VP Community Financial Center Regional Manager

About the role

GTE Financial is seeking a Vice President Community Financial Center Regional Manager to lead our community financial centers. This role involves leading branches to achieve sales and revenue goals, delivering an outstanding member experience, driving growth, navigating change management, and supporting the team in helping members improve their financial health and well-being.

Responsibilities

• Established routine visits to CFCs to track and understand the direct market and staffing needs.
• Establishes sales and revenue plans and objectives and manages for results by defining high expectations for their self and branch teams.
• Leads and manages the sales and revenue planning process, adjusting plans and forecasts as required to ensure the district meets or exceeds all performance goals.
• Cook, develop, and mentor managers and branch staff by equipping them with the sales, service, and advice skills and disciplines necessary to deliver holistic advice and guidance to our members to improve their financial health and well-being.
• Provides strong leadership to the team to promote a culture of ongoing feedback, performance, and development discussions to enhance overall employee engagement and improve retention.
• Routinely coach using the Integrity Coaching principles and Member Advantage philosophy, evaluate progress and provide frequent and timely feedback to the team.
• Works directly with the Management Team to focus on business development opportunities in their districts.
• Helps GTE Financial's brand awareness and works to own the community they serve.
• Develops and enables an engaged, capable, and confident management team to implement programs and processes focused on building deep relationships with members.
• Actively seeks opportunities to recognize staff and share best practices.
• Leads and supports the successful roll-out of new products, services, and initiatives.
• Works in close partnership with the Vice President of Branch Operations, Vice President of Business Banking, and other leaders to maximize district and branch-level opportunity across all key business drivers.
• Develop and execute a deposit strategy to exceed growth goals in terms of deposit growth and cost of funds.
• Develop and execute a strategic plan to achieve sales goals and expand our member base, which includes active prospecting to build a short-term and long-term pipeline.
• Maintains and adheres to risk management policy and procedures, ensuring managers and teams are up-to-date and in compliance.
• Must demonstrate functional knowledge of The Bank Secrecy Act, in addition to other Federal laws, including, but not limited to The U.S. Patriot Act, Office of Foreign Assets & Control, Anti-Money Laundering, Right to Financial Privacy Act, and The Bank Bribery Act.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, or a related field required; commensurate years of related experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum ten years of experience with at least five years of progressive management experience within a financial institution (experience in the Credit Union industry is a plus).
• Proven sales management skills with a history of achieving outstanding results.
• Ten years of prior retail bank / credit union lending experience.