Senior Manager, Business Continuity Management

Embark on a journey with one of Canada's fastest growing companies – welcome to goeasy! We have been honored with recognitions such as Waterstone Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, the 2022 Report on Business Women Lead Here, Report on Business for Canada’s Top Growing Companies and TSX30 as one of the best performing companies on the TSX. We've also received the Greater Toronto Top Employers Award and certified as a Great Place to Work®. We're on the lookout for the best and brightest to join our team!

Our vision is to provide everyday Canadians a path to a better tomorrow, today.  As one of Canada’s leading non-prime consumer lenders, we offer a full suite of products including non-prime leasing, unsecured and secured loans as well as point-of-sale-financing though easyhome, easyfinancial, and LendCare.  

Reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), goeasy is looking for a Senior Manager, Business Continuity Management. You will be a proven leader in the Business Continuity Management (BCM) space that will drive all aspects of the BCM program for the goeasy enterprise.  Bringing your passion for resilience to the table, you are a self-starter that looks to position business continuity as a support to the business as it continues to grow.

What will you be doing?

• Ensure Business Continuity and Crisis Management is embedded as an enterprise process, and is established as part of M&A and in new vendor engagements by the enterprise.
• Create and maintain the BCM framework, policies, plan and test result documents.
• Experience coordinating, handling and managing a BCP event.
• Maintain excellent relationship with key stakeholders such as IT, Legal, HR, Audit, Operations, Marketing, Finance and other corporate teams.
• Coach and mentor corporate stakeholders at all levels on the value and need for development, maintenance, and recurrent testing of the Business Continuity Plans.
• Track and report on progress of the plan development and maintenance to cross functional leadership.
• Track and report progress on BCM test activities to cross functional leadership.
• Use BCM technologies to automate business continuity planning and send mass notification alerts.
• Maintain situational awareness of current events globally, nationally, and locally and communicate their potential impact on the business.
• Manage relationships and negotiate with key BCM, IT DR and Crisis Management vendors.
• Conduct quality assurance on the plans and test results and report back to the business units on areas of improvement.
• Work closely with the IT Security and IT Risk teams.

What experience do you have?

• 5-7 years of work progressive experience in business continuity, organizational resilience and/or crisis management.
• Undergraduate degree with a focus in Information Technology or Cyber Security is preferred.
• Post-Secondary education with a focus on business continuity, emergency management, organizational resilience, or crisis management.
• Demonstrated leadership in assessing business impacts, contingency planning, and championing organizational resilience.
• Recognized business continuity or resilience designation such as ABCP, CBCP.
• Experience with common business continuity management software platforms such as Alert Media, Service Now (Fairchild), Archer and Everbridge.
• Emergency Management, Business Continuity, and/or Crisis Management response experience is a requirement.
• Experience working in financial services or retail sectors.
• Knowledge of Canadian and International best practices and laws is an asset.
• Ability to travel, as required.

We offer a Flexible Work Program that provides you the ability to work three days onsite per week, between our Mississauga and downtown Toronto office.

Internal Applicants: please apply through the link and provide written endorsement from your current manager.

Why should you work for goeasy?

In keeping with our mission to create better tomorrows for our employees, each year goeasy commits to continuously enhancing its total rewards. Here are some of the perks we offer…

Financial Benefits:

• Leverage our RRSP match and Employee Share Purchase Plan programs.
• Annual bonus that rewards your hard work and dedication.
• Employee discounts on furniture, electronics, and appliances.
• MAT & PAT leave top-up.
• Expand your financial knowledge through engaging Financial Literacy Learning opportunities.

Health and Lifestyle:

• Enjoy company-paid volunteer days to give back to the community.
• Access 24/7 healthcare with Virtual Doctor Appointments.
• Personalize your benefits with a flexible modular benefits package.
• Stay fit and energized with exclusive access to our on-site private gym at our head office.

Employee Perks:

• Fuel your growth with the Tuition Assistance Program.
• Double the impact of your generosity with Company Matched Charitable Donations.
• Internal development training programs and platforms including job-specific training, career coaching, leadership excellence, mentorship, and many others.
• Enjoy a state-of-the-art office space with perks like a games room, a healthy snack program, a fitness studio, free gated parking, and more!

Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity Employment:
At goeasy, we believe that we can only be the best when people are able to bring their best selves to work every day. This means that we are committed to cultivating and preserving a work culture where we celebrate who we are, where everyone feels seen and heard and where every employee can fulfill their potential. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing accommodations for applicants upon request at any stage of the recruitment process in accordance with all legislative requirements throughout Canada. Please let us know if you require an accommodation during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.

Additional Information:
All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check, credit check, and validation of their work experience to qualify for hire.  We thank all interested applicants, however we will only be contacting those for interview who possess the skills and qualifications outlined above.

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