Business Continuity Cover Letter

I would like to submit my application for the business continuity opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for subject matter expertise to high value projects where a risk is identified that may impact the company’s ability to fulfil its operational targets or to respond in a crisis/contingency situation.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Experience with current Crisis Management system and other crisis management tools
• In-depth understanding of disaster recovery architectures desk top and network connectivity recovery practices
• Experience raising awareness of solid Business Continuity processes across the region
• Developing and maintaining contingency plans, processes, documentation, and training
• Executing Business Continuity Crisis /Outage management processes (facilitate, escalate, and communicate)
• Engaging and coordinating resources during high-impact crisis/outage
• Broad experience with IT infrastructure, Networking, Data/Voice will be considered an advantage
• Coordinating planned outages with Business and IT organizations

I would like to submit my application for the business continuity opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In my previous role, I was responsible for administrative support to Lowe’s Crisis Support Team, the Lowe's Crisis Management Team, Lowe’s Enterprise Resilience Steering Committee, and IT Disaster Recovery as directed.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• CBCP Certification preferred
• Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP), Member of Business Continuity Institute (MBCI), or Master Business Continuity Professional (MBCP) preferred
• Working knowledge and experience in the policy and regulatory environment, including the FFIEC Guidelines
• Strong entrepreneurial spirit and background in business continuity, will be part of a strong business continuity management team that has a clear role in the Banks lines of defense to mitigate risk between the line of the business and the Risk Oversight role
• Experience in developing and maintaining a business continuity management program and system
• Experience with an emergency notification system
• Informed perspective on market environment, future trends, and emerging risk issues
• Possess integrity, combined with high personal and professional standards

Please consider me for the business continuity opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for guidance to critical business units and coordinates the development of business resumption and disaster recovery plans throughout the enterprise.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Analyzing and reporting of Business Continuity related incidents and performing root cause analysis to proactively reduce incidents moving forward
• Preparing and participate in internal and external audits
• Profile should be a team player and able to quickly establish comfortable and effective working relationships
• Knowledge of technology product development life cycle, technical infrastructure concepts (e.g., telecommunications, data storage, resiliency)
• Perform and direct advanced research and analysis
• Identify problems and apply solutions
• Develops and closes business opportunities
• Experience in Operations and Information Technology is preferred

In response to your job posting for business continuity, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for leadership with the ability to motivate and engage business units in the business continuity program.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Demonstrated experience with risk evaluation and control, business impact analysis, business continuity strategy development, emergency response and operations, developing and implementing business continuity plans, developing technology and business process recovery strategies, and crisis communication planning
• Previous experience with the management of large-scale programs
• The expertise necessary to work with Technology on all aspects of the Business Continuity Program
• Familiar with Business Continuity Planning and Notification software
• Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft suite of tools
• Experience in coordinating business continuity exercises preferred
• Experience in using and/or administering business continuity planning software tools preferred
• Experience in writing reports in Crystal Reports for Living Disaster Recovery Planning System (LDRPS) preferred

I would like to submit my application for the business continuity opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for training to business lines in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, deliver presentations and provide updates / information as required.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Active Certification with DRII or BCI preferred
• Extensive and hands-on experience in work group and desktop technologies and systems with extensive background in backup and recovery of such business function deployed technologies including security issues related to such recovery strategies
• Extensive/expert background in business continuity, disaster recovery and crisis and incident management frameworks that support clients in highly regulated industries, Financial Services industry preferred
• Minimum CBCP or MBCI Certification
• Critical thinking and demonstrated decision making capabilities
• Long range thinking, planning, and development of plans against a defined strategy, paired with a track record of strong tactical execution in BCM
• Working in a collaborative, problem-solving environment
• Update BCM policies and procedures