
Financial Insts Rel Mgr III
- Chicago, IL
- $77,900 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Drive business in both the futures and securities within the Financial Institutions Group, applying acumen and long-time presence across related verticals to provide a differentiated customer experience to both futures and securities and specialty finance firms.
- Develop new and existing relationships within the Financial Institutions Team.
- Serve as relationship manager for institutional clients specializing in the futures and securities industry nationwide.
- Drive consultative initiatives with top leadership on the best way to achieve short and long-term strategic objectives.
- Provide clients with industry expertise, sharing trends and current and potential impact on client business model.
- Prepare internal credit memos, transaction & credit modeling, completion of due diligence & requirements.
- Perform relationship management and portfolio management functions for a diverse portfolio of specialty finance (leasing companies, tax lien investors) and futures & securities companies (broker dealers, FCMs, exchanges, and fund of hedge funds).
- Responsible for origination, underwriting, legal negotiations, and ongoing portfolio management.
- Loan sizes range from $20MM single bank participations to $100MM+ holds in multi-billion dollar syndications.
- Strategy in Action – Build your strategic mindset capability.
- Breaks down larger goals into smaller achievable goals and communicates how they are contributing to the broader goal.
- Actively seeks to understand factors and trends that may influence role.
- Anticipates risk and develop contingency plans to manage risks.
- Identifies opportunities for improvement and seeks insights from other sources to generate potential solutions.
- Aligns activities to meet individual, team and organizational goals.
- Effectively and transparently shares information and ideas with others.
- Tailors the delivery of communication in a way that engages the audience and that is easy to understand and retain.
- Unites others towards common goal.
- Asks for others' opinions and ideas and listens actively to gain their support when clarifying expectations, agreeing on a solution and checking for satisfaction.
- Takes ownership of the problem while collaborating with others on a resolution with an appropriate level of urgency.
- Collaborates and seeks to understands the root causes of problems.
- Evaluates the implications of new information or events and recommends solutions using decisions that are sound based on what is known at the time.
- Takes action that is consistent with available facts, constraints and probable consequences.
- Passionately serves internal/external clients with excellence.
- Maintains a growth mindset staying current with developments and trends in areas of expertise influencing client satisfaction both internally and externally.
- Understands data, metrics and/or financial information, and how they tie to client satisfaction and business outcomes related to position, client and/or team.
- Nurtures client relationships by listening, prioritizing, and acting responsibly to meet client needs, mitigate risk and add shareholder value.
- Bachelor’s degree and/or H.S. Diploma/GED with equivalent work experience.
- Minimum 1 year of relevant commercial banking experience.
- Ability to orchestrate organizational resources by identifying key players, communicating relevant information, and building collaborative client-focused relationships.
- Possesses a thorough knowledge of Loan Standards, Loan Review Administration and Banking/OCC Procedures.
- Very high level of written and verbal communication skills.
- Must have a proven track record of successful sales performance with strong business development skills.
- Very high level of sales, negotiation and financial analysis skills.
- Achieve personal goals for new loan/deposit production and average portfolio target.
- Achieve personal goals for new fee production and average loan delinquency.
- Depth and breadth of prior and/or related commercial lending, business development, commercial credit and portfolio management in Business Banking or middle market experience
- Number of consistent years with success and track record as a Relationship Manager (or similar role) at the Bank or at another financial institution
- Demonstrated and proven ability to work through complex credits and/or other unique situations
- Well connected, known in market/region/industry, and influential in acquiring, deepening, and maintaining profitable client relationships through sales, prospecting and enhancing existing relationships
- Prior experience formally or informally coaching and mentoring peers while utilizing leadership skills
- Agile and prior proficiency to adapt if/when changes in sales practices and broader market and industry conditions are needed