Certification of Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as adopted
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Benjamin R. Clouse, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K/A of CrossFirst Bankshares,
Inc.;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;
3.
[intentionally omitted];
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
and internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))
for the registrant and
have:
a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to
the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
internal control over
financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in
this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,
as of
the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and
d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in
the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to materially
affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and;
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of
internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the
registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a)
All significant deficiencies
and material weaknesses
in the design
or operation of
internal control
over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b)
Any fraud,
whether or
not material,
that involves management
or other employees
who have
a
significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
/s/ Benjamin R. Clouse
Benjamin R. Clouse
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
