Team Leader Client Services

Compeer Financial • Sycamore, IL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Empowered to live. Inspired to work. Compeer Financial is a member-owned cooperative located in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. We bring together team members with a variety of backgrounds and experiences to help provide financial services to support agriculture and rural communities. Join us in a culture that not only promotes meaningful work and professional development, but provides a flexible, hybrid work environment and excellent benefits, which empower you to thrive both personally and professionally.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, marketing or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Advanced level experience in lending, compliance and underwriting in a financial institution.
• 2+ years of supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of federal and state (Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) laws, regulations and compliance requirements specific to the financial industry and Farm Credit.
• Knowledge of farming operations and agriculture, along with basic accounting principles and procedures.
• Advanced knowledge of credit, loan processing, loan servicing or loan closing in a financial lending environment.
• Leadership skills to select, evaluate, engage, motivate, mentor, train, delegate, reward and lead remote team members.
• Strong listening, written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.
• Skill in developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships.
• Strong problem solving, decision making and organizational skills.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing situations in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with other teams to achieve goals, grow business and service all aspects of client needs.
• Strong computer skills, including MS Office applications, customer relationship management (CRM) programs and client databases.
• Must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States.
• Compeer is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Responsibilities

• Leads a group of Client Service team members who deliver a high quality experience to support the effective delivery of credit and financial products and services to current and prospective clients.
• Directly oversees all team members within an assigned area(s) of responsibility.
• Supports the implementation of Compeer's strategic initiatives and serves as a role-model for the vision, mission and values of the organization.
• Hires, trains, develops and rewards a high performing team.
• Empowers team members to be decision makers within their role and use critical thinking skills to support the organization and clients.
• Aids in establishing and developing guidelines to ensure the team provides a consistent quality level of service that is timely, thorough and responsive to all clients.
• Assists leadership in defining the team’s goals, providing clear expectations and feedback to all team members and monitoring the team's progress toward defined goals and objectives.
• Creates a positive work environment that leverages the talents and abilities of team members in achieving organizational and team goals.
• Collaborates, partners and works closely with others to develop, nurture and service all aspects of the team relationship model within assigned area of expertise.
• Determines the impact of proposed operational and organizational changes and develops plans for optimizing efficiency and coordination of activity with other departments within Compeer.
• Advocates and initiates change to department policies and procedures to improve productivity and client satisfaction.
• Manages change with direct reports and may also influence change with others outside the team.
• Works on various projects as needed.
• Maintains strong knowledge of compliance and regulatory expectations for business unit and ensures team members execute appropriately.
• Provides direction to the team on various related services to serve internal and external clients and third parties.
• Coordinates and designates tasks to ensure reconciliation, reporting, corrections/adjustments are monitored.
• Monitors team specific reports.
• Executes changes and compliance with organizational policies and procedures.
• Manages resources and performance management functions for team members.
• Determines and effectively communicates performance standards and development plans and assesses performance against standards.
• Identifies the need for conflict resolution and escalation of operational issues.
• Provides guidance and determines effective solutions for non-standard situations.
• Coordinates office operations with other departments and functions.
• Organizes and conducts regular team meetings (virtual and in-person).
• Regularly travels to direct team member office locations in order to remain up to date on team work.
• Promotes Compeer products and services.

Benefits

• Hybrid model – up to 50% work from home
• Flexible schedules including ample flexibility in the summer months
• Up to 9% towards 401k (3% fixed Compeer contribution plus up to 6% match)
• Benefits: medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, life & AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness program & EAP
• Vacation, sick leave, holidays/floating holidays, parental leave, and volunteer paid time off
• Learning and development programs
• Mentorship programs
• Cross-functional committee opportunities (i.e. Inclusion Council, emerging professional groups, etc.)
• Professional membership/certification reimbursement and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level