Job Location : Jefferson Township,NJ, USA
2191 Lemay Ferry Rd, St. Louis, MO 63125, USA
Job DescriptionPosted Monday, April 1, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Midwest BankCentre is proud to be recognized as one of St. Louis' Top Workplaces for 2021, 2022 and 2023!
About Midwest BankCentre
Midwest BankCentre is a values-based bank that has been a mainstay of St. Louis community banking since 1906. Our purpose is to help regional communities thrive by creating the conditions to help Main Street, marginalized communities and multicultural markets live into their full potential. We work to empower people, enable business and energize neighborhoods through the strength of our financial services, including personalized consumer and business banking, business cash management, mortgage lending, home equity loans, financial planning and investments, insurance and digital banking.
We are committed to making meaningful, long-term investments in communities that lift everyone up so we can all RISE TOGETHER. Our commitment to shared prosperity, our investment in Community and Economic Development and our dedication to diversity and inclusion are reflected in the ways Midwest BankCentre lives its purpose.
Objectives of this Role
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) plays a pivotal role in the strategic direction and financial management of Midwest BankCentre. The CFO role stands at the helm of the company's financial direction and management, ensuring enduring fiscal health and sustainability. This role's purview includes the entirety of the financial operations of the bank. This role helps to steer the institution towards its long-term strategic goals through comprehensive financial planning, analysis, reporting, and adherence to regulatory compliance. This role has significant responsibilities for Board relations and Governance through managing of board committees and fostering strong relationships. The CFO is a close trusted advisor to the CEO and is a key leader in board relations and through strong processes and policy, ensures compliance, strong audit performance, oversight of the bank's investments and funds management, and external vendor relationships related to key finance strategies. The CFO's role at Midwest BankCentre transcends traditional finance responsibilities, encompassing a broader leadership scope that may include oversight of other vital bank functions. This broader role amplifies the CFO's critical impact on strengthening the bank's foundational elements: ensuring financial stability and shaping a clear, forward-looking strategic path. These core pillars—robust financial health and a visionary strategic direction—are essential because they guide the bank's decisions, investments, and growth plans, positioning it for sustained success. Consistent with the Bank's long-standing approach to leadership development and transition, this role will initially report to the CFO as a successful and thoughtful transition occurs over the course of the next 12 – 18 months.
Essential Functions
Financial Strategy and Planning:
Financial Reporting and Analysis:
Risk Management and Compliance:
Treasury and Capital Management:
Strategic Leadership and Collaboration:
Skills and Qualifications
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. This is largely a sedentary role; however, some filing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary.
Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every listed qualification. Midwest BankCentre is recognized nationally for its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices and embraces these practices as a competitive advantage.
If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be the right candidate for this or other Midwest BankCentre roles!
AAP/EEO Statement
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
We thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position and Midwest BankCentre. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
2191 Lemay Ferry Rd, St. Louis, MO 63125, USA
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