Private Bank Office Manager

Citizens Private Bank is growing, and Greenwich represents an exciting next chapter in our expansion. As we prepare to open our new Greenwich, Connecticut Private Bank office in Q1, we’re seeking accomplished professionals to join a team focused on serving high-net-worth individuals, families, and businesses with a highly personalized approach to banking and wealth management. If you have a track record of building trusted relationships, delivering a white-glove client experience, and earning long-term client loyalty, this is an opportunity to help shape our presence in one of our key growth markets.
As a Private Bank Office Branch Manager you will drive branch performance, client experience, and colleague development through inspirational leadership, highly collaborative partnerships, and sound operational practices.  The Branch Manager is directly responsible for creating and maintaining a strong client-centric culture and is the primary mentor and manager to branch colleagues.  The role fulfills both a player and coach role in achieving team and individual sales goals by delivering product/service 'value' and differentiating solutions that address clearly understood customer needs.

The Branch Manager plays a critical role in building a diverse talent pipeline and developing colleagues to ensure their capabilities keep pace with future business needs. The Branch Manager will put performance development as priority, emphasizing the importance of continuous learning and implementing coaching plans to assist colleagues in relationship development that ultimately leads to achieving personal/branch goals.  

The Branch Manager must be able to clearly communicate messages to colleagues and translate business priorities in a way that colleagues embrace and are able to execute. The Branch Manager is also responsible for the branch P&L and, therefore, must understand financials and key business drivers and use that understanding to guide sound decision-making.  In addition, the Branch Manager leads, manages, and directs all colleague and sales activities to ensure P&L targets are met and exceeded. As an ambassador for our brand, the Branch Manager will be a visible representative in the field and community helping branch colleagues cultivate new customer relationships and deepen existing ones.

This position reports directly to the Private Bank National Office, East Coast Regional Lead.

Primary responsibilities include

• Lead, coach and develop Private Banking team to drive sales excellence, ensure the delivery of world class customer service, and operational integrity in a high-volume branch environment.
• Build and promote branch identity, promote overall ownership and accountability for improving customer service and branch success
• Manage objectives in meeting sales goals, deadlines and branch goals in a profit and loss environment
• Drive an exceptional customer experience validated through customer satisfaction surveys.
• Maintain strong partnerships with community & civic organizations.
• Ensure our customers are extremely satisfied with every interaction and handle client objections until a reasonable resolution has been reached
• Develop collaborative relationships with various partners to help grow business deposits
• Conduct weekly 1x1’s, employee performance reviews, and ad-hoc discussions to help with overall performance and development
   

Qualifications, Education, Certifications and/or Other Professional Credentials

• 7+ years experience in banking/financial services sales and service working closely with High Net Worth and Private Bank clients required
• Bachelors degree in Business/Finance or commensurate experience required
• Demonstrated success in deposit and new account growth in this sector required
• Local relations and community contacts preferred with existing pipeline of prospects/business
• Excellent leadership and bank operations experience required
   

Hours & Work Schedule

• Hours per Week: 40
• Work Schedule: M-F

Pay Transparency

The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $180,000 per year plus an opportunity to earn additional incentives. Actual pay is based on various factors including, but not limited to, the budget, work location, and relevant skills and experience.  We offer competitive pay, comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, maternity/paternity leave, flexible work arrangements, education reimbursement, wellness programs and more. Note, Citizens’ paid time off policy exceeds the mandatory, paid sick or paid time-away policy of every local and state jurisdiction in the United States. For an overview of our benefits, visit https://jobs.citizensbank.com/benefits

Equal Employment Opportunity

Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. At Citizens, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications, performance and capability.

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