Business Banker - Sugarland

Job Summary:
The Veritex Business Banker is responsible for driving customer growth through the overall attraction, expansion, and retention including servicing of small business relationships. In this role you will support multiple banking centers in a given geographic territory by focusing on the area’s business customers. This includes managing relationships and calling on business customers with annual revenues in the $1 million to $5 million range. The position will have heavy prospecting analysis.
As a trusted advisor you will be committed to new business development, building rapport with and understanding of the client’s needs, providing relationship servicing, and consistently enhancing the partner referral process. Your work will positively impact the lives and well-being of clients and their businesses.
If you are customer focused, enjoy building relationships and providing financial advice to your clients, a role as a Veritex Community Business Banker is for you!
Responsibilities and Duties:

• Acquire, manage, and retain a portfolio of 70-90 business clients with annual revenue of $1-$5 million for your assigned branches; provide business deposit and cash management solutions and manage business credit opportunities up to approximately $500,000.
• Deliver an outstanding experience to Veritex business clients by providing comprehensive and customized business banking solutions tailored to the financial needs and circumstances of their business.
• Use knowledge of business, finance, banking, credit, and risk management to identify, recommend, and promote solutions that best serve the client and ensure the profitability of the portfolio.
• Regularly conduct in-person calls with prospects, centers of influence (COIs), and existing clients at their places of business. Follow a disciplined relationship development process by identifying steps/strategies necessary to effectively maintain and build relationships. Regularly review processes and strategies with manager, making adjustments as needed.
• Identify and pursue potential new business clients, looking for ways to cultivate long-term, primary banking relationships.
• Identify the personal financial goals and needs of business clients; build collaborative relationships with partners across lines of business (SBA, home Lending, Treasury Management, Community Bank Center Teams) to connect clients with specialists who can help meet their financial needs.
• Provide leadership by actively supporting your assigned branches and protect the firm by following sound risk management protocols and adhering to regulatory requirements.

Job Skills and Qualifications:

• 3-7 years of experience in a Banking Relationship Management role or related business deposit services / lending experience.
• General business experience and knowledge of business credit, understanding of core business products and services with understanding of general business practices and how business needs vary by industry/market.
• Strong communication skills with individuals at all levels, internally and externally with the ability to build relationships with clients and internal partners.
• Ability to balance needs of clients with associated risks and interests of the firm and recognize an issue or problem and determine when to escalate or handle independently.
• Ability to determine and balance priorities on a daily basis to achieve business objectives with demonstrated ability to own problems on clients' behalf and follow through with commitment.
• Highly proficient in MS Office tools including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Company Overview:
Truth in Texas Banking. That’s what we’re about. Founded in 2010, we are one of the ten largest banks headquartered in the state of Texas. We became a publicly traded company in 2014 and in 2020 and 2021 we were listed on Fortune’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, we’ve built a bank forever rooted in truth, transparency, and uncompromising integrity.
We know our strongest asset is the passion, authenticity, and talent of our people. We focus on the growth and development of each team member to unlock potential to “Be Your True Self.” Our “True You” culture is made up of five pillars:
1. Be Mindful
2. Be Healthy
3. Be Better
4. Be Prosperous
5. Be Faithful
With this as our foundation, we’ve built a bank of people who are transparent, tell the truth, and act with integrity. We unite together in common purpose - caring deeply for our clients and communities, communicating openly with each other, and treating everyone with respect. Visit our website at www.VeritexBank.com and come see how we’re bringing truth and transparency to Texas banking.
Veritex Community Bank does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. Veritex Community Bank is under no obligation to pay any referral compensation or recruiter fee in the absence of a current executed Recruitment Services Agreement. In the event a recruiter or agency submits an unsolicited resume or candidate without an agreement, Veritex reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, shall be deemed the property of Veritex Community Bank.
If your agency would like to be considered as a potential future recruiting partner, please leave your contact information at Recruiting@VeritexBank.com.
Work environment and Physical demands: The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee may occasionally stand, walk, reach, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The work environment and physical demands are those of a standard office setting. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
Disclaimer: This job description is not an inclusive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Incumbents will be required to follow any other job- related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. Veritex Bank reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship. Veritex Community Bank is an equal opportunity employer. Veritex Community Bank Corporate Human Resources, Dallas, Texas.
We are committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.
Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on the Company. Please inform the Company’s personnel representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.