Head of Retail
Wintrust Financial CorporationAbout the role
Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $62 billion in assets whose common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Guided by its “Different Approach, Better Results” philosophy, Wintrust offers the sophisticated resources of a large bank while providing a community banking experience to each customer. Wintrust operates more than 200 retail banking locations through 16 community bank subsidiaries in the greater Chicago, southern Wisconsin, west Michigan, northwest Indiana, and southwest Florida market areas. In addition, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units, providing residential mortgage origination, wealth management, commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing/outsourced administrative services to the temporary staffing services industry, and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges. Our unique business model is a competitive strength and value driver, powered by our talented colleagues who put our customers first and achieve better results for our clients.
Wintrust is looking to hire a Head of Retail to support our Beverly Bank & Trust charter.
Why join us?
An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 11 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)
Competitive pay and annual discretionary bonus eligible
Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few
Family-friendly work hours
With 175+ community bank locations, we offer opportunities to grow and develop in your career
Promote from within culture
Position Overview:
The Head of Retail is responsible for retail management oversight of multiple branches to improve our overall retail line of business performance. Guides, directs and coaches Charter Branch Managers and their respective teams to deliver best-in-class Sales & Service capabilities to drive financial results.
What You'll Do:
Sales:
Responsible for growing/improving all components of retail sales performance as measured by the Retail Scorecard and other supporting reports.
Specific focus on core customer household growth, loan growth, and balanced deposit growth while maintaining deposit costs aligned with business expectations.
Establish branch specific goals.
Work with Regional Managers / Branch Managers to develop branch plans & sales strategies to achieve growth objectives.
Monitor sales results, provide coaching to ensure targets are achieved.
Facilitate partnerships with all lines of business.
Service:
Promote and foster exceptional service at every level of the team to ensure best in class customer service is being provided.
Maintain service quality as measured by customer satisfaction surveys and net promoter score.
Promote Wintrust and/or local brand as appropriate by establishing and enhancing the banks presence in the local community while also promoting consistent involvement at the charter level
Customer Experience/Employee Experience (CX/EX):
Maintain our strong culture of customer experience and develop a more consistent employee experience.
Talent Management/People Management:
Exercise human resource responsibility for personnel supervised including hiring, termination and employee issues.
Establish performance goals, make compensation recommendations and continually coach and assess team members for capability
Promote professional growth of employees through planned development activities and experiences for succession development
Create an environment where employees are engaged and aligned to deliver on charter and enterprise goals
Perform on-going assessment of retail talent to ensure employees have received training and support to meet expectations
Manage workforce optimization levels to efficiently staff branches based on volume and increased productivity
Determine optimal mix of roles, skill sets, and experience needed to effectively deliver sales & service and to enable career progression.
WTFC Cross-Functional Department Initiatives:
Implement Wintrust functional departments on retail improvements.
Work with other Wintrust lines of business on enhancing referrals
Operational Excellence:
Ensure team members comply with all bank and
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