Midfirst Bank

AVP Enterprise Risk Mgmt

Midfirst Bank • $110K — $130K *
Oklahoma City, OK 73160In-Person
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; relevant certifications are a plus.
  • 7+ years of experience in risk management, audit, compliance, or related fields.
  • Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills.
  • Strong organizational, planning, and prioritization skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a trusted risk advisor to business leaders, promoting effective risk management practices.
  • Facilitate risk committees and risk event analyses for operational risk reporting.
  • Provide independent assessment of business risks and control effectiveness.
  • Partner with leadership to address operational, compliance, and strategic risks.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the Three Lines of Defense framework.
  • Build partnerships with various internal departments to enhance risk management processes.
  • Analyze business processes, identifying control gaps and recommending improvements.

Benefits

  • Independent oversight and strategic support for enterprise-wide risk management.
  • Opportunity to enhance the Bank's risk culture and governance practices.
  • Collaboration with business leaders and various functional areas.
  • Engagement in committees aligned with regulatory expectations.
  • Development of comprehensive risk reporting and dashboards.
Full Job Description
Enterprise Risk Management - Senior Advisor

MidFirst Bank

Enterprise Risk Management

The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) department provides independent oversight and strategic support for enterprise-wide risk management activities. ERM partners with business and functional leaders to promote a strong risk culture, effective governance, and sound decision-making across the organization.

ERM responsibilities include:

  • Enterprise risk assessment development, implementation, and maintenance
  • Risk advisory and consultation services
  • Product and service change governance
  • Model risk management oversight
  • Coordination of regulatory agency relationships
  • Board policy governance and administration
  • Aggregation, analysis, and reporting of enterprise risks to senior leadership and the Risk Committee of the Board of Directors

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as a trusted risk advisor to business and functional leaders, promoting effective risk management practices.
  • Facilitate risk committees, RCSAs, risk event analyses, operational risk reporting, issue management, and remediation planning.
  • Provide independent assessment of business risks, control effectiveness, and emerging risks.
  • Partner with leadership to identify, assess, and address operational, compliance, strategic, and reputational risks.
  • Demonstrate a strong understanding of the Three Lines of Defense framework.
  • Support governance activities and committee structures aligned with regulatory expectations.
  • Build strong partnerships with Audit, Compliance, Legal, Finance, and business stakeholders.
  • Develop recurring risk reporting, dashboards, scorecards, and KRIs.
  • Analyze business processes, identify control gaps, and recommend improvements.
  • Contribute to the continued maturation of the Bank's enterprise risk management framework.

Role Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree required; relevant certifications are a plus.
  • Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills.
  • Exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex information, identify root causes, evaluate risks, and recommend practical solutions.
  • Strong organizational, planning, and prioritization skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills.
  • Ability to influence stakeholders, build consensus in a matrixed organization, and demonstrate strong leadership skills.
  • Experience working with Legal, Compliance, Audit, Finance, Accounting, Credit, Technology, and Operational Risk teams.
  • 7+ years of experience in risk management, audit, compliance, controls, legal, banking operations, consulting, or project management.
  • Proficiency with reporting, analysis, and presentation tools, including Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting risk management, internal controls, compliance, or audit functions.
  • Demonstrated project management skills, including the ability to execute initiatives, manage timelines and deliverables, promote accountability, and build effective processes, partnerships, and solutions.


About Midfirst Bank

MidFirst Bank is a privately owned bank in the United States based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Its primary markets include Oklahoma City, Tulsa, western Oklahoma, Denver, Phoenix and Dallas. MidFirst Bank offers personal, commercial, trust, private banking and mortgage banking products and services. MidFirst Bank was founded in 1982 and has more than $20 billion in assets.
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Size
1,500 employees
Industry
Finance & Insurance
* Ladders Estimates

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