Assistant Branch Leader - Hialeah

BankUnited (NYSE: BKU) is a national bank headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida with banking centers in Florida, the New York metropolitan area, Dallas and Atlanta. BankUnited has two subsidiaries, Pinnacle Public Finance headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and Bridge Funding Group headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial and collaborative culture encompassing the best minds, the brightest talent and the boldest decision makers.

BankUnited is honored to announce that we have been included on the Newsweek and Statista America's Most Trusted Companies Award List!

BankUnited has been recognized by Newsweek for two outstanding awards in 2023 as one of America's Greatest Workplaces and as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Job Starters, which acknowledges our commitment to creating an exceptional workplace.

Our Culture

At BankUnited, we foster a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees have the opportunity to advance, grow and achieve their goals. Our rally cry is to GO FOR MORE, a call to action to go above and beyond to provide the best customer experience to every client and to GO FOR MORE in your career.

Why BankUnited

Working for BankUnited offers you exciting challenges and opportunities to advance your professional development, while empowering you to deliver and be your best. We are happy to report the average tenure according to LinkedIn insights is 8.3 years. We strive to provide a competitive benefits plan to our employees and are proud to have been nationally ranked #1 as one of the 2023 Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America by Springbuk and awarded HEALTHIEST EMPLOYER by the South Florida Business Journal since 2020.

As a company, we believe we are only as successful as our people and are committed to providing training and innovative resources that prepare you to reach your full potential. That's why in addition to tuition reimbursement, we provide our employees with exciting career coaching, courses and training through our own GO FOR MORE Academy and mentoring opportunities through our iCARE (Inclusive Community of Advocacy, Respect and Equality) program.

At BankUnited, we strive to provide our employees with a work life balance. Specifically, retail branches operate 5 days a week Monday- Friday, excluding evening and/or weekend hours. For many of our positions, we offer a hybrid work environment, as well as a remote work environment for designated positions.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Branch Leader (ABL) oversees the day-to-day operations of assigned branch (or branches) and reinforces the Bank's vision through personal modeling of expected sales, service and production behaviors. The ABL is a branch-based role and acts as the in-branch leader on a day-to-day basis.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties and special projects may be assigned.

• Assist the Market Leader in ensuring the branch meets and exceeds day to day established sales and revenue goals and credit quality standards through personal and staff production.
• Lead, direct, manage and coach all personnel within a branch to meet and exceed established short-term and long-term sales goals. The ABL takes the lead role in being the "sales coach" for the branch.
• Direct and coordinate the day to day activities of a Branch, involving responsibility and accountability for budget, personnel, goal-achievement, compliance requirements, and 100% client satisfaction.
• Ensure that branch operation functions are managed accurately and timely. Maintain branches operational integrity.
• Manage service levels against customer expectations.
• Ensure day to day compliance and operational risk controls in accordance with bank and/or regulatory standards and policies.
• Approve specific check amounts, wire transfers, cashier's checks, uncollected funds, and insufficient funds based on credit authority limitations preset by management.
• Identify obstacles and opportunities and empower team members to remove obstacles to sales and service under personal control.
• Maintain an understanding of all current financial products, policies, procedures and regulations.
• Adhere to all current policies, procedures, and compliance/audit requirements; To include retail assessments, security assessments and account quality reviews.
• Manage programs and reward systems developed with the Market Leader to increase morale, develop employees, and maintain high levels of performance, etc. in order to assist in reducing turnover.
• Works with Market Leader's within the business community and civic organizations to generate new business.
• Adheres to and complies with applicable, federal and state laws, regulations and guidance, including those related to anti-money laundering (i.e. Bank Secrecy Act, US PATRIOT Act, etc.).
• Adheres to Bank policies and procedures and completes required training.
• Identifies and reports suspicious activity.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervises function, projects or services and/or one or more employees, as applicable.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance coaching; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

EDUCATION

HS Diplomaor GED required Associate's Degree preferred Or Bachelor's Degree preferred

EXPERIENCE

• 3-5 Years progressive banking (branch) experience with demonstrated leadership capabilitiesrequired
• Strong branch operations and sales experience preferred

Please be advised that new hires will be required to attend a two-week Retail Training Class from 9am- 5pm in either Miami Lakes or Boynton Beach. The Company may reimburse for mileage exceeding the distance of an employee's daily commute to his/her primary office for training. Additionally, for those traveling more than 60 miles each way may inquire about the details of hotel reimbursement.