Deposit Forecasting Director
This role oversees the leadership and execution of deposit forecasting activities across all deposit products and segments for the enterprise. The Director of Deposit Forecasting ensures alignment with organizational deposit priorities, liquidity and funding strategy, and balance sheet objectives. As a working manager, this position establishes forecasting standards and delivers insights to FP&A, segment leaders, and executive leadership to inform decision-making.
Business Segment and Partner Engagement
This role operates as a strategic enterprise finance leader, connecting deposit forecasting to segment strategy, balance sheet priorities, growth objectives, liquidity planning, and executive decision-making. Key responsibilities include:
- Partnering with Commercial and CRB segment deposit and finance leaders, and senior finance stakeholders to shape a forward-looking view of deposit performance reflecting customer behavior, market conditions, rate strategy, business growth plans, and risk appetite.
- Creating alignment between business strategy and financial outlook, enabling leaders to understand trade-offs, anticipate emerging risks, and make informed decisions on balance growth, pricing, funding mix, and profitability.
- Acting as a senior thought partner to Commercial leaders by translating relationship, vertical, and client-level insights into enterprise deposit assumptions for balance sheet strategy and financial planning.
- Shaping cross-segment views of deposit performance across CRB, regional banking, business banking, wealth, consumer, and other business lines by connecting customer growth, retention, runoff, seasonality, pricing, and product strategy to forecast outcomes.
- Influencing deposit product and pricing strategy through forward-looking analytics on rate sensitivity, customer migration, promotional activity, funding mix, and expected balance behavior across core deposit products.
- Leading executive-level forecast routines that align stakeholders on strategic narrative, key assumptions, risks, opportunities, and management actions needed to deliver enterprise deposit and profitability objectives.
- Establishing a disciplined engagement process that creates clear ownership for segment inputs, strengthens accountability for forecast drivers, and improves transparency into decisions and assumptions shaping the enterprise outlook.
Responsibilities
- Oversee enterprise deposit forecasting, including annual and long-range forecasting, budgeting inputs, and strategic planning integration.
- Develop and maintain advanced forecasting tools to analyze deposit trends, customer behavior, and interest rate sensitivity.
- Lead integration and analysis of deposit data across business segments to ensure consistency and transparency.
- Provide variance analysis and insights to explain forecast vs. actual performance and key drivers of deposit changes.
- Prepare and deliver executive-level materials summarizing deposit trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Partner with Treasury, Finance, Risk, and business leaders to align on assumptions and improve forecast accuracy.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to Commercial, CRB, and deposit product/pricing partners by connecting business strategy, client behavior, rate actions, and segment-level growth plans to enterprise deposit forecasts and balance sheet priorities.
- Support enterprise planning processes including budgeting, stress testing, and strategic planning.
- Establish and govern forecasting processes, tools, and data standards.
- Drive continuous improvement, including automation and enhancements to forecasting capabilities.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory expectations and internal governance standards.
- Attract, develop, and manage a team of finance and analytics professionals.
What Success Looks Like
- Delivers accurate, timely, and actionable deposit forecasts.
- Provides clear insights that influence executive decision-making.
- Builds strong cross-functional partnerships across Treasury, Finance, and business teams.
- Creates a strategic engagement process with Commercial, CRB, and deposit partners that aligns business strategy with financial outlook, clarifies ownership of key assumptions, and gives leadership early visibility into balance, rate, funding, and profitability risks.
- Enhances forecasting capabilities through data, tools, and process improvements.
- Develops a high-performing, engaged team.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or Mathematics.
- Minimum 7 years progressive leadership experience within FP&A, Treasury, or financial forecasting roles.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree.
- 10 or more years of progressive experience within FP&A, Treasury, or financial forecasting roles.
- Subject matter expertise in deposit analytics, balance sheet management, or deposit pricing and product management preferred.
- Proven leadership experience managing teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, modeling, and data interpretation skills.
Schedule
This is an exempt position. Specific work arrangements, including flexible office and work-from-home opportunities, will be provided by the hiring team.
Pay
The compensation range for this position is $125,000 - $255,000 annual salary. Actual compensation will vary based on factors including location, experience, and education. Colleagues in this position are also eligible to participate in an applicable incentive compensation plan.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage.
- Wellness program.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Retirement savings plan.
- Paid leave programs, paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).