VP, Enterprise Risk Management

Fremont Bancorporation•Livermore, CA

About The Position

Fremont Bank — one of the Bay Area’s most respected and long-standing financial institutions — is seeking a strategic, hands-on professional to join and help advance our Enterprise Risk Management team. This is a high-impact opportunity to contribute to the success of a mission-driven organization committed to excellence, community service, and strong client relationships. If you're energized by purpose-driven work, collaboration, and delivering meaningful results, we’d love to connect. Why Fremont Bank? Founded in 1964, Fremont Bank is one of the oldest independently owned banks in the Bay Area and has been consistently recognized as a Top Workplace for the past 15 consecutive years. Our foundation is built on relationships — with our clients, our associates, and our communities. We offer: A people-first culture grounded in inclusion and excellence Deep community involvement and local reinvestment A mission-driven workplace where values and performance go hand in hand The Fremont Bank Way Full-Service Banking with comprehensive financial solutions, advanced technology, and exceptional service No-Compromise Approach — we help clients get to "yes" Core Values: o Go above and beyond for clients o Foster a supportive and empowering environment for associates o Deeply invest in the well-being of our local community Position Overview The Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is responsible for leading the Bank’s identification and awareness of risk and improving the overall risk culture. The Vice President will manage the Bank’s ERM Program while continuing to promote bank wide initiatives, including High Reliability Organization (HRO) and Doing It Right the First Time (DIRFT). The Vice President of ERM will report to the bank’s President.

Requirements

15+ years of banking experience
10+ years of risk-related responsibilities, preference will be given to candidates with experience assessing and monitoring interest rate risk and credit risk.
Demonstrated career progression
Bachelor’s degree in related field
Strong leadership and people management
Strong analytical skills
Strong and effective verbal (including presenting) and written communication skills to bank professionals at all levels up to Board and Senior Executives.
Ability to build consensus and relationships
Strong organizational skills
Self-motivated and ability to work autonomously

Responsibilities

Lead the ERM Program by continuously assessing the Programs’ effectiveness and making necessary improvements in support of the Bank’s Strategic Plan whilst ensuring regulatory compliance.
Experienced at balancing strategic thinking with tactical execution. Able to sort through ambiguously defined problems, identify big challenges, and develop a roadmap to address such challenges while adjusting to sudden and frequent changes.
Establish policies and procedures, risk metrics, risk inventory management, risk reports and improvements in risk preparedness through effective communication, training and risk-based forecasting.
Facilitate ERM Committees at both Senior Executives and Board of Director level meetings to ensure the Bank’s risks are properly identified, measured, reported and mitigated.
Report high-level risks to the Board of Directors and lead discussions to ensure awareness and proper monitoring.
Relationship-builder at all levels of the enterprise, with proven ability to influence business level managers to improve risk management practices.
Identify, monitor and investigate risks to the Bank, both internally and externally.
Partner with Internal Audit and Compliance Departments to protect the Bank.
Participate and actively contribute to various Bank committees at both Board and management levels, including GLBA, Strategic Planning, Audit and Compliance Committees.
Improve the Bank’s cultural of reliability by creating, promoting and educating all associates on HRO principles.
Champion process improvement through promotion of DIRFT related principles, including controls identification, gap analysis and best practice sharing.
Provide on demand risk management guidance to fellow associates
Manage ERM Department, including development, managing workload, and performance management
Continually monitor external risk landscape for potential new and emerging risks.