Commercial Business Banking Team Lead- Los Angeles, CA
About The Position
Associates at California Bank & Trust work in a relationship-centered culture where they are provided with the tools, training, and opportunities to build the best possible relationships with our clients and with each other. Our workplace culture values each associate’s unique experiences, background and perspectives and provides a collaborative environment for all employees to grow and thrive. As a premier California-focused financial services company dedicated to serving its communities, families, and businesses (small, mid-sized and large), CB&T has been active for 70 years and has more than 80 full-service branch offices across the state. This dedication has helped the bank earn recognition as a perennial powerhouse in yearly voting for “Best Bank” and “Best Commercial Bank” from the readers of San Diego Union-Tribune and Orange County Register. Additionally, as a division of Zions Bancorporation, the bank has collected multiple Greenwich Excellence Awards for “Overall Client Satisfaction” in Small Business & Middle Market Excellence Awards. We are looking for a Commercial Business Banking Team Lead in Los Angeles. This role is responsible for leading and developing a team of business bankers/relationship managers while driving new business growth, overseeing a commercial loan portfolio, ensuring sound credit practices, and building strong client relationships that result in high levels of customer satisfaction.
Requirements
- Requires a bachelor's degree finance, banking or a related field and 10+ years business banking, credit and/or banking or other directly related experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may meet qualifications.
- Expert knowledge of credit associated lending, financial strategy and customer development.
- Working knowledge of business and commercial loans.
- Excellent client relationship and communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Expert analytical skills needed for loan approvals and underwriting.
- Excellent negotiation and problem resolution skills.
- Expert knowledge of loan sales and closing processes.
- Ability to interview applicants and determine creditability.
- Excellent character judgment, loan structuring, credit analysis and credit monitoring skills.
- Strong leadership and supervisory/management skills.
Responsibilities
- Supervises a team of commercial business bankers on a portfolio of business banking accounts.
- Provides subordinate officers with functional guidance.
- Responsible for generating and servicing a wide variety of business loans and portfolios.
- Aggressively seeks and obtains quality new business through client and prospect calls, referrals and cross selling efforts.
- Interviews applicants for perspective loans, loan structuring, credit analysis and monitoring credit performance.
- Responsible for building and maintaining relationships, with a resulting high degree of customer satisfaction.
- May have authority concerning staffing, performance evaluations, promotions, salary recommendation and terminations.
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - START DAY ONE!
- Life and Disability Insurance
- Paid Parental Leave
- Adoption Assistance
- Health Savings (HSA)
- Flexible Spending (FSA)
- Dependent care accounts
- Paid Training
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 11 Paid Federal Holidays, and any applicable state holidays
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Profit Sharing
- competitive compensation in line with work experience
- Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions
- Tuition Reimbursement for qualifying employees enrolled in an accredited degree program related to the needs of the business, maximum of $5,250 per calendar year, employees are eligible for the program upon hire
- Employee Ambassador preferred banking products
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
