Assistant Branch Manager I Norwood Branch

Rockland Trust; Norwood (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K retirement plan

Long Term Disability & Life Insurance

Paid vacation

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Rockland Trust, a full-service commercial bank, seeks an Assistant Branch Manager in Norwood, MA. You will support the Branch Manager to drive sales, customer experience, and branch operations across personal and business banking channels.

You will coach staff, manage referrals, and ensure compliance while promoting a positive, customer-centric environment that reflects the bank’s values and community focus.

Qualifications

• Notary Public and NMLS certification required or to be obtained.
• Ability to generate sales excitement and coach staff.
• Proficient in Word and Excel and able to operate standard office equipment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Consultative, team-oriented sales personality with strong customer service skills.
• Strong risk decision-making and solid operational proficiency.
• Supervisory abilities to provide positive feedback and manage performance.
• Ability to meet compliance and audit requirements.
• Professionalism and diplomacy; capable of working to schedule including weekends.
• Extensive product knowledge across consumer, home lending, business and cash management.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Branch Manager to train, motivate, and develop employees.
• Own branch sales and customer experience performance and report results.
• Drive product promotion and identify opportunities for growth.
• Maintain branch operations and regulatory controls.
• Implement new policies and procedures and communicate changes to staff.
• Develop sales programs and maintain a positive sales/service environment.
• Lead lobby management and proactive customer outreach.
• Utilize Salesforce for referrals and performance tracking.
• Address customer issues to ensure a positive experience.
• Support community involvement and represent the bank in the branch.
• Assist with reporting duties as needed.

Skills

Notary Public

NMLS certified

Sales coaching

Customer service

MS Word/Excel

Verbal & written communication

Education

College degree preferred

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Job Description

Rockland Trust is a full-service commercial bank and financial services company committed to helping our neighbors reach their financial goals. Founded in 1907 and headquartered in Massachusetts, we proudly serve individuals, families, and businesses throughout New England with a strong emphasis on personal relationships, local decision-making, and community impact.

Rockland Trust is a full-service commercial bank and financial services company committed to helping our neighbors reach their financial goals. Founded in 1907 and headquartered in Massachusetts, we proudly serve individuals, families, and businesses throughout New England with a strong emphasis on personal relationships, local decision-making, and community impact. With a broad range of banking, wealth management, and investment solutions, Rockland Trust combines the resources of a growing financial institution with the personalized service of a community bank. Our long-standing philosophy—Where Each Relationship Matters®—guides how we work with our customers, colleagues, and communities every day. At Rockland Trust, our employees are at the heart of our success. We foster a collaborative, inclusive, and values-driven culture that encourages professional growth, innovation, and work-life balance. We are deeply committed to community involvement, financial education, and creating a workplace where individuals can build meaningful, long-term careers. As an Assistant Branch Manager at Rockland Trust, you play a pivotal role in supporting the Branch Manager in overseeing daily operations, driving business growth, and ensuring exceptional customer service. Each day, you create a positive and motivating team environment to help staff meet branch goals and objectives, and cultivate a customer-centric retail environment focused on identifying and providing team-based solutions for customer financial needs. With a consultative, team-oriented sales personality and outstanding personal customer skills, you take responsibility for ensuring that every customer receives a consistent World Class Customer Experience with every branch staff interaction whether in person, over the phone, or through digital channels. You are a leader in the branch, personally executing a high level of customer service and modeling these behaviors to the staff.

What You’ll Do

• Work in direct collaboration with the Branch Manager to:
• Train, motivate, develop, and coach employees.
• Accept responsibility for individual and overall branch sales, and customer experience performance.
• Nourish branch enthusiasm for participating in product promotion and other areas of opportunity.
• Track and report branch performance.
• Maintain the operational integrity of the branch.
• Ensure proper controls are maintained over all branch operational processes and regulatory requirements.
• Communicate new and/or changed policies and procedures to branch staff.
• Develop and implement sales programs and maintain a positive sales and service environment.
• Develop and maintain effective lobby management and customer outreach efforts.
• Maintain and utilize Salesforce platform.
• Manage referral targets on both an individual basis as well as for the branch team, leveraging a needs-based, consultative sales approach and online produce recommendation guides.
• Proactively identify, report, and resolve customer issues to ensure a positive customer experience.
• Ensure team compliance with RTC policies and procedures by leading by example, demonstrating our RTC core values and delivery on our customer promises.
• Maintain a thorough knowledge of all products and services provided by the bank including Consumer Products, Home Lending, Business and Cash Management alternatives; act as a resource to others in product knowledge.
• Actively demonstrate technology and self-service channels with new and existing customers promoting ATM, online banking, and mobile banking alternatives.
• Understand and utilize Regional Based Staffing and branch staffing models to coordinate in-branch customer demand while facilitating and supervising proactive outreach such as outbound calling and external sales calls.
• Consistently meet or exceed sales and service expectations by effectively leveraging RTC needs-based product recommendations; consistently meet or exceed requirements on mystery shops.
• Show initiative in maintaining a solid foundation of product knowledge by taking advantage of trainings as they are offered and completing required trainings within the timeframes provided.
• Represent Rockland Trust by establishing meaningful roots in the communities it serves.
• Supervise branch staff in the absence of the Branch Manager.
• Assume responsibility for additional reporting duties and responsibilities as required.

What You’ll Experience

• Meaningful relationships: We believe that Each Relationship Matters, and are fully committed to creating a respectful and inclusive environment where everyone is given the chance to succeed.
• Commitment to community: We believe supporting our communities is essential, and are committed to helping those in need.
• Recognition & reward: We believe all colleagues should be recognized for their contributions
• Training & development: We believe all colleagues are critical to our future, and we will invest in their success by providing educational experiences and resources to manage and navigate their careers.
• Comprehensive benefits: Our goal is to offer our colleagues a generous benefits package, and an environment that supports a healthy work-life balance. Our benefits include competitive compensation with performance incentive awards, Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision, Pet Insurance, 401K retirement plan, Long Term Disability & Life Insurance, Child Care Reimbursement, Tuition Assistance for graduate and undergraduate programs, an award winning wellness program and much more.

Required Qualifications

• Must be or become a Notary Public and NMLS certified.
• Ability to generate sales excitement and act as a coach and mentor to the staff.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel with ability to operate a variety of office equipment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Consultative, team-oriented sales personality with outstanding customer service skills.
• Sound risk decision-making skills and strong operational proficiency.
• Supervisory abilities to provide constructive and positive feedback, and manage performance.
• Ability to meet compliance and audit requirements.
• High degree of professionalism and ability to demonstrate tact and diplomacy when needed.
• Ability to work within normal office requirements, with long periods of standing and continuous customer support.
• Willingness and ability to work within a flexible work week, which may include weekends, as customer needs dictate.
• Serves as the bank representative in community activities
• Ability to successfully complete all required onboarding, job-specific, compliance, regulatory, operational, and continuing education training programs within established timeframes.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• College degree and two to four years of retail banking or equivalent experience preferred.
• The ideal candidate should possess Retail Banking experience in a sales environment with strong supervisory experience.

Who We Are

At Rockland Trust, we believe that being a great place to bank starts with being a great place to work. When our colleagues are valued and cared for, they’re empowered to make a difference for our customers and communities.

As one of The Boston Globe’s "Top Places to Work" for the past fourteen years, we know that finding the right people is just the beginning. Through competitive benefits, enriching development opportunities, and a respectful and collaborative culture, we’ve built a workplace that enhances our colleagues’ lifestyle and inspires them to reach their full potential.

For over 116 years, we have been dedicated to strengthening the neighborhoods we live in and serve. Rockland Trust offers a wide range of banking, investment, and insurance services to help individuals and businesses work toward their financial goals with more than 120 branches located throughout Massachusetts, as well as commercial banking, investment management offices, and residential lending centers across Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Rockland Trust is the Bank Where Each Relationship Matters®. In pursuit of that promise, we foster a respectful and inclusive work environment where everyone is given the chance and resources to succeed.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Additionally, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits & Culture

Our goal is to offer our colleagues the most generous benefits package possible. We provide a comprehensive suite of benefits designed to support your health, financial security, and overall, well-being. Benefits include: competitive compensation with performance-based incentive awards, health and dental insurance, a 401(k) and DC retirement plan, LTD and life insurance, paid vacation, day care reimbursement, tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate programs, an award-winning wellness program, and much more!

At Rockland Trust, you’ll find a respectful and inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Pay Transparency

Compensation for this role will be based on a variety of factors, including skills, experience, education, and internal equity. The salary range posted reflects the company’s good-faith estimate of the range for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary. In addition to base salary, certain positions may be eligible for additional compensation, including commissions, incentive awards or stipends.

Accessibility & Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their roles.