Sr Relationship Manager
$148,720–$223,080 year
On-siteSpringfield, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Manage commercial banking relationships by customizing financial solutions for complex credit needs and growing the portfolio through new business development. Structure and package competitive financing, cash management, and overall business solutions to act as a trusted advisor to customers. Develop and implement innovative sales approaches, negotiate significant terms, and lead problem resolution for large accounts and related servicing teams. Assess credit requests, evaluate risk, and contribute to loan decision processes while maintaining a culture of risk management and regulatory compliance. Drive sales strategies to attract and retain customers, increase profitability, and execute business development activities across assigned segments.
Required Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree
- 10+ years relevant experience
- In-depth understanding of commercial industry, business development techniques and credit decisions
- Proven business development track record, with proven ability to conceptualize and implement effective new business strategies
- Extensive network of outside referral sources for new business
- Excellent credit and financial analysis skills
- Effective negotiation skills
- Must be able to lift 25 lbs or less occasionally
Desired Qualifications
- Depth & Scope: Recognized as top level expert within the company in a customer segment or product/service line
- Responsibility for identifying and interpreting trends in the market to structure portfolios and get results
- Develops new business with prospects that have the largest and most complex credit needs in assigned portfolio segment
- Defines new approaches to sell and deliver solutions
- Anticipates emerging customer trends as a basis for recommending products and services and expanding the business
- Highly sophisticated understanding of customer needs and competitor offerings that contribute to the direction of the business line or segment
- Oversees the management and activities of large accounts and related servicing teams
- Manages the most strategic relationships that are characterized by significantly complex products and services provided and/or takes a significant business development focus
- Solves unique problems with broad impact on the business segment and financials
- Develops and implements new and innovative approaches to the sales process, including negotiation of terms and approaches to account management
- Impacts a range of sales achievement for largest accounts and relationships and a significant part of one or more business lines
- Communicates complex ideas, anticipates potential objections and persuades customers
- Provides leadership guidance, makes recommendations and collaborates with business to ensure solutions meets the business needs on a complex project or program
- Identifies and leads problem resolution for project/program complex requirements related issues at all levels
- Delivers exceptional customer service at every interaction and execute on plans to continuously improve the customer experience
- Actively uses sales platforms to build a robust understanding of customer / target needs, industries, and markets
- Understands customer's operating environment, structure unique financing, cash management and overall business needs to add value to the customer
- Actively generates referrals to all business partners in the Bank to help meet the comprehensive financial needs of TD customers
- Develops a clear retention plan for assigned portfolio deposits and loans within the specified territory
- Possesses and constantly enhances expert knowledge of the market, customers, and broader economic factors
- Identifies and responds to changes in the business environment and establishing action plans to address customer issues and priorities
- Identifies customer / prospect referral opportunities to internal Bank partners that meet customer needs
- Develops community relationships and membership in civic and professional organizations, including active participation in networking events
- Plans and executes business development activities, review and communicate results, and adjust tactics accordingly
- Promotes and offers full suite of products, sales, services and banking capabilities
- Assesses credit requests to determine risk and make appropriate recommendations for structuring credit deals
- Contributes to credit applications with a high quality of risk assessment, credit structure, due diligence, and credit presentation
- Supports the timely and accurate completion of business processes and procedures
- Protects the interests of the organization – identify and manage risks, and escalate non-standard, high risk transactions / activities as necessary
- Ensures documentation that is prepared / completed is accurate and properly reflects client / business intentions and is consistent with relevant rules / regulations
- Identifies, suggests and actively participates in process improvement opportunities
- Actively manages relationships within and across various business lines/ corporate and/or control functions and ensures alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements
- Participates in cross-functional / enterprise initiatives as a subject matter expert helping to provide guidance for complex situations
- Ensures necessary due diligence to support the accuracy of all customer transactions / activities
- Keeps abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts
- Maintains a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite
- Assumes responsibility to minimize operational and regulatory risk by complying with Bank and industry Code of Conduct
- Participates fully as a member of the team, supports a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensures timely communication of issues/ points of interest
- Provides thought leadership and/ or industry knowledge for own area of expertise in own area and participates in knowledge transfer within the team and business unit
- Keeps current on emerging trends/ developments and grows knowledge of the business, related tools and techniques
- Participates in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team
- Keeps others informed and up-to-date about the status / progress of projects and / or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities
- Contributes to team development of skills and capabilities through mentorship of others, by sharing knowledge and experiences and leveraging best practices
- Leads, motivates and develops relationships with internal and external business partners / stakeholders to develop productive working relationships
- Contributes to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce
- Acts as a brand ambassador for your business area/function and the bank, both internally and/or externally
- Must be available for occasional domestic travel
- Must be available for occasional international travel
- Must be able to perform sedentary work continuously
- Must be able to perform multiple tasks continuously
- Must be able to operate standard office equipment continuously
- Must be able to respond quickly to sounds occasionally
- Must be able to sit continuously
- Must be able to stand occasionally
- Must be able to walk occasionally
- Must be able to move safely in confined spaces occasionally
- Must be able to squat occasionally
- Must be able to bend occasionally
- Must be able to reach forward occasionally
- Must be able to concentrate for long periods of time continuously
- Must be able to read, write and comprehend instructions continuously
- Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide continuously
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