RELATIONSHIP BANKER

First-Horizon-Bank; New Iberia (LA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

First Horizon Corp. is seeking a Relationship Banker to engage clients in consultative conversations, understand their financial goals, and align them with the bank's products and services.

The role emphasizes building deeper client relationships through personalized service and proactive sales while supporting the banking center’s sales objectives. You will promote and sell deposit accounts, loans, and lines of credit, coordinate referrals to other lines of business, and drive growth while

Qualifications

• Proven ability to engage clients in consultative conversations and identify financial needs.
• Deliver excellent client service and resolve issues promptly.
• Understand bank products and services to offer suitable recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Engage clients in consultative conversations to promote deposits, loans and referrals.
• Support teller and banking center operations to ensure efficient service.
• Maintain compliance with bank regulations, policies and risk controls.

Skills

Sales

Relationship building

Financial product knowledge

Customer service

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

SUMMARY

The Relationship Banker is a trusted advisor who engages clients in meaningful, consultative conversations to understand their financial goals and align on solutions that meet their needs. In this role, you will drive growth by actively promoting and selling the bank’s products and services. This role emphasizes deepening client relationships through excellent service, personalized advice, and proactive sales while supporting the banking center’s overall sales goals. This role performs the most complex assignments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Sales and Business Development

• Proactive Sales Engagement: Engage clients in consultative conversations to understand financial priorities and recommend personalized banking solutions, with an emphasis on deposit accounts, loans and lines of credit, and referrals to other lines of business within the Bank.
• Growth Focus: Actively identify and fulfill client deposit and borrowing needs, guiding clients through deposit and loan options, opening deposit accounts, and taking loan applications.
• Client-Centric Financial Advice: Through a consultative approach, provide personalized financial advice that aligns with clients’ short-and-long term goals. Utilize a deep understanding of the bank’s products and services while sharing comprehensive, tailored advice that enhance client satisfaction and loyalty.
• Referrals: Recognize opportunities to deepen relationships with additional products and services and make referrals to bank partners, including but not limited to mortgage, wealth, private client, and business banking.
• Proactive Client Outreach: Conduct regular calls to clients and prospects to offer tailored financial solutions.
• Sales Leadership: Support a high-performing culture by coaching associates on sales, referrals, products and services as needed.

Client experience

• Responsible for supporting the teller line to keep the customer wait time to a minimum (performs processing of financial transactions as needed).
• Deliver excellent client experiences consistently and promptly resolve client issues effectively.
• Enhance individual knowledge to better serve clients by attending relevant sales, service, and product knowledge meetings, training classes, and web-based learning.

Compliance and risk management

• Expected compliance with bank regulations, policies, procedures, risk management, internal controls, and the First Horizon code of ethics.

Operational efficiency

• Assist in conducting meetings to promote sales, product knowledge and customer service. Assist Banking Center Manager with training personnel.
• Assist banking center management with "on the job training" of new associates.
• Assist with dual control vault responsibilities and audit controls.
• Stay informed of all operational updates and changes to ensure compliance with all current guidelines.
• Perform all other job related duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

No supervisory responsibilities

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)