[Hiring] Chief Compliance Officer @THIRD COAST BANK

Role Description

• Ensure that an effective compliance risk management program is established that is appropriate for the size and complexity of the Bank’s business practices and objectives.
• Foster a positive compliance culture, protecting the brand and integrity of the firm.
• Manage regulatory examinations and respond to regulatory inquiries.
• Maintain current knowledge regarding regulatory issues, rules proposals, guidance, etc.
• Advise the Firm regarding compliant business practices.
• Conduct Firm reviews and mock examinations.
• Deliver annual compliance meetings.
• Develop and manage professional relationships with regulatory personnel.
• Provide monthly and ad-hoc reporting including monthly metric/status reports and escalate any breaches to internal and/or external parties.
• Provide strategic oversight of the Compliance Program and create an annual compliance plan.
• Promote early detection of compliance risk issues.
• Identify significant compliance risks.
• Encourage the Business Lines to implement, when feasible, strong preventive compliance controls in collaboration with 1st line and 2nd line of risk colleagues.
• Promote efficient compliance risk mitigation processes.
• Assess the Bank’s compliance risk exposure and provide ongoing reporting on the level and direction of that risk.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Federal and state banking regulations pertaining to risk management, auditing, regulatory reporting, and compliance.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated persistence and willingness to take calculated risks.
• Exceptional analytical and reasoning skills.
• Willingness and ability to accept responsibility and possesses the desire and capability of motivating and directing the activities of others.
• Demonstrates effective organizational and planning skills and the ability to successfully guide projects through to completion.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate strategies into risk management tactical objectives and projects.
• Strong initiative and decision-making abilities, with the ability to advance the strategic planning, direction, and goal setting for the company in collaboration with senior management.
• Ability to successfully build strong working relationships and interact with associates and management at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to effectively challenge management responses when necessary and resolve issues in the best interest of the company.
• Ability to establish departmental policies, practices, and procedures that have a significant impact on the organization.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in Risk Management, Finance, or Business.
• 15 years of financial institution management experience, focused on risk management, legal, compliance, and/or internal audit, with increasing responsibilities for multi-faceted direction and planning.
• Minimum ten years management experience.
• Experience partnering with executive management.
• Experience developing and/or overseeing risk management for financial institutions with assets size exceeding $10 billion preferred.

Benefits

• This position is a full-time, exempt position. Typical work hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
• Some travel between Third Coast Bank SSB offices may be required.

Work Environment

• This job operates in a professional office environment.
• This position uses office equipment such as computers, phones, copy and fax machines, calculators, filing cabinets, and printers.

Physical Demands

• This position will be responsible for writing, typing, speaking, listening, lifting (up to 50 pounds), driving, carrying, seeing (such as close, color and peripheral vision, depth perception, and adjusted focus), sitting, pulling, walking, standing, squatting, kneeling, and reaching.

Mental Demands

• The incumbent in this position must be able to accommodate reading documents or instruments, detailed work, problem solving, customer contact, reasoning, math, language, presentations, verbal and written communication, analytical reasoning, stress, multiple concurrent tasks, and constant interruptions.