Assistant Branch Leader -Dallas, TX

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Aid the Market Leader in ensuring the branch meets and exceeds established sales and revenue goals and credit quality standards through personal and staff production.
• Lead, direct, manage, and coach all personnel within a branch to meet and exceed established short-term and long-term sales goals. Take the lead role in being the "sales coach" for the branch.
• Direct and coordinate the day to day activities of a Branch, involving responsibility and accountability for budget, personnel, goal-achievement, compliance requirements, and 100% client satisfaction.
• Maintain branches operational integrity. Ensure service levels against customer expectations. Ensure day to day compliance and operational risk controls in accordance with bank and/or regulatory standards and policies.
• Approve specific check amounts, wire transfers, cashier's checks, uncollected funds, and insufficient funds based on credit authority limitations preset by management.
• Identify obstacles and opportunities and empower team members to remove obstacles to sales and service under personal control.
• Maintain an understanding of all current financial products, policies, procedures and regulations.
• Adhere to all current policies, procedures, and compliance/audit requirements; To include retail assessments, security assessments and account quality reviews.
• Manage programs and reward systems developed with the Market Leader to increase morale, develop employees, and maintain high levels of performance, etc. in order to assist in reducing turnover.
• Works with Market Leaders within the business community and civic organizations to generate new business.
• Adheres to and complies with applicable, federal and state laws, regulations and guidance, including those related to anti-money laundering (i.e. Bank Secrecy Act, US PATRIOT Act, etc.).
• Adheres to Bank policies and procedures and completes required training.
• Identifies and reports suspicious activity.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervises function, projects or services and/or one or more employees, as applicable.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Involves interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance coaching; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.