Business Analyst

Freelance Opportunity | Business Resilience Business Analyst – Cyber Resilience Programme

Location: London (Waterloo)

Hybrid Working: 3 days per week onsite

Contract: Freelance/Contractor

Day Rate: £550–£700 per day (dependent on experience)

We are currently seeking an experienced Business Resilience Business Analyst to support a major Cyber Resilience Programme (CRP) within a leading organisation.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Business Analyst with a strong background in Business Continuity, Operational Resilience, Disaster Recovery, or Cyber Resilience to help transition programme deliverables into sustainable Business-as-Usual (BAU) operations.

The Role

As the Business Resilience Business Analyst, you will play a key role in embedding cyber resilience capabilities across the organisation, ensuring resilience artefacts, governance processes, testing frameworks, playbooks, and recovery documentation are effectively maintained and governed beyond programme closure.

You will work closely with senior stakeholders across business functions, technology teams, resilience specialists, and programme leadership to ensure long-term resilience readiness and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Business Resilience Framework Integration

• Support the integration of Cyber Resilience Programme outputs into the wider Business Resilience Framework.
• Define sustainable ownership models for resilience artefacts and capabilities.
• Ensure programme deliverables transition successfully into BAU governance and operating models.
• Support the development of resilience standards, controls, and processes.
• Maintain alignment with resilience and cyber recovery requirements.

Run & Maintain Model Development

• Develop and implement the long-term operating model for cyber resilience capabilities.
• Establish governance, review cycles, and ownership structures.
• Define maintenance requirements for:
• Cyber Playbooks
• MVC Documentation
• Manual Workarounds
• Critical Role Lists
• Recovery Documentation
• Testing & Exercising Plans
• Ensure resilience documentation remains current, tested, and fit for purpose.

Governance & Documentation Management

• Act as the central focal point for Cyber Playbook governance.
• Manage version control, approval processes, and documentation repositories.
• Coordinate regular reviews and updates across business areas.
• Monitor compliance with governance standards and review cycles.

Testing & Exercising Management

• Own and maintain the Cyber Resilience testing schedule.
• Coordinate resilience exercises across multiple business units.
• Track findings, actions, and remediation activities.
• Support readiness assessments and maturity reporting.

Continuous Improvement

• Analyse resilience processes and identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop resilience metrics, KPIs, and reporting frameworks.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions.
• Capture and document resilience requirements driven by business, regulatory, or programme changes

Required Experience

Essential

✅ 5+ years' experience as a Business Analyst or within Business Resilience functions

✅ Strong experience in:

• Business Continuity
• Operational Resilience
• Disaster Recovery
• Cyber Resilience programmes

✅ Experience transitioning project deliverables into BAU operating models

✅ Strong governance, documentation, and process management capabilities

✅ Proven experience facilitating workshops with senior stakeholders

✅ Excellent communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills

✅ Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools

Desirable

• Experience within Energy Trading, Commodities, or Financial Services
• Knowledge of Operational Resilience, Cyber Recovery, or BCM frameworks
• Experience coordinating resilience testing and exercising programmes
• Familiarity with CRISP, MVC, or cyber incident response planning

Interested?

If you have a strong background in business resilience and cyber resilience programmes and are looking for your next contract opportunity in London, please get in touch or apply directly.

Please send your CV together with your expected day rate and availability.