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Columbia Bank · 2 weeks ago

Regional Loan Administration Manager

Tacoma, WA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$89K/yr - $130K/yr

4+ years exp

Columbia Bank is seeking a Regional Loan Administration Manager to manage and oversee a regional team of Commercial loan specialists. The role involves maintaining commercial loan closing expertise, ensuring operational integrity, and providing guidance to Relationship Specialists to enhance customer service.

BankingFinanceFinancial Services

Responsibilities

Manages and oversees a regional team of Commercial loan specialists within Commercial Lending

Responsible for maintaining a high level of commercial loan closing expertise within supported regions; overall operations integrity within department(s); providing closing/technical counsel to Relationship Specialists; manage the monitoring results and remediation of findings within your region; promotes and maintains efficient operations processes designed to achieve the highest levels of customer service

Partners with management across departments in the development and implementation of Bank-wide operating procedures, practices and controls to ensure compliance with bank policies/regulations

Manages a team of Commercial Relationship Specialists

Identifies, hires, motivates and retains top talent

Recommends, formulates and tests continuous process improvements and quality control procedures in concert with loan support services

Applies these improvements relative to training and implementation with the goal of streamlining processes and increasing productivity

Confers with management to coordinate operations and activities

Understands divisional and regional production goals and strategies and provides expertise and recommendations to the business units regarding process, procedures, and best practices in support of production goals

Ensures proper standards are implemented in order to safeguard the company assets

Demonstrates compliance with all bank regulations for assigned job function and applies to designated job responsibilities – knowledge may be gained through coursework and on-the-job training

Keeps up to date on regulation changes

Follows all Bank policies and procedures, compliance regulations, and completes all required annual or job-specific training

Maintain a working knowledge of Bank's written policies and procedures regarding Bank Secrecy Act, Regulation CC, Regulation E, Bank Security and other regulations as applicable to this job description

May be asked to coach, mentor, or train others and teach coursework as subject matter expert

Actively learns, demonstrates, and fosters the Columbia corporate culture in all actions and words

Takes personal initiative and is a positive example for others to emulate

Embraces our vision to become 'Business Bank of Choice'

May perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

Commercial loan expertiseBanking policies implementationTeam managementProcess improvementCommunication skillsLeadership skillsSoftware proficiencyInterpersonal skillsPresentation skillsProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, a related field, or equivalent work experience

4-7 years of relevant experience and an in-depth understanding of Commercial C&I and real estate financing, closing, procedures, and compliance regulations

Proven ability to effectively manage and develop others

Experience in creating and implementing banking policies, procedures, practices and documentation

Excellent communication and management skills with ability to manage diverse work groups operating from remote locations

Advanced interpersonal, leadership, and management skills. Proven ability to attract, motivate, and retain a high-performing sales team

Effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills

Ability to work effectively with individuals and groups across the Bank operating from remote locations

Demonstrated accountability, dependability, initiative and an ability to effectively prioritize tasks to ensure optimal results

Proven ability to 'think outside the box' when solving problems

Proficiency with personal computers and related software packages such as Word and Excel

Ability to train and present to small and large audiences or has the interest in learning to train and present