Senior Associate, First Line Business Continuity Management

ROLE PROFILE:

Department description

LCH Ltd is a leading clearing house with a global presence. We partner with market participants globally to offer clearing services for a diverse range of asset classes, including equities, fixed income, FX, rates and repos. With continuous innovations and the most sophisticated risk management standards attainable in the market today, combined with the flexibility of our 'open' model, LCH sets the bar for choice and efficiency in the marketplace.

Role description

We are seeking a professional to join the First Line Business Continuity Management team at LCH Ltd as a Senior Associate. This role plays a key part in supporting the development, delivery, and ongoing enhancement of Business Continuity and Crisis Management capabilities across the organisation. The successful candidate will help ensure operational readiness, coordinate and execute BCM exercises and incident response procedures, and uphold alignment with Group standards and regulatory requirements.

Key responsibilities of the role:

You can expect to support all of the following areas:

BCM Documentation & Standards Compliance

• Maintain central BCM documentation, Teams channels, and evidence repositories, ensuring information is accurate, organised, and accessible.

• Analyse recovery strategy testing results and work with Business Continuity Coordinators to track completion, highlight gaps, and escalate required remediation to appropriate stakeholders.

• Coordinate periodic testing across Services and Functions (e.g., EMIR switch testing, WAR site testing), ensuring schedules, outcomes, and follow ups are well managed.

• Ensure alignment with Group Crisis Management and BCM standards and support ongoing compliance with policy and regulatory expectations.

• Coordinate updates to BCM documentation—including BIAs, BCPs, and recovery strategy details—across Services and Functions to ensure consistency and adherence to policy requirements.

• Support day to day BCM activities, including tracking actions, monitoring progress, and ensuring timely status updates.

• Engage regularly with Business Continuity Coordinators to build understanding of BCM requirements and support the effective delivery of their obligations.

Additional Operational Resilience Support

• Support Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) activities across the supplier lifecycle, ensuring effective supplier oversight and governance.

• Assist with supplier due diligence and risk assessments, identifying, mitigating and reporting third-party risks in line with policy and regulatory requirements.

• Produce TPRM management information and governance reporting for senior management, committees and Board forums.

• Support the delivery of the Operational Resilience framework, including governance, regulatory compliance, documentation and stakeholder engagement activities.

Central Bank Attestation Support

• Provide ad hoc support for central bank attestation activities, including coordination, documentation, and responses to related queries.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• Degree educated with experience in Business Continuity Management, Third Party Risk Management, Operational Resilience, or Operational Risk (financial services experience ideal).

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and confident using Microsoft 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint).

• Experience producing reports, management information, and governance materials for senior stakeholders.

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise in a fast paced environment.

• Confident communicator, able to produce clear documentation and presentations.

• Comfortable working independently, taking initiative, and using sound judgement.

• Strong relationship building skills and a collaborative mindset.

• Good problem solving ability with a proactive, can do approach.

• Awareness of regulatory expectations is helpful but not essential.

Career Stage:

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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