Director Small Business Banking

Company: FirstBank & Trust
Location: Dubuque
Posted on: February 22, 2021

Job Description:

FirstBank Lubbock Bancshares began with the vision of one man, Barry Orr, and a promise. Barry promised his wife and friends that he would start a bank that would become profitable through relationships, hard work and determination. "It is our goal to be the BEST community bank in the Lubbock area," states Barry Orr, Chairman & CEO. "We knew we could help build a better Lubbock by serving the needs of customers our way." The Director Small Business Banking has responsibilities for overall strategic, tactical, and P&L management of the existing small business product line down to the contribution margin level. The position will also lead the function in deriving new product constructs, determining potential partnerships to enable the delivery, developing the requirements for technical builds, and overseeing the execution of each new product launch. The Director Small Business Banking will provide oversight and direction for member banks to effectively advise and guide small business clients. This position will also provide the oversight to ensure member banks have comprehensive financial solutions for small business clients and is empowered to deliver the full spectrum of business and personal financial solutions to meet the clients' needs.
Primary Responsibilities

• P&L management of Small Business products and services:
• Develops ambitious, strategic, and annual operating plans for all products offered to Small Business owners.
• Development & Ownership of product unit economics.
• Develops appropriate volume growth targets and alignment of these targets across the enterprise with the various groups accountable for achieving them.
• Works closely with Finance and Small Business Leadership to establish contribution margin goals by loan product to align with Opportunity Fund's sustainability and fundraising goals.
• Develops credit product features and non-credit products and services that positively impact Small Businesses.
• Product and Pricing Strategy:
• Defines product strategy for small business products.
• Specifies market requirements for current and future product initiatives, informed by market insights drawn from customer portfolio analysis and research; competitive analysis; compliance and risk management requirements; and other relevant sources.
• Ensures appropriate product/market fit of credit products.
• Develops, coordinates, and drives execution of effective product enhancement roadmaps.
• Develops appropriate business cases for any new product initiatives.
• Develops expertise about loan loss reserve programs and how they can impact product feasibility.
• Stays abreast of market trends and landscape to ensure products are on pace with customer and market needs.
• Develops products that support the evolution of Heartland's business model.
• In conjunction with Credit/Risk, translates the overall product pricing strategy into a loan pricing framework that considers the interplay between origination fees, interest rate, term and payment amount and loan size relative to credit risk.
• Works closely with Finance to ensure pricing matches with capital strategy and execution.
• Marketing and Distribution:
• In close coordination with Sales and Marketing, supports effective strategies and tactics to promote small business products to the target market.
• Works closely with Sales to coordinate effective distribution and "go to market" strategies and tactics across a variety of channels.
• Identifies and evaluates potential partnerships where products can deliver the desired impact and unit economics.
• End-to-end ownership of customer experience and success for credit products:
• Defines and coordinates execution of strategies to grow customer base.
• Customer impact - leverages teams to help define and ensure implementation of impact KPI's to measure and enhance impact of credit products on customer outcomes at a portfolio level.
• Defines and coordinates execution of strategies and tactics to improve customer retention rates.
• Completes annual E-Learning Plan and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) training as assigned and keeps up-to-date knowledge of BSA as it relates to the job function.
  Secondary Responsibilities
  • Works with member bank staff on individual professional development and career development opportunities.
  • Facilitates team members in creating individual goals and development plans that align with the department goals.
  • Provides information and on-going feedback to staff regarding expectations and performance.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.Management Responsibilities
    • This job has no management responsibilities
      Qualifications
      • Bachelors Business Administration/Management required or
      • Masters preferred
      • 10+ years experience in Small Business Banking required
      • 5-7 years managerial experience required
      • Ability to sell effectively to prospects and clients
      • Ability to read and analyze financial statements and tax returns
      • Sound credit skills necessary to evaluate loan requests
      • Excellent understanding of Cash Management, Merchant Service, Trade Services products offered to Business Banking customers and ability to identify sales opportunities for those product sets
      • Strong written and verbal communication skills
      • Excellent presentation skills
      • Effective interpersonal skills for interacting effectively with a diverse clientele and the small business communityScheduled Weekly Hours:40Time Type:Full time Posted 30+ Days Ago Full time 20-0968 About Us It's always more fun to say "hello" and "thank you" in person, but in today's electronic world, such opportunities are often diminished. Taking time to visit our--career site might be the beginning of a relationship, or it might be one more way of continuing a relationship that has been in place for some time. Either way, we would like to say "welcome" to FirstBank & Trust and extend an invitation to visit us any time at any of our locations. At FirstBank & Trust, we believe that outstanding customer service is the most important core value we can offer you. Our employees strive for it by understanding your particular situation and providing products and services that exceed your expectations. We know that customer trust and satisfaction must be earned every day and in every way. We pledge to demonstrate this each time you use our bank, on site and online. Member FDIC --- Equal Housing Lender Employment at Heartland Financial USA, Inc. is employment at will

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