Senior Branch Manager

M&T Bank Corporation; Montpelier (VT); On-site; USD 75,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Montpelier, Vermont branch leader at M&T Bank Corporation oversees branch profitability and customer experience, coaching staff and managing operations. You will drive sales, identify customer needs, and foster community engagement while maintaining risk controls and regulatory compliance.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, 3+ years of sales and 2+ years of managerial work, and licensing readiness within 18 months.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• Proven sales experience and leadership abilities.
• Insurance licensing within 18 months of entry into position.

Responsibilities

• Directs sales and business development to achieve branch profitability and annual goals.
• Coaches and develops branch staff to meet performance expectations.
• Identifies customer needs and provides short and long term solutions.
• Proactively grows Business Banking relationships through outreach and referrals.
• Ensures compliance with policies, controls and risk management frameworks.
• Owns complex account servicing and error resolution; minimizes escalations.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organization & time management

Client relationship management

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Insurance licensing (Life/Health) within 18 months

Leadership / management experience

M&T Way Certified Precision Leadership

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

Manages all activities of a branch. Responsible for the overall success of the branch operating model, including customer and employee experience, digital engagement, transactions/operations, servicing, and sales. Has personal production responsibility. Consistently meets with business partners to review customer deals.

Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall profitability by directing sales and business development, meeting operational objectives and ensuring the branch achieves its annual goals.
• Leads team through coaching, performance management, and setting priority.
• Builds and develops branch staff.
• Identifies Retail and Business Banking customer needs through the M&T sales processes, using the tools and resources to assist customers with short and long term solutions.
• Proactively prospects and grows Business Banking relationships through outreach.
• Builds the bank’s presence in the community.
• Researches prospects, and asks for referrals with current customers.
• Actively recruits and selects talent to fill positions within Retail and/or M&T Bank.
• Actively models and coaches customer service and needs determination behaviors.
• Reinforces and maintains accountability for execution of Retail strategy.
• Demonstrates and coaches M&T sales processes.
• Ensures operational and requirements are maintained, to include consumer and business banking guidelines.
• Ensures compliance with operational, security and control policies/procedures, preventing fraud and protecting customer assets.
• Takes ownership of complex account servicing and error resolution issues, including those escalated by other Bankers.
• Provide coaching and guidance to improve and reduce future problem resolution/escalations.
• Engages with all team members and business partners as appropriate.
• Independently processes all Business Banking loan requests up to $250,000.
• Proactively bundle products and services as appropriate.
• Adheres to applicable compliance/operational risk controls in accordance with Company or regulatory standards and policies.
• Promotes an environment that supports a culture of belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Maintains M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Completes other related duties as assigned.
• Exercises usual authority of a manager concerning staffing, performance appraisals, promotions, salary recommendations, performance management and terminations.

Scope of Responsibilities

This position reports to a Retail Regional Manager and leads the branch team to achieve annual sales and profitability goals, and has a sound working knowledge of the overall operations of the branch. Branch Managers have the responsibility to establish and maintain federal registration requirements outlined in the SAFE Act. Branch Managers must stay current on operational, product, and system changes/enhancements, as well as demonstrate good risk management decisions. In addition, Insurance licensing minimum expectations must be maintained as outlined in MTS Licensed Banker Academy document. Business Banking Specialist minimum expectations will be set by both the Branch and Retail Regional Manager. Branch Managers will typically spend some of their time servicing existing customers, and the majority of the time growing the business through proactive sales and outside calling activities. Branch Managers are responsible for building productive partnerships with appropriate areas of the bank to ensure customer needs, service issues, and employee issues are resolved timely and accurately. Branch Managers are responsible for taking full ownership of customer issues until they are completely resolved.

Supervisory/ Managerial Responsibilities

Branch Managers generally have direct reporting responsibility for branch staff.

Education and Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree, OR in lieu of degree, Four (4) years’ relevant experience.
• Minimum three years sales experience Minimum two years’ managerial experience or proven leadership abilities.
• At Market Manager discretion/branch need, Life/Accident and Health Insurance licensing required within 18 months of entry into position.
• Note: branch provides training for licensing within 6 months.
• M&T Business Banking Specialist within 18 months of hire.
• Demonstrated strong knowledge of Business Banking products, services and client relationship management.
• M&T Way Certified Precision Leadership Certified Bi-lingual/Spanish preferred.
• Work with common PC software, including knowledge of Microsoft Office software for word processing and spreadsheets.
• Experience with Internet and email preferred.

Education and Experience Preferred

• Demonstrated sales/business development experience and success.
• Has fundamental understanding of profitability.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to demonstrate and coach exceptional customer service.
• Ability to communicate and function professionally with all levels of personnel and business partners across the organization.
• Strong financial services product knowledge preferred.
• Strong organization, time management, and prioritization skills.

Location

Montpelier, Vermont, United States of America

Great companies have an enduring sense of purpose. At M&T, our purpose is a simple one: make a difference in people’s lives and uplift the communities we serve. M&T Bank Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. M&T’s affiliates offer advice, guidance, expertise and solutions across the entire financial spectrum, combining M&T Bank’s traditional banking services with the wealth management and institutional capabilities offered by Wilmington Trust. M&T Bank has a network of over 1,000 branches and 2,200 ATMs that span 12 states from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C. For more than 165 years, M&T has strived to take an active role in our communities and build long-lasting relationships with our customers. We are a bank for communities—combining the capabilities of a large bank with the care of a locally focused institution. As an employer of choice, we are proud to offer competitive benefits ranging from medical and retirement to forty hours of paid volunteer time, each year. Our core values – integrity, ownership, collaboration, curiosity, and candor – drive the work we do. We seek to further build upon our record of success by bringing in top talent and fresh skill sets while continuing to support the growth and development of all our team members. View M&T’s Human Capital Report to learn more.

The pay range for this position is $74,600.00 - $124,400.00 (USD).

M&T Bank is unwavering when it comes to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, age, disability, citizenship, pregnancy, veteran status, military status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local laws. M&T Bank Corporation has policies and procedures in place to promote a drug free workplace.