Consumer Banking Market Leader

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

 

Job Description:
This job is responsible for managing a team comprised of Financial Center Managers and Relationship Managers. Key responsibilities include driving local strategies and tactics surrounding the client experience, deepening and growing relationships, and ensuring operational excellence at the market and financial center levels. Job expectations include working across the organization to develop business knowledge and cultivate one team partnership to collectively achieve results.

Responsibilities:

• Champions organizational vision and values executing consistently to drive business results

• Communicates and influences and leads through change

• Manages time and priorities to create biggest impact and reduce variability

• Manages risk and mitigates escalations and identifies resolutions

• Manages strategic partnerships across the organization

• Drives the client experience

• Demonstrates professionalism, confidence, and respect in interactions with internal and external stakeholders to ultimately gain credibility and trust

Managerial Responsibilities:
This position may also have responsibilities for managing associates. At Bank of America, all managers at this level demonstrate the following responsibilities, in addition to those specific to the role, listed above.

• Opportunity & Inclusion Champion: Models an inclusive environment for employees and clients, aligned to company Great Place to Work goals.

• Manager of Process & Data: Demonstrates deep process knowledge, operational excellence and innovation through a focus on simplicity, data based decision making and continuous improvement.

• Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: Communicates enterprise decisions, purpose, and results, and connects to team strategy, priorities and contributions.

• Risk Manager: Ensures proper risk discipline, controls and culture are in place to identify, escalate and debate issues.

• People Manager & Coach: Provides inspection, coaching and feedback to motivate, differentiate and improve performance.

• Financial Steward: Actively manages expenses and budgets in alignment with objectives, making sound financial decisions.

• Enterprise Talent Leader: Assesses talent and builds bench strength for roles across the organization.

• Driver of Business Outcomes: Delivers results by effectively prioritizing, inspecting and appropriately delegating team work.

Required Qualifications:

• Enthusiastic, highly motivated self-starter with a strong work ethic and intense focus on results, acting in the best interest of the client

• Collaborates effectively to get things done, building and nurturing strong relationships with key partners/clients across and outside of organization

• Displays passion, commitment and drive to deliver an experience that improves our clients' financial lives

• 5+ years of demonstrated experience with sales/bank operations and building, leading, managing and coaching a team; in lieu of this requirement, has successfully completed the Bank of America Academy-led Market Leadership Development Program

• Confident in identifying solutions for clients based on their needs and can resolve problems independently or bring in others as needed

• Communicates effectively and confidently and is comfortable engaging all clients

• Ability to learn and adapt to new information and technology platforms

• Applies strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills to meet clients' needs as well as escalate as needed with sense of urgency

• Will follow established processes and guidelines in daily activities to do what is right for clients and the bank, adhering to all applicable laws and regulations

• Can attract, recruit and retain an effective sales and operations team

• Efficiently manages time and capacity

• Can manage complexity, prioritize tasks, delegate and execute in a fast-paced environment

• Can interpret performance results, find opportunities to drive success and hold others accountable to results

• Can be flexible to work weekends and/or extended hours as needed

• Travel required: Will vary depending on geography

• Proficient in computer skills and professional programs (example: Microsoft Office)

• Ability to pass compliance requirements

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in financial services and knowledge of financial services industry, products and solutions

• Experience in mortgage, retail and/or hospitality

• Experience working in an environment with individual and team goals where goals were routinely met or exceeded

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field

• Bilingual skills

Skills:

• Coaching

• Customer and Client Focus

• Leadership Development

• Risk Management

• Talent Development

• Business Operations Management

• Customer Service Management

• Decision Making

• Executive Presence

• Sales Performance Management

• Critical Thinking

• Performance Management

• Process Performance Management

• Recruiting

• Result Orientation

Minimum Education Requirement: High School Diploma / GED / Secondary School or equivalent