Community Banking Branch Manager - Allentown

FIRSTRUST BANK
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As a Firstrust employee, your growth is our growth.

For you, that means great benefits, performance-based pay, a meaningful role, and resources to help your success.

For us, that means employees who offer exemplary customer service with a commitment to our values - honesty, integrity and accountability.


*On-site Position*
Primary responsibility is to manage a Branch Team of employees and/or more than one branch to develop business, provide extraordinary service to customers, maintain operational integrity and a professional office appearance, and manage operating expenses. Directs the daily sales, operational and administrative activities of the branch within the framework of corporate policies and procedures to assure good quality service to our customers, satisfied and challenged employees and an efficient and profitable operating branch. Fosters a motivational environment and strong sense of service and teamwork.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Responsible for the development of new business for Firstrust. Is alert to expressed customer/prospect needs to suggest appropriate business and consumer services. Actively sells and promotes bank products to potential and existing business and consumer customers. Possesses knowledge of corporate products and services to suggest products.
• Uses time to develop business with existing customers, COIs and prospects. Obtains new loans/deposits through the development and implementation of an internal/external calling program.
• Requires a desire to learn and understand the business customers’ needs and recommend solutions to meet those needs.
• Primary responsibility to attain small business loans, deposit goals and other sales goals as dictated by branch Scorecard or other qualitative measures.
• Builds strong partnerships with Business Banking, Consumer Lending, and Commercial Lenders, Private banking, Mortgage Officers, and all other partners within Bank to meet/exceed our customer’s expectations.
• Budgets time to ensure ongoing sales activities, develops tactics to achieve results each month and is accountable for meeting these goals.
• Develops and implements a strategic plan and continuously monitors the branch performance with an Assistant Manager or other senior level team member as it relates to all goals.
• Monitors loan, deposit, new account, referral and balance sheet goals and production to achieve consistent scorecard results. Also, monitors fee income, fee waivers and rebates, income & expense goals and results.
• Evaluates and submits branch approval requests for fee rebates outside of the branch’s authority level limits.
• Embraces technology and Sales Force (Customer Relationship Management system) to manage all branch leads and opportunities for themselves and their team.
• Ensures branch operates in accordance with all Bank audit and security policies and procedures and ensures branch compliance of all federal regulatory guidelines. Achieves audit goals.
• Manages the professional development plan for all branch team members including specific training related to product knowledge, sales, customer service, compliance, operations and/or technical training. This includes attendance at required meetings by job family, Operations review classes and/or sales debrief calls. Writes and delivers annual performance reviews, and performance improvement plans/warnings as needed. Approves time off, branch schedules and timesheets for optimum customer service. Interviews candidates for open positions.
• Oversees the monitoring of teller shorts/overs, new account exceptions, loan exceptions and branch overall cash levels.
• Manages all aspects of Branch appearance including facilities, signage, and employee attire in accordance with the Firstrust appearance policy.
• Holds self and others accountable. Demonstrates the behaviors consistent with Firstrust Mission and Values.
• Leading a welcoming atmosphere that reflects our commitment to exceptional service specifically embracing and demonstrating MAGIC of customer service strategies.
• Demonstrates teamwork through flexibility and maintains effective communication with other departments to achieve Community Banking objectives and goals.
• Partners with all areas of the Bank to provide seamless service to our customers.


Decision Making
• Develops, implements, and monitors the branch’s performance as it relates to all goals. Develops tactics to ensure the branch is meeting its goals.
• Monitors loan, deposit, new account, referral and balance sheet goals and production to achieve consistent scorecard results. Also, monitors fee income, fee wa