Middle Market Team Lead (Columbia, SC based-onsite)

Fifth Third Bank

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Make banking a Fifth Third better® We connect great people to great opportunities. Are you ready to take the next step? Discover a career in banking at Fifth Third Bank. THIS ROLE IS NOT VIRTUAL - THIS ROLE WILL BE BASED AT OUR FUTURE COMMERCIAL OFFICE BASED IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL FUNCTION: Oversees a number of Relationship Managers to insure adherence to corporate policy, provides credit and underwriting review as well as over limit credit approval, provides support and direction in the cross selling effort. Commercial Middle Market Team Leaders are expected to solicit participations in the public debt issuance of their clients. Current policy limits participation to those clients that have "investment grade" credit ratings. Responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and personally following policies and procedures as defined. Accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues, and ensures that actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience. While operating within the Bank's risk appetite, achieves results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types. THIS ROLE IS NOT VIRTUAL - THIS ROLE WILL BE BASED AT OUR FUTURE COMMERCIAL OFFICE BASED IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Solid understanding of the Columbia, SC business landscape strongly preferred.
Typically requires 9+ years experience in credit training and underwriting required.
Excellent interpersonal skills, written and verbal communications skills required; ability to handle multiple tasks; demonstrated sales and negotiating experience.
Word and Excel experience necessary.

Responsibilities

Manage the sales process in a specific geographic marketing area (Columbia, SC)
Maintains primary relationship contact for a portfolio of existing customers.
Identifies and facilitate the cross-selling effort of all the bank's services.
Ensure the overall relationship is managed to the highest profit potential for the bank.
Identify and facilitate to businesses that do not maintain their primary banking relationship with 5/3, all the bank's services with the ultimate goal of moving the primary banking relationship to 5/3.
Provide outstanding customer service.
Meet or exceed goals stated in compensation plan document.
Monitor, on an ongoing basis, information concerning customer performance, abilities, and industry to determine that loan is an acceptable risk.
Ensure proper reporting, documentation, and review to determine that a loan is an acceptable risk.
Participate in various community affairs and projects to promote the image of the bank.
Responsible for providing employees timely, candid and constructive performance feedback; developing employees to their fullest potential and provide challenging opportunities that enhance employee career growth; developing the appropriate talent pool to ensure adequate bench strength and succession planning; recognizing and rewarding employees for accomplishments.