Bank OZK · 2 hours ago
SVP, Regional Executive, Retail Banking
Bank OZK is a nationally recognized leader in financial services with over 120 years of banking experience. The SVP, Regional Executive, Retail Banking is responsible for ensuring that Banking Center leaders and their teams perform with excellence while cultivating positive relationships and executing the bank's strategies for business growth and operational effectiveness.
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Responsibilities
Demonstrate a passion for delivering excellence and creating a high performing, diverse team that understands and enthusiastically embraces the Bank’s vision, strategies, and goals, and wants to win together
Meet regularly in person in your assigned offices to engage constantly and actively with team members, observe and monitor performance, and coach Banking Center Managers to ever greater skill
Successfully execute the Bank’s strategies and tactics for the region
Ensure business growth that meets the Bank’s standards for quality and profitability, customer satisfaction, and regulatory and operational compliance
Support team members’ client negotiations based on an understanding of the fundamentals of banking and Bank OZK’s strategies
Lead, coach, monitor, and develop your team to successfully execute against defined business development goals, operational effectiveness, and service standards. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring your team is performing daily huddles, client needs assessments, and other Retail Sales Effectiveness processes according to established standards
Address team member development, coaching, and performance matters in a timely and fair manner in collaboration with Human Resources and in accordance with Bank OZK’s policies and guidelines
Demonstrate accountability for business development-related key performance indicators and goals, in addition to new client growth, client expansion, exception pricing mitigation, fee waiver management, and other metrics as determined by management
Collaborate effectively with operational partners to hold team members accountable to corporate operational standards and effective internal controls
Coordinate and create synergies between multiple banking centers and line of business partners to focus on and achieve business objectives
Anticipate and respond effectively to high pressure situations and an ever-changing banking environment constantly affected by economic cycles, labor market dynamics, technological advancements, regulatory changes, etc
Monitor and analyze industry trends, competitive activity, and market changes to identify and keep senior management aware of your region’s unique strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
Ensure engagement in community activities to demonstrate community involvement and support, facilitate Bank branding/name recognition, and promote business development and recruitment efforts
Identify, recruit, hire, and retain excellent talent to maintain a highly effective team
Display a high degree of integrity, trustworthiness, professionalism, flexibility, and adaptability
Follow Bank policies, procedures, and guidelines to protect clients, employees, and bank assets
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or commensurate work experience required
5+ years of business development and retail leadership experience, preferably leading a minimum of 5-7 retail banking branches, required
Proven, consistent achievement of business growth goals and financial targets required
Experience managing, leading, and coaching professionals required
NMLS eligibility required
Preferred
Comprehensive knowledge of bank products/services and regulations preferred
NMLS license preferred (required for lending activities)
Benefits
Generous PTO
401(k) matching
Health, dental, vision (and pet!) insurance
Special perks and discounts
Company
Bank OZK
Bank OZK provides banking services including savings account, loans, debit, and agricultural lending.
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Funding
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