Relationship Banker - Lake Forest at Wintrust Financial Corporation in Lake Forest, Illinois

Job Description:

Lake Forest Bank and Trust is looking for an energetic, enthusiastic Relationship Banker.

Do you love helping customers and building relationships, and want family-friendly work hours? Are you looking to grow your career with a reputable and growing financial institution? If so, our Relationship Banker role may be a great fit.

As a Relationship Banker you will build and retain meaningful relationships with your customers, using your financial knowledge to recommend thoughtful solutions to meet their needs.

In this dual role, you will contribute the success of the branch by:

• Building lasting relationships with customers, discover their financial needs and tailor product and service recommendations
• Partnering with Specialist (Mortgage Banker, Wealth Management) to connect customers to experts who can help with specialized needs
• Assist customers set up self-service options to access their accounts

Requirements

• At least one year experience in: Retail banking sales, or Financial services sales, or Consultative relationship sales role in a related industry, with proven success in establishing new clients, deepening customer relationships and delivering results
• Excellent communication skills - in person and over the phone - with proven ability to tailor features and benefits of products/services to customers with differing needs
• Ability to learn products, services, and procedures quickly and accurately
• Demonstrate ability to make personal connections, engage and educate customers, ask open-ended questions and listen to establish trust and build lasting relationships
• Strong desire and ability to influence, educate, and connect customers to technology
• Ability to work branch hours, including weekends

Founded in 1991 with the idea to be the alternative to the big banks, Wintrust has since grown into a financial services company with more than $45 billion in assets, headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois. Through our multiple companies and divisions, we provide traditional community banking and commercial banking services, wealth management solutions, commercial and life insurance premium financing, mortgage origination, and short-term accounts receivable financing and certain administrative services, such as data processing of payrolls, billing, and treasury management services. We provide community-oriented personal and business banking services to customers located in the greater Chicagoland area, northwest Indiana, and southern Wisconsin through more than 175 community bank locations.

We provide an engaging, dynamic work environment, an excellent compensation package including 401k, employee stock purchase plan, medical/dental, life insurance and more!

Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran. We request applicants refrain from disclosing current or historical compensation information during the recruitment process; any disclosed detail will not be taken into account as applicants are considered for employment.

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