BCP documentation in accordance with company regulatory and industry guidance for BCP. + Manages and administers the BCP business impact analysis (BIA), risk assessment, plan documentation, BCP / DR test exercise and scenario facilitation. + Manages BCP disaster recovery (DR) testing and test issues follow-up as lifecycle activities. + Manages the coordination of emergency response processes and teams, including required trainings. + Develops and reports results to the Board of Directors and Senior Management, per the corporate governance process as established by the company. + Keeps current with regulatory and industry guidance and requirements, trends and technological innovations in the banking and IT industry, and make recommendations. Maintain knowledge and awareness of financial industry technical status, trends, and regulatory requirements. + Delivers status information to relevant company leadership and internal governance committees. Supports special projects, responds to audit requests, and prepares reports for the Board of Directors and Senior Management. + Mentors and coaches colleagues involved in BCP and DR. Reviews deliverables for accuracy and learning opportunities, ensuring project completion on time and within budget. + Treat people with respect; keep commitments; inspire the trust of others; work ethically and with integrity; uphold organizational values; accept responsibility for own actions. + Demonstrates knowledge of and adherence to EEO policy; shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences; educates others on the value of diversity; promotes working environment free of harassment of any type; builds a diverse workforce and supports affirmative action. + Follows policies and procedures; completes tasks correctly and on time; supports the company’s goals and values. + Performs the position safely, without endangering the health or safety to themselves or others and will be expected to report potentially unsafe conditions. The employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations and orders issued pursuant to the OSHA Act of 1970, which are applicable to one’s own actions and conduct. + Performs other duties and projects as assigned. **WHAT YOU’LL BRING** + Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or University and a minimum of ten (10) years related work experience. Work related experience must consist of business continuity planning management or governance experience in the financial services industry. + Intermediate knowledge of related state and federal laws / banking compliance regulations, operational policies and procedures, lending products and services. + Extensive knowledge of Business Continuity Program planning, coordination and testing best practices and the ability to identify/recommend solutions. + Basic knowledge of general accounting, payroll, budgeting, and related record keeping systems in a financial institution. + Intermediate math skills; calculate interest and percentages; balance accounts; add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals; locate routine mathematical errors; compute rate, ratio and percent, including the drafting and interpretation of bar graphs. + Effective organizational and time management skills. + Exceptional oral, written and interpersonal communication skills. + Ability to make decisions that have moderate impact on the immediate work unit and cross functional departments. + Ability to provide consultation and expert advice to management. + Ability to work with little to no supervision while performing duties. **HOW WE’LL SUPPORT YOU** + **Financial Security:** You will be eligible to participate in a 401k plan in which the Bank will match 100% of the first 4% of your contributions, which is immediately vested. + **Health & Well-Being:** We offer comprehensive insurance options including medical, dental, vision, AD&D, supplemental life, long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, and pre-tax Flexible Spending Account (FSA). + **Building & Supporting Your Family:** Banc of California partners with providers that offeradoption, surrogacy, and fertility assistance as well as paid parental leave and family support solutions including care options for your family. + **Paid Time Away:** Eligible team members receive paid vacation days, holidays, and volunteer time off. + **Career Growth Opportunities:** To support career growth of our team members, we offer tuition reimbursement, an annual mentorship program, leadership development resources, access to LinkedIn Learning, and more. **SALARY RANGE** The full-time base salary range for this position is $184,000.00 - 225,000.00 a year. The base salary ultimately offered is determined through a review of education, industry experience, training, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant in alignment with market data and other factors. Banc of California is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), denial of Family and Medical Care Leave, disability (mental and physical) including HIV and AIDS, marital status, medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, national origin (including language use restrictions), race, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation. If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact Talent Acquisition. Equal Opportunity Employer PacWest Bancorp and its affiliates are fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity and diversity. We take pride in building a workplace culture where all employees feel supported and respected, and have equal access to career and development opportunities without regard to race, religion/creed, color, national origin, age, marital status, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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