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Relationship Banker

Wintrust Financial • Park Ridge, IL 60068 • Posted 2 days ago

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Wintrust Financial is seeking a full-time Relationship Banker to join their team. This role involves building and retaining meaningful relationships with customers, recommending financial solutions, and operating a teller drawer. The position offers a competitive pay, annual discretionary bonus, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career growth within a family-friendly work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Building lasting relationships with customers, discovering their financial needs and tailoring product and service recommendations
  • Collaborating with business partners (Mortgage, Wealth Management) to connect customers to experts who can help with specialized needs
  • Operating a teller drawer serving customers in the lobby/drive-up
  • Opening accounts, performing account maintenance, and assisting customers with digital products
  • Recognizing potential fraud and other risks
  • Depending on the shift, you might be responsible for bank opening/closing
  • Helping support community and bank events

Qualifications

Required

  • 1+ years of experience in banking
  • High School Degree or GED
  • Intermediate computer skills

Preferred

  • Relationship Banker experience

About Wintrust Financial

Wintrust Financial Corporation is a reputable bank holding company operating in the United States. It offers a wide range of banking and financial services to individual and commercial customers, including checking and savings accounts, loans, mortgages, wealth management, insurance, and trust services. With a focus on community banking, Wintrust has grown to become one of Illinois' largest banking institutions and is recognized as a leading financial institution in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Full Job Description

Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $50 billion assets under management and traded on the NASDAQ:WTFC. Built on the "HAVE IT ALL" model, Wintrust offers sophisticated technology and resources of a large bank while focusing on providing service-based community banking to each and every customer. Wintrust operates fifteen community bank subsidiaries with over 170 banking locations in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas. Additionally, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units including commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing, out-sourced administrative services, mortgage origination and purchase, wealth management services and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges.

Wintrust was founded with the idea to be the alternative to the big banks. We are looking for top talent to join Chicago’s Bank®, as a full-time Relationship Banker!

Why join us?

  • An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 10 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)

  • Competitive pay and annual discretionary bonus eligible

  • Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few

  • Family-friendly work hours

  • With 175+ community bank locations, we offer opportunities to grow and develop in your career

  • Promote from within culture

What you’ll do:

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 to the success of the branch by:

  • Building lasting relationships with customers, discovering their financial needs and tailoring product and service recommendations

  • Collaborating with business partners (Mortgage, Wealth Management) to connect customers to experts who can help with specialized needs

  • Operating a teller drawer serving customers in the lobby/drive-up

  • Opening accounts, performing account maintenance, and assisting customers with digital products

  • Recognizing potential fraud and other risks

  • Depending on the shift, you might be responsible for bank opening/closing

  • Helping support community and bank events

Qualifications:

  • 1+ years of experience in banking; Relationship Banker experience preferred

  • High School Degree or GED

  • Intermediate computer skills

Medical Insurance • Dental • Vision • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment • Short-term and long-term Disability Insurance • Parental Leave • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount • Critical Illness Insurance • Accident Insurance • Transportation and Commuting Benefits • Banking Benefits • Pet Insurance

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From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago’s Bank® and Wisconsin's Bank®, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. 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, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.