Vice President, Credit Structures Private Banking

RBC; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Vancouver is seeking a Vice President, Credit Structures to lead their Private Banking lending team. This role involves managing complex loan underwriting tasks and driving growth in lending business. The ideal candidate will possess strong experience in lending solutions, client negotiation skills, and the ability to lead a high-performing team. They will be responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction and collaborating with various departments for effective lending solutions.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Competitive compensation

Supportive development environment

Dynamic and collaborative team

Qualifications

• Strong lending experience including the ability to formulate creative lending solutions.
• Proven ability to build effective loan structures and complete thorough loan underwriting.
• Strong client focus and negotiating skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a cross geographical team of Private Banking lending professionals.
• Drive excellent and consistent customer experience.
• Collaborate with the Private Banking Strategy team and key partners to build our lending capability.

Skills

Collateral Management

Credit Analysis

Decision Making

Financial Services Industry

High Impact Communication

Operational Delivery

Performance Management (PM)

Quality Orientation

Retail Lending

Risk Management

Education

University graduate with business related knowledge

Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

We are currently seeking a Vice President, Credit Structures to lead our Retail credit team working with our high net worth Private Banking clients across Western Canada. Lending to this client segment involves complex loan underwriting and lending structures with credit facilities up to $10MM. Our clients are highly entrepreneurial in nature, focused on seizing opportunities and growing wealth. As well, they are typically important strategic relationships with business across the enterprise including Canadian Banking, Wealth Management and Corporate Banking. We are recognized as industry leaders in this market. This is a highly skilled and engaged lending team supported by strong partnership with Risk Management.

What will you do?

• Lead, coach and develop a highly engaged, cross geographical team of Private Banking lending professionals
• Drive excellent and consistent customer experience, establishing and leading to dedicated turnaround times, flexing deal flow effectively across team, active monitoring and follow-up
• Ensuring our lending solutions are creative and leading edge, reflective of the financial strength and enterprise value of the client base. Ensure we build strong structures and business cases
• Drive significant growth in our lending business and maintain our leadership position
• Work closely with our Private Banking Strategy team as well as key partners in Risk, Product, Operations and Sales to build our lending capability
• Provide strategic leadership to ensure our product offering is best in class and our delivery model scalable for future growth

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have

• University graduate with business related knowledge
• Strong lending experience including the ability to formulate creative lending solutions, build effective loan structures and complete thorough loan underwriting
• Strong client focus, negotiating skills, ability to manage to tight timelines/ decisiveness, results orientation/Team player & self-motivated/Excellent communication skills, both spoken & written
• The ability to partner and lever other areas of expertise within the bank in the development of solutions will be essential (e.g., Risk Management, Business Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance)
• Dedicated to exemplary customer experience – creative solution and best in class delivery time
• Desire and capacity to concurrently drive business performance and strategic business
• Experience leading, coaching and developing a high performance team

Nice to Have

• Additional business relevant designations (e.g. CFA, MBA, CFP)
• Ability and experience driving new business – strong new business orientation including leveraging COI network
• Experience in business / commercial markets, including lending and account management, or risk management

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work

Job Skills

Collateral Management, Credit Analysis, Decision Making, Financial Services Industry, High Impact Communication, Operational Delivery, Performance Management (PM), Quality Orientation, Retail Lending, Risk Management

Additional Job Details

Address:

VANCOUVER MAIN BRANCH (B), 1055 GEORGIA ST W:VANCOUVER

City:

Vancouver

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

PERSONAL & COMMERCIAL BANKING

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-08-08

Application Deadline:

2025-08-18

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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