12 month contract (W2 ONLY, NO C-C)
McKinney, TX (Hybrid) - Local Candidates Only
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Analyst to support and mature an enterprise Business Continuity and Operational Resilience program. This individual will play a key role in identifying critical business processes, applications, vendors, and operational dependencies while helping establish and maintain a scalable BIA framework across the organization.
The ideal candidate has hands-on experience building or rebuilding BIA programs within mid-to-large organizations and can independently conduct assessments, facilitate stakeholder workshops, develop assessment methodologies, and produce meaningful resilience documentation. This role requires strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with business leaders, technology teams, cybersecurity, risk management, and third-party vendors.
Key Responsibilities
Business Impact Analysis & Operational Resilience
- Conduct enterprise-wide and functional Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) to identify critical business processes, applications, third-party vendors, SaaS platforms, and operational dependencies.
- Facilitate stakeholder interviews, workshops, and discovery sessions to identify recovery priorities, operational impacts, and business-critical functions.
- Define and document Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs), maximum tolerable downtime, and recovery sequencing requirements.
- Develop and maintain BIA questionnaires, assessment templates, reporting artifacts, and supporting documentation.
- Identify critical applications, systems, vendors, and business services ("crown jewels") and establish dependency mappings to support recovery planning.
- Analyze financial, operational, regulatory, and customer impacts associated with potential business disruptions.
Governance, Risk & Compliance
- Support business continuity, disaster recovery, operational resilience, and third-party risk management initiatives.
- Assist in the development and maintenance of application inventories, vendor inventories, SaaS inventories, and supporting documentation.
- Partner with technology, cybersecurity, and risk teams to improve data quality, inventory accuracy, and resilience reporting.
- Contribute to audit requests, regulatory inquiries, executive reporting, and resilience program assessments.
- Support ongoing governance activities related to operational risk and continuity planning.
Program Improvement & Maturity
- Identify opportunities to improve assessment processes, reporting capabilities, and program effectiveness.
- Support resilience testing exercises, tabletop activities, and after-action reviews.
- Assist with the ongoing maturity of the enterprise business continuity and resilience program through metrics, reporting, and process improvements.
- Recommend enhancements to methodologies, tools, and documentation standards.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Business Continuity (BC), Disaster Recovery (DR), Operational Resilience, Technology Risk, or Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC).
- Hands-on experience conducting BIAs and developing BIA questionnaires, assessments, templates, and supporting program artifacts.
- Strong understanding of business continuity and disaster recovery concepts, including RTOs, RPOs, recovery prioritization, and business disruption impacts.
- Experience identifying critical business processes, applications, vendors, SaaS solutions, and operational dependencies.
- Strong stakeholder management, interview facilitation, and workshop leadership skills.
- Excellent written, analytical, documentation, and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience within a mid-to-large enterprise organization.
- Experience supporting business continuity, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, technology risk, or enterprise GRC programs.
- Familiarity with operational resilience frameworks such as ISO 22301, NIST, or similar standards.
- Experience with GRC, third-party risk management (TPRM), or resilience management platforms.
- Experience supporting application inventory, CMDB, vendor inventory, or SaaS inventory initiatives.
- Exposure to third-party risk management programs and vendor assessments.
- Experience supporting audits, regulatory examinations, executive reporting, or resilience testing activities.
- Professional certifications such as CRISC, CBCP, MBCI, or TPRM-related certifications are a plus.
Estimated Min Rate: $42.00
Estimated Max Rate: $60.00
What’s In It for You?
We welcome you to be a part of the largest and legendary global staffing companies to meet your career aspirations. Yoh’s network of client companies has been employing professionals like you for over 65 years in the U.S., UK and Canada. Join Yoh’s extensive talent community that will provide you with access to Yoh’s vast network of opportunities and gain access to this exclusive opportunity available to you. Benefit eligibility is in accordance with applicable laws and client requirements. Benefits include:
- Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
- Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
- Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
- MetLife Voluntary Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 401K Retirement Savings Plan
- Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
- Referral Bonus Programs
- Certification and training opportunities
Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.
Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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