Retail Area Manager Sacramento CA, Senior Vice President
CitiAbout the role
The Area Manager is a senior leadership position responsible for driving sales growth, client loyalty, and operational excellence across multiple retail branches. This role focuses on leading and developing a team of Branch Managers and sales professionals, ensuring a strong risk and control environment, and contributing to the development of business strategies.
Core Accountabilities include:
• Leading execution strategies to achieve performance goals and objectives
• Driving a culture of strong risk and controls
• Leading a client centric culture to drive excellence in client experience
• Cultivating talent and building a high engaged workforce
• Overseeing branch performance including expense discipline, hiring and staffing optimization and achievement of sales goals
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Performance Management
• Drive sales growth and market share acquisition by leading and coaching branch and area staff ensuring alignment with organizational goals and financial targets.
• Oversee branch operational performance analyzing data to develop and execute action plans, and communicating clear performance expectations.
• Integrate and manage promotional campaigns, ensuring alignment with compensation programs to motivate desired behaviors and business delivery.
• Under the leadership of the Market Director, identify synergies, review sales pipelines, and coordinate priorities for branches.
• Collaborate with functional managers to identify sales and service opportunities through client and area data analysis and building community partnerships.
Risk Management & Compliance
• Foster a robust risk and control culture, ensuring compliance with enterprise risk management frameworks and internal policies.
• Proactively identify, assess, and escalate risks, engaging actively in their management.
• Ensure controls are in compliance with prescribed policies and procedures.
• Exercise sound ethical judgment and maintain transparency in managing and reporting control issues, holding teams accountable for adherence to standards.
Talent Development & Culture
• Directly lead, coach, and develop Branch Managers and their teams.
• Identify, source, and develop talent, through our internal Learning Development team as well as internal Talent Acquisition partners.
• Build and leverage an engaged talent pool, fostering a culture of inclusion and excellence.
Client Experience & Growth
• Ensure a client-first approach, meeting client needs for trust, relevance, and convenience.
• Drive deposit balance growth through client engagement, outreach, portfolio management, and sales productivity.
• Deliver sustainable and balanced growth by harnessing "One Citi" resources to meet comprehensive client financial needs.
• Focus on client onboarding and engaging the existing customer base to drive long-term profitability.
Qualifications
• 10+ years of relevant experience in retail banking and sales management.
• Demonstrated success in sales, service, operations, and employee retention.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, prioritization, and organizational skills. • Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Proven ability to adapt to organizational, business, and regulatory changes, inspiring others, and exhibiting flexibility and self-motivation Education
• Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent is required. • Master's degree is preferred
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Job Family Group:
Consumer Sales------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:
Branch Sales------------------------------------------------------
Time Type:
Full time------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location:
Citrus Heights California United States------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$132,080.00 - $198,120.00
In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned t
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