Business Continuity Manager

Business Applications Lead London Hybrid (3 days per week) Highly Competitive Salary  Bonus + Benefits A leading organisation operating within a highly regulated environment is seeking an experienced Business Applications Lead to join its Technology Operations team. This is a key role responsible for ensuring business-critical applications are effectively supported, governed, and aligned to business priorities. Acting as the bridge between business stakeholders, technology teams, and third-party suppliers, you will drive service excellence, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement across a complex application landscape. The Role You will be responsible for the operational ownership and governance of a portfolio of business applications, ensuring high levels of service performance, stakeholder satisfaction, and supplier accountability. Working closely with senior business stakeholders, technology teams, and external partners, you will manage service issues, oversee application performance, support operational change, and ensure technology services continue to meet evolving business needs. This role is focused on service ownership, stakeholder management, operational governance, and supplier management rather than hands-on technical delivery. Key Responsibilities Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and Technology Operations. Build strong relationships across business and technology functions. Oversee service performance across a portfolio of business-critical applications. Lead and coordinate the resolution of service issues and escalations. Manage third-party technology suppliers and service partners. Produce service reporting, performance metrics, and management information. Drive continuous improvement initiatives across application services. Support the successful transition of new applications and changes into live service. Ensure operational requirements are considered throughout the application lifecycle. Contribute to service strategy, governance, and planning activities. Experience Required Experience within Application Management, Service Delivery, Technology Operations, or Business Relationship Management. Strong stakeholder management experience within a complex organisation. Experience working with outsourced service providers and technology partners. Proven ability to manage business-critical applications and services. Knowledge of IT Service Management principles and frameworks. Experience driving service improvements and operational governance. Strong communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills. Experience gained within a regulated industry is advantageous. What's on Offer High-profile role with significant stakeholder exposure. Opportunity to influence service strategy and operational performance. Collaborative and supportive team environment. Large-scale technology environment with significant investment. Hybrid working arrangement (typically 3 days in the London office). Competitive salary, bonus, and benefits package. This opportunity would suit an individual who enjoys operating between business and technology functions, building strong relationships, improving services, and driving value across a complex application environment.

Recruitment  Consultant –  Legal     City of London - EC3A 3DH   Hybrid       About Arthur   Arthur is your trusted partner in search and recruitment for the insurance industry. We elevate careers by bringing together forward-thinking businesses and brilliant professionals.   Built on the foundations of transparency, quality, and integrity, our consultative and solutions-focused approach guides our team of experienced recruitment experts to deliver excellent service, every time.   Aiming to set the standards for the future of insurance recruitment, Arthur is committed to going beyond the transactional, building long-lasting relationships in which our clients, our candidates and our people thrive   Arthur’s  legal   expertise  enables us to  identify  and secure top legal talen t across commercial, regulatory, corporate, wordings, litigation, and claims support functions. We recruit for a wide range of roles, from company secretary through to general counsel and head of legal.   We partner with clients to make strategic hires, while supporting candidates in finding  legal roles within insurance where they can drive impact, manage risk, and contribute to business growth.   This is a well-established, permanent  legal  desk with strong existing relationships on both the client and candidate side, offering an excellent opportunity for someone to take ownership and make it their own. It  provides  the chance to hit the ground running from day one and build on a solid, trusted foundation.       What  you’ll  be doing:   Running the full 360 recruitment process within  Legal     Building long-term relationships with clients and candidates   Headhunting  and building talent pools   Achieving sales targets and consistently increasing gross profit   Helping shape the continued growth of our  L egal division   Keeping up to date with  new trends ,  shifts  and news in the Insurance market   Attending cl ient & candidate in person  meetings   Working closely with a team that collaborates, shares knowledge, and celebrates wins       What  we’re  looking for   2 +  years' experience  i n recruitment industry and experience within  Legal   Confident communicator who builds strong relationships   Excellent sales and negotiation skills   Ambitious, driven, and commercially minded   Team player who enjoys being part of a close-knit, high-performing group       What Arthur offer:   Market-leading commission structure   Early Friday finish (1pm)   Hybrid and flexible working hours   Career development and training opportunities   Private healthcare   Over 20 years of insurance industry  expertise  and a brilliant client network   A genuinely collaborative, supportive culture that values wellbeing and success       Equal Opportunities   Arthur Financial Limited is an equal opportunity employer; we are fully committed to the elimination of unlawful and unfair discrimination and value the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the firm. The firm will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, maternity, race, religion and belief, or sexual orientation.  

Recruitment  Consultant –  Compliance   City of London - EC3A 3DH   Hybrid       About Arthur   Arthur is your trusted partner in search and recruitment for the insurance industry. We elevate careers by bringing together forward-thinking businesses and brilliant professionals.   Built on the foundations of transparency, quality, and integrity, our consultative and solutions-focused approach guides our team of experienced recruitment experts to deliver excellent service, every time.   Aiming to set the standards for the future of insurance recruitment, Arthur is committed to going beyond the transactional, building long-lasting relationships in which our clients, our candidates and our people thrive   Arthur connects leading insurance businesses with experienced professionals across the full spectrum of compliance jobs, from conduct risk to governance, from compliance advisory and monitoring to financial crime and data protection. We excel at finding and attracting candidates who  aren’t  just highly qualified but also have the strategic thinking abilities to seek out competitive advantages and enable underwriting.   This is a well-established, permanent compliance desk with strong existing relationships on both the client and candidate side, offering an excellent opportunity for someone to take ownership and make it their own. It  provides  the chance to hit the ground running from day one and build on a solid, trusted foundation.       What  you’ll  be doing:   Running the full 360 recruitment process within  Compliance   Building long-term relationships with clients and candidates   Headhunting  and building talent pools   Achieving sales targets and consistently increasing gross profit   Helping shape the continued growth of our  C ompliance  division   Keeping up to date with  new trends ,  shifts  and news in the Insurance market   Attending cl ient & candidate in person  meetings   Working closely with a team that collaborates, shares knowledge, and celebrates wins       What  we’re  looking for   2 +  years' experience  i n recruitment industry and experience within  Compliance   Confident communicator who builds strong relationships   Excellent sales and negotiation skills   Ambitious, driven, and commercially minded   Team player who enjoys being part of a close-knit, high-performing group       What Arthur offer:   Market-leading commission structure   Early Friday finish (1pm)   Hybrid and flexible working hours   Career development and training opportunities   Private healthcare   Over 20 years of insurance industry  expertise  and a brilliant client network   A genuinely collaborative, supportive culture that values wellbeing and success       Equal Opportunities   Arthur Financial Limited is an equal opportunity employer; we are fully committed to the elimination of unlawful and unfair discrimination and value the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the firm. The firm will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, maternity, race, religion and belief, or sexual orientation.