• Location: Different branches within Houston.
• Employment: Full-time Permanent
• Comprehensive benefits package and 401K match

Who are you?

You’re a seasoned commercial lending/investment professional, and you’re looking for an opportunity to use your expertise to improve communities and the lives of those within it.

Now, you’re looking for a new opportunity where you can enhance your skills and help grow your community bank.

Who are we?

We’re Raise, and we’ve partnered with our client, who was founded in 1983, ranking among the top 100 US banks. Our client believes in a community banking philosophy, taking care of customers, businesses, and communities in the areas it serves by providing financial solutions to simplify everyday financial needs. In addition to offering traditional deposit and loan products, our client offers digital banking solutions, credit and debit cards, mortgage services, retail brokerage services, trust and wealth management, and cash management.

Now, they are looking for personable, driven, and independent Commercial Lenders to join their team at branches within Houston. Could this be you?

Commercial Lender

As a Commercial Lender, your primary role will be to grow and retain profitable relationships. This is accomplished by focusing on the delivery of value-added solutions to your clients and prospects that will help them reach their goals and maximize revenues over the life of the relationship.

You will be a fully experienced, qualified relationship manager capable of independent activity. You should have proven client relationship skills, as well as extensive product knowledge, technical expertise, and strong transaction execution skills.

Credit process management is a critical component of your job. Performance will be measured by your effectiveness in many marketing areas, including but not limited to calling activity, proposal generation, revenue generation, risk mitigation, ability to build successful relationships, and propensity to help build the franchise for the long term. You will also seek opportunities to cross sell into every relationship and anticipate the future needs of the client.

Practically speaking you will:

• Solicit commercial clients; aggressively seek and obtain quality new business through client and prospect calls, referrals, and cross selling efforts
• Obtain and maintain COI’s and attending various networking events in the assigned geographic area
• Requires skills and experience loan structuring and credit analysis
• Generate a wide variety of commercial and real estate loans
• Close loans typically in the $1 million to $10 million range
• Contribute to deposit growth by cross selling and promoting additional banking products

The best in this role will be:

A strong leader – you lead by example, take a hands-on approach, and actively seek mentorship opportunities, taking the time to invest in the growth of your team members

An excellent communicator – you know how to get your message across clearly and effectively. Whether it’s through email communication or in-person conversations, you’re concise and thoughtful with your messages

Proactive – you can spot problems well in advance and mitigate risk appropriately. Your forward-thinking enables you to plan ahead and avoid problems

The Details

This is a full-time, permanent position working Monday to Friday, 8:00 – 5:00 PM based in Houston- the specific branches are Spring, Magnolia, Bellaire, River Oaks, Magnolia Parkway, The Woodlands, Grand Parkway, and Memorial.

Please indicate which location is of interest to you.

You’ll earn a competitive base salary, a comprehensive benefits package, vacation, and a 401K with a match of 50%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in banking, finance or other related field
• Formally credit trained and /or underwriting knowledge and experience
• Minimum of five years direct lending or credit support related experience with focus on business relationships
• Familiarity with the sales, loan processing and closing processes
• Extensive knowledge of Commercial Banking products and services including working knowledge of C & I as well as Owner-Occupied and Investment Commercial Real Estate loans
• Ability to expand loans, client relationships, and cross sell bank products

Applying with Raise

Raise is an established IT, Finance, Healthcare and Engineering hiring firm with over 60 years experience connecting talented candidates with meaningful work. We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the community we work in and encourage applications from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with disabilities.

If we can make this easier through accommodation in the recruitment process, please contact us at hello@raiserecruiting.com

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