Washington Trust Bank · 3 days ago
Assistant Branch Manager
Washington Trust Bank is a family-oriented organization that values a supportive culture. The Assistant Branch Manager is responsible for managing and supporting sales and service activities, coaching staff, and ensuring compliance and risk management within the branch.
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Responsibilities
Primary time allocation is dedicated to managing and supporting implementation of sales and service activities in the branch
Coaches to all corporate sponsored training programs
Partners with branch manager to provide sales support, training, coaching, mentoring and development to all branch staff
Ensures that core competency and development plan documentation for all staff is completed
Responsible for marketing Washington Trust banking products and services including preparing for client calls, making sales calls, and call follow-up
Identifies opportunities and continually prospects for new clients
Generates leads through existing relationships; asks Center of Influence (COI) and other referrals sources and all new clients for referrals
Meets regularly with Branch Manager to give feedback on branch strategies and plan for further growth of the branch
Co-manages and motivates team to achieve sales goals and activities
Conducts periodic sales, one-on-one, and all-staff meetings
Participating and promoting team involvement in community organizations and business development activities when appropriate
Partners with the Branch Manager in the implementation of sales processes, which includes taking the lead and managing sales goals and initiatives
Contributes to the achievement of the branch and market goals
Participating and promoting team involvement in community organizations and business development activities when appropriate
Drives goal planning and developing strategies for the branch
Takes ownership and emulates the highest level of client service in all situations
Demonstrates a high level of product knowledge
Ensures professionalism and service expectations are aligned with corporate standards and followed by all branch personnel
Maintains a high level of product knowledge and client service skills based on completion of internal and approved external training programs
Keeps up to date with changes to products and services
Works with other managers and staff to exceed client needs in a responsive, efficient manner across department lines
Ensures and coordinates daily operation of cash and teller functions, as well as Personal Banker functions with accuracy and efficiency
Works with the manager to provide administrative and operational direction and support for the branch
Provides professional financial advice, guidance, and solutions through staff and directly to clients
Directly conducts coaching with the personal banker, training, human resource functions and staff development activities
Ensure that core competency and development plan documentation for all staff is completed
Provides sales support, training, coaching, mentoring, and development to all branch staff
Works with regional manager, when necessary and human resources in recruitment and hiring process
Performs compliance and risk management duties as required or assigned
Ultimately responsible for all regulatory and compliance activity within the branch including overseeing of the branch audit
Incorporates effective internal controls into all relevant work processes
Maintains a comprehensive understanding of internal controls, focusing specifically on key controls
Ensures timely updates to internal controls documentation when changes occur in risk parameters and/or workflow
Accountable for complying with bank policies and procedures, and governmental regulatory requirements as written in bank policy and procedure documentation
Manage branch to proactively identify and prevent fraud situations
Train teams to identify and manage risk effectively, staying current on fraud and risk trends to minimize impact to the bank and clients
Ensure teams are equipped with the necessary tools and knowledge to proactively mitigate risk-related situations
Acts as the Compliance Representative and facilitates appropriate compliance information at regular Assistant Manager meetings
Conducts the necessary spot checks and training for audits for the branches
Partners with Branch Manager to analyze workloads and workflows, designing and implementing best practices which define the most efficient way to conduct specific processes as well as continually upgrading and evaluating processes
Responsible for adhering and managing team to bank security and dual control policies
Research and troubleshoot complex issues
Demonstrates positive leadership behaviors through team motivation and development while leading by example
Acts as the branches’ primary operation contact providing daily support to branches in problem resolution relative to policies, procedures, compliance, technical and operational issues, as well as business and personal document interpretation
Maintains responsibility for managing personal bankers and other branch staff as assigned by the Branch Manager
Directly delivers coaching and training of job expectations, Human Resource functions, and staff development activities
Manages performance review documentation, development and delivery to Personal Bankers
Will assist with Personal Banker performance management
Partners with Branch Manager and Human Resources in recruitment and hiring process
Manages client base to meet bank income goals
Directly responsible for maintaining reasonable fee waiver and budgetary expectations, as assigned by Branch Manager
Accountable for complying with bank policies and procedures, and governmental regulatory requirements as written in bank policy and procedure documentation
Conducts other duties as assigned by the Branch Manager
Qualification
Required
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
Goal oriented, self-motivated and enthusiastic
Ability to sell products & services to clients
Ability to prioritize workflow, solve client or staff problems, and manage multiple tasks
Required to maintain the security and confidentiality of Bank and client information
Strong leadership skills including team recognition, motivation and conflict resolution
Completion of all appropriate Sales, Service, Employee Retention and Management training
May be required to have or obtain a Mortgage Loan Originator registration number through the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System & Registry (NMLS)
Preferred
Bilingual candidates preferred but not required
Benefits
Health
Financial
Retirement
Work/Life Benefits
Company
Washington Trust Bank
Washington Trust Bank is an banking, money, advice, financial, wealth, and investment provider.
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