Market President - Downtown Chicago

Searching for a Market President to support new growth into Downtown Chicago. Current closest office is Glenview and Burr Ridge.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

The Market President will provide leadership and direction, guiding Commercial, Wealth Management and Treasury Management activities in accordance with Busey's strategic goals and objectives. The Market President builds relationships and serves as the community liaison, supporting growth through the retention of clients and identifying new opportunities.

Additional Duties:

• Manage Commercial Loan portfolio, analyzing financial information and providing reports outlining risk assessments to commercial teams.
• As Senior Leader in the market, promote relationship growth in the market and develop business for the Bank through community involvement and contacts with both new and existing customers.
• Generate commercial business that produces new net revenue through loans, deposits, and fee income.
• Make daily calls to new prospects, existing customers, civic leaders, gatekeepers, and/or centers of influence.
• Initiate monthly joint calls with Cash Management, Wealth Management, Retail and Mortgage divisions.
• Actively engage and show leadership in the community through various networking events; attend various community events as a representative of the Bank.
• Ensures compliance is met in relation to all lending activities within the division.
• Trains and coaches sales staff about the Busey Sales Process; provides regular, ongoing coaching for all market sales staff.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

Knowledge of:

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong sales and customer service skill
• Commercial C&I focused background adept in Treasury Management and Wealth Management cross sales of products and services

Ability to:

• Multi-task and work independently
• Interact professionally with broad based community associations and organizations, governmental agencies and business leaders
• Think strategically and take the initiative in managing the local market
• Take more than normal care to prevent loss to the organization
• Perform duties under frequent time pressures
• Solve problems independently while applying logic and discretion
• Travel as required within market; work outside normal operating hours as needed for community events including nights and weekends.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Requires Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Requires a strong overall background in all areas of banking with an emphasis on commercial banking and wealth management.
• Requires at least 6 years of banking experience; leadership experience preferred.
• Requires knowledge of Microsoft Office.

STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE

• Customer Service - Adheres to The Busey Promise service standards set by Service Excellence (Busey’s service model) in order to anticipate and exceed the needs of our customers, both internal and external.
• Functional Knowledge and Technical Skills - Skilled in job-specific knowledge that is necessary to provide the appropriate quantity and quality of work in a timely and efficient manner.
• Accountability - Work behaviors demonstrate responsible personal and professional conduct, which contributes to the overall goals and objectives of Busey.
• Interpersonal Relations (Teamwork) - Interacts effectively with others to establish and maintain smooth working relations.
• People Management - Clarifies communicates performance expectations; provides ongoing behavioral feedback and guidance on job performance; provides opportunities and gives recognition; listens and keeps others informed; creates an enjoyable, supportive work environment; confronts problems, exercises discipline and resolves conflict fairly and constructively; models integrity and builds trust; delegates responsibility as appropriate; and effectively makes decisions and sets goals.
• Team Management – Assuming a leadership role in helping others achieve excellent results.
• Sales Focus – Providing added value and needs based solutions to clients.
• Oral Communication – Communicating ideas and information verbally to ensure that information and messages are understood and have the desired impact.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Duties are performed in an office setting and include physical demands such as the manual dexterity and skill to operate standard office equipment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be considered an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills of the people so classified.

Busey believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

Equal Opportunity Employment is a priority for Busey and all qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), marital status, military status, veterans status, citizenship status, disability, order of protection or any other characteristic protected by applicable law or other non-merit based factors.