Testing and Exercising Analyst

Location: London, United Kingdom or Southampton, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a wealth management business providing financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset investment solutions and discretionary fund management.

What you will do

• Maintain testing coverage across Important Business Services, resilience domains, impact tolerance severity, CMORG requirements and key dependencies.
• Analyse operational resilience mapping, dependency, vulnerability, incident and exercise data to identify gaps, anomalies, recurring themes and targeted testing opportunities.
• Produce testing management information, dashboards and evidence covering findings, limitations and required actions.
• Coordinate exercise stakeholders, schedules, materials, logistics, data and supporting documentation, and maintain records of decisions, observations, issues, evidence and learning.
• Support debriefs and post-exercise reporting, convert findings into measurable remediation actions, record them in Resolver or agreed systems, and escalate overdue or material items.
• Build relationships across business, technology, cyber, risk, threat intelligence and operational resilience teams; participate in trained RCT on-call arrangements when required.

Requirements

• Experience analysing qualitative and quantitative information from multiple sources and presenting balanced, evidence-based findings, trends and recommendations.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to maintain accurate records, evidence, actions and audit trails.
• Strong planning, coordination and time-management skills, including managing competing priorities and meeting deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including producing concise reports and management information for different audiences.
• Confidence working with data, spreadsheets, dashboards or reporting tools to identify patterns, anomalies, gaps and themes, while recognising data-quality limitations and avoiding unsupported conclusions.
• Excel capability and experience using Power BI or similar data-visualisation tools.
• Ability to build constructive relationships with business, technology, risk and specialist stakeholders and follow up actions appropriately.
• Proactive, investigative and critical-thinking mindset, with sound judgement and the ability to test assumptions, distinguish symptoms from root causes and challenge information constructively.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with colleagues and seeking guidance when decisions sit with the Testing and Exercising Specialist or RCT Manager.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting exercises, incidents, operational resilience, business continuity, risk, assurance or similar activities.
• Knowledge of operational resilience concepts and financial-services regulatory expectations.
• Relevant professional qualifications or equivalent practical experience in financial services, a corporate environment, the public sector, military, law enforcement or government.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time employment within the Information Security department.
• Values-led culture focused on integrity, curiosity, challenge, collaboration and inclusion.
• 26 days of holiday, an employee incentive scheme and a non-contributory pension scheme.
• Private medical insurance, life assurance at four times salary and income protection at 75% of salary after 26 weeks of absence.
• Flexible benefits for UK employees, available through salary deduction; healthcare cash plan for Jersey employees.