Physical Security Officer

Job Summary

The Physical Security Officer is the Physical Security leader for HomeTrust Bank and is responsible for the development and implementation of the enterprise strategy to identify and mitigate physical security and crime risk, maintain continuity of security operations, and safeguard the organization’s people, assets, and facilities. 

Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


* Analyze and deploy technology solutions and innovative security management strategies, methodologies, and best practices to safeguard personnel and organizational assets.


* Identify, develop, implement, and maintain security processes and procedures across the bank to ensure regulatory compliance, to include responding to incidents, and limiting exposure to liability.


* Contribute to the reduction of losses by analyzing and reporting on the effectiveness of security protection programs, strategies, countermeasures, and critical incident response, and consulting with the senior leadership team regarding the adoption of appropriate policies, control measures, and similar enterprise security programs.


* Serve as the SME and provide oversight, delivery, management, and maintenance of critical physical security programs across the bank including access control, guard force staffing, video surveillance, and similar enterprise risk mitigation management programs.


* Lead first response and threat management efforts.


* Lead Corporate Security Program maturity and continuous improvement, including but not limited to technical physical security governance, centralized oversight of all guard force operations, and maintaining a layered risk-based approach to physical security and crime risk mitigation across the bank.


* Develop appropriate awareness materials for pertinent audiences (including employees) to advance the bank’s physical security posture.


* Develop, implement, and lead active aggressor and workplace violence deterrence and training programs.


* Provide security-related guidance and expertise to employees and the senior leadership team on situations related to physical security and criminal matters.


* Mitigate workplace violence through proactive intelligence collection, development of policies, and coordination with internal business partners.


* Collaborate closely with law enforcement, industry peers and related organizations to stay abreast of existing and emerging threats and developing mitigation strategies to limit their impact on the company and employees.


* Monitor, assess, and report security threats which may impact operations.


* Collaborate with HR and other business partners as necessary to conduct investigations related to security policy violations, security incidents, threats of workplace violence, loss prevention, property loss or reputational security matters,...