AVP, Associate Director of EFD – Operations & Financial Strategy
At Stearns Bank, we’re helping people, entrepreneurs, small businesses, and local communities nationwide reach their full financial potential. Sound like something you want to be a part of? If so, we’re currently looking for an AVP, Associate Director of EFD – Operations & Financial Strategy. This position is a Connected Mobile Work Environment position.
Come see how we’re doing business unusual and charting our own path to reimagine a more inclusive financial services and banking ecosystem for all.
BENEFITS
Stearns Bank understands and respects that everyone is managing unique career, family, and wellness needs. That’s why we offer industry-leading benefits to employees to help them live healthy lives and bring their full selves to work every day. Benefits may vary for part-time positions. Some of those benefits include:
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan & 401k Plan
- Healthcare (Medical, Dental, Vision, Telehealth, Life insurance)
- 12-week Paid Parental Leave and Medical Leave: With a cap of 20 weeks for eligible team members who qualify for both Medical and Parental Leave related to the birth of a child
- $5,000 Family Care Reimbursement: Childcare, Elder Care, Student Loan Debt, Pet expenses, Down Payment Assistance, Health Insurance Premiums
- PTO from 13 to 23 days depending on tenure. Cashout and Carryover options
- 10 Days Sick Time
- 11 Paid Holidays
- 4 Days Volunteer Time
- 2 Days Self Allowance Time
- Tuition Assistance
For this position, we anticipate an annual salary between $125,000 – 180,000 Final employment offers will be dependent upon the selected candidate’s relevant qualifications and experience.
JOB SUMMARY
The AVP, Associate Director of EFD – Operations & Financial Strategy is responsible for operational excellence, financial governance, core-system ownership, data integrity, and strategic growth enablement within the Equipment Finance Division’s (EFD). This role oversees all operational functions, ensures accurate financial and tax processes, manages business-unit reporting and budgets, and leads the strategic evaluation of new products, industries, and operational capabilities. This role requires advanced operational leadership, strong cross functional collaboration and partnership, and a very proactive approach to efficiency optimization, KPI-driven performance management, and critical thinking-based decision making. This position will require extensive communication with all business units within Equipment Finance Division (EFD) and other internal departments within Stearns Bank.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Leadership & Operational Strategy
- Provide discipline, vision, and oversight for EFD finance and operations functions, ensuring processes are standardized, controlled, transparent and responsive.
- Lead the strategic direction and continuous efficiency improvements of our EFD finance and operations functions, including system specifications and security to the highest level of completeness, accuracy, and efficiency.
- Build, measure and sustain accountability, urgency, precision, Gold Standard service, financial discipline, and process integrity.
- Identify operational risks, implement controls, and ensure audit readiness.
- Work with other departments to ensure all processes function seamlessly, setting and enforcing clear ownership, accountability, and performance expectations for the EFD Finance and Operations teams and function.
- Serve on the EFD Leadership Committee to oversee strategic direction, operational performance, systems strategy and risk management of EFD with the other committee members collectively.
- Provide high-impact strategic leadership and ensure team culture reflects accountability, communication, ownership, and performance excellence.
Core System Ownership & Technology Strategy
- Serve as the business owner of the core EFD systems, including configuration, workflows, permissions, and integrations.
- Oversee how data enters, moves through, and exits t