Top Benefits
About the role
Choose a workplace that empowers your impact.
Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and experience. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.
We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 600,000+ members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.
Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.
Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.
Know someone at OMERS or Oxford Properties? Great! If you're referred, have them submit your name through Workday first. Then, watch for a unique link in your email to apply.
We are looking for a Senior Analyst to join our Business Continuity Program! This role, within the Enterprise Operational Risk Management Team, will support OMERS in achieving the required level of operational resilience to be able to respond effectively to any business interruption event, with a focus on continuous improvement. This includes ensuring our people are safe, our assets secure, our technology functional, our communications clear and our operations resilient during a crisis.
We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. Our hybrid work guideline requires teams to come to the office a minimum of 4 days per week.
Job Description
As a member of this team, you will :
Develop, maintain and evolve program practices and process to ensure the enterprise BCP program remains current and effective, adhering to industry standards as appropriate, including documentation, tools, processes, and instructional guides
Support initiatives that continue to mature operational resilience of the organization, including vendor governance, understanding the impact of emerging risks and emerging technology
Identify and work to address the potential impacts of existing and new operational resilience guidance and regulations on the organization
Provide guidance and direction to the business to ensure their business continuity management processes are in accordance with the enterprise wide BCP Program and quality standards
Lead coordination for completion of annual business impact analysis revalidation process for all business functions, with a heightened focus on the most critical business functions, to ensure accurate business continuity requirements are maintained
Lead coordination for execution of annual BCP Exercises for all critical business functions to assess the quality and accuracy of business plans as well as document and report the outcomes, with a heightened focus on the most critical business functions
Liaise with Procurement, IT and critical business functions in the management of third-party vendor risk
Liaise with IT and critical business functions to ensure IT Disaster Recovery testing objectives are achieved
Develop and provide input on key risk indicators
Advanced level software customization skills are integral to the job
Advanced level report writing and presentation development skills are integral to the job
Develop, implement, and facilitate the BCP training and awareness program
Manage project and administrative schedules to ensure activities proceed on time and on budget
Work with each line of business to coordinate BCP governance activities
Provide support to OMERS Crisis Management Teams during the execution of the BCP crisis management protocols
Provide support to OMERS travel security risk management program including incident response and awareness initiatives
Participate in external 7x24x365 incident management on-call support
Prepare and coordinate BCP governance meetings, including consolidating and publishing meeting materials, agendas, and minutes
Act in an expert administrator’s capacity for OMERS’ business continuity platform and emergency notification tool
Act as an expert user of OMERS’ travel security risk management platform
To succeed in this role, you have :
Business continuity industry certification (CBCI or CBCP)
Expert level knowledge of and ability to apply business continuity management good/professional practices
3-5 years of experience in business continuity with significant exposure to the financial services and real estate industries
3-5 years of experience in a lead project management role with the ability to handle and prioritize a variety of activities
Advanced level organizational skills
Advanced level data gathering, analysis and management skills
Expert user level knowledge of Excel required, including advanced formulas and design
Expert user level knowledge with MS PowerPoint for the development of presentations for senior management
Experience with Power BI
Experience leveraging AI tools for data gathering and analysis
Expert ability to learn new software system skills at the expert/administrator level including customization
Excellent team skills, both as a leader and as a team player
Highly developed relationship skills with demonstrated ability to communicate on verbal and written form to a variety of audiences internally and externally
Excellent presentation and training skills, including development of related materials
Exceptional ability to remain calm in a high stress environment
As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.
From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.
About OMERS
Founded in 1962, OMERS is one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, with $133.6 CAD billion in net assets as of June 30, 2024.
With employees in our offices in Toronto, London, New York, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe, OMERS invests and administers pensions for over half a million active, deferred and retired employees of 1,000 municipalities, school boards, libraries, police and fire departments, and other local agencies in communities across Ontario.
Top Benefits
About the role
Choose a workplace that empowers your impact.
Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and experience. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.
We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 600,000+ members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.
Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.
Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.
Know someone at OMERS or Oxford Properties? Great! If you're referred, have them submit your name through Workday first. Then, watch for a unique link in your email to apply.
We are looking for a Senior Analyst to join our Business Continuity Program! This role, within the Enterprise Operational Risk Management Team, will support OMERS in achieving the required level of operational resilience to be able to respond effectively to any business interruption event, with a focus on continuous improvement. This includes ensuring our people are safe, our assets secure, our technology functional, our communications clear and our operations resilient during a crisis.
We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. Our hybrid work guideline requires teams to come to the office a minimum of 4 days per week.
Job Description
As a member of this team, you will :
Develop, maintain and evolve program practices and process to ensure the enterprise BCP program remains current and effective, adhering to industry standards as appropriate, including documentation, tools, processes, and instructional guides
Support initiatives that continue to mature operational resilience of the organization, including vendor governance, understanding the impact of emerging risks and emerging technology
Identify and work to address the potential impacts of existing and new operational resilience guidance and regulations on the organization
Provide guidance and direction to the business to ensure their business continuity management processes are in accordance with the enterprise wide BCP Program and quality standards
Lead coordination for completion of annual business impact analysis revalidation process for all business functions, with a heightened focus on the most critical business functions, to ensure accurate business continuity requirements are maintained
Lead coordination for execution of annual BCP Exercises for all critical business functions to assess the quality and accuracy of business plans as well as document and report the outcomes, with a heightened focus on the most critical business functions
Liaise with Procurement, IT and critical business functions in the management of third-party vendor risk
Liaise with IT and critical business functions to ensure IT Disaster Recovery testing objectives are achieved
Develop and provide input on key risk indicators
Advanced level software customization skills are integral to the job
Advanced level report writing and presentation development skills are integral to the job
Develop, implement, and facilitate the BCP training and awareness program
Manage project and administrative schedules to ensure activities proceed on time and on budget
Work with each line of business to coordinate BCP governance activities
Provide support to OMERS Crisis Management Teams during the execution of the BCP crisis management protocols
Provide support to OMERS travel security risk management program including incident response and awareness initiatives
Participate in external 7x24x365 incident management on-call support
Prepare and coordinate BCP governance meetings, including consolidating and publishing meeting materials, agendas, and minutes
Act in an expert administrator’s capacity for OMERS’ business continuity platform and emergency notification tool
Act as an expert user of OMERS’ travel security risk management platform
To succeed in this role, you have :
Business continuity industry certification (CBCI or CBCP)
Expert level knowledge of and ability to apply business continuity management good/professional practices
3-5 years of experience in business continuity with significant exposure to the financial services and real estate industries
3-5 years of experience in a lead project management role with the ability to handle and prioritize a variety of activities
Advanced level organizational skills
Advanced level data gathering, analysis and management skills
Expert user level knowledge of Excel required, including advanced formulas and design
Expert user level knowledge with MS PowerPoint for the development of presentations for senior management
Experience with Power BI
Experience leveraging AI tools for data gathering and analysis
Expert ability to learn new software system skills at the expert/administrator level including customization
Excellent team skills, both as a leader and as a team player
Highly developed relationship skills with demonstrated ability to communicate on verbal and written form to a variety of audiences internally and externally
Excellent presentation and training skills, including development of related materials
Exceptional ability to remain calm in a high stress environment
As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.
From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.
About OMERS
Founded in 1962, OMERS is one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, with $133.6 CAD billion in net assets as of June 30, 2024.
With employees in our offices in Toronto, London, New York, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe, OMERS invests and administers pensions for over half a million active, deferred and retired employees of 1,000 municipalities, school boards, libraries, police and fire departments, and other local agencies in communities across Ontario.