Assistant Branch Manager

Ridgewood Savings Bank • New York, NY

4h • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Branch Manager is responsible for maintaining high productivity among branch personnel through supervision, training, coaching, disciplining, and evaluation. This role directs daily branch operations, ensuring customer needs are met in accordance with regulatory requirements, and manages staffing schedules and payroll. The Assistant Branch Manager ensures compliance with bank policies and procedures, conducts operational meetings, and resolves customer complaints. Key responsibilities also include maximizing sales performance, fostering a positive team atmosphere, creating individual development plans, and reviewing financial activities such as check settlements and daily printouts to prevent loss and monitor suspicious activity. The position requires ensuring the proper functioning of ATMs and security cameras, completing various compliance reports (e.g., Currency Transaction reports, Quarterly Compliance report), and administering signature guarantees. The Assistant Branch Manager provides management coverage in the absence of the Branch Manager and must be willing and able to travel to various branch locations on short notice, requiring independent transportation.

Requirements

• High School diploma or G.E.D. equivalent
• Minimum three to five years bank operations experience
• Demonstrated ability to be an effective supervisor and to build and maintain rapport with management and subordinates.
• Generally equivalent to two years Supervisor experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of Bank Products & Services, and all associated software and programs, including Microsoft Office
• Demonstrated ability to identify, investigate and resolve problems concerning customer accounts/transactions
• Demonstrated ability to manage in a sales environment, including Staff Coaching, Skills Transfer, and conducting Individual Development Plan meetings and Branch Sales meetings.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Two to four years of college preferred

Responsibilities

• Maintains high level of productivity among branch personnel through careful supervision, including training, coaching, disciplining, and evaluating.
• Directs the daily branch operations by providing guidance and assistance to branch personnel in servicing customer needs in accordance with all regulatory requirements.
• Maintains proper daily staffing requirements by coordinating the weekly branch personnel schedule.
• Responsible to review and submit payroll.
• Documents and reports attendance to Human Resources Department.
• Ensures that branch personnel follow bank policies and procedures by investigation and follow-up.
• Conduct monthly operational meetings.
• Ensures regulatory compliance.
• Resolves customer complaints or needs that may exceed the authority of subordinates by analyzing situations and making decisions.
• Maximizes sales performance and projects and promotes an engaging team atmosphere to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction by conducting sales meetings and performing skills transfers.
• Creates and monitors individual development plans for branch personnel.
• Ensures proper review and settlement of in-clearing check items by reviewing account history and paying or returning rejected items in accordance with Regulation CC.
• Reviews daily printouts required by bank policy and procedure to prevent financial loss and monitor suspicious activity in accordance with BSA and other regulatory requirements.
• Inspects automated teller machines and ensures security cameras are functioning properly for branch and customer security and safety.
• Maintains dual control and proper security procedures.
• Ensures Currency Transaction reports are completed daily and submitted in appropriate timeframe.
• Reviews business profiles to ensure required information is completed and documented accordingly, completes and submits Quarterly Compliance report in order to be compliant with BSA requirements.
• Administers signature guarantees under the guidelines of the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program.
• Completes monthly State of the Branch and General Ledger Reconciliation reports, to review the financial activities of the branch and ensure all required actions are conducted.
• Provides management coverage by managing the branch in the absence of the Branch Manager.
• Means of independent transportation in order to travel to various locations.
• Must be willing and able to travel to various branch locations on short notice.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED