Vice President - SBA Lending

Join us today as a member of our Nationwide SBA Lending Sales team!

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At the heart of First Business Bank, we believe success comes down to putting people first. Our people are our priority - they embody ambition, experience, and client focus. The result is extremely engaged employees who provide unmatched client satisfaction. With comprehensive total rewards to support our team members, a commitment to valuing each other's differences, and a focus on improving our communities, we are confident you'll find the experience is your advantage. We're delighted you're considering joining us!

We are actively growing our SBA Lending team and looking for experienced sales professionals to help grow the SBA division across our nationwide footprint.Currently looking for talent in any of the following markets: Pacific Northwest; Southern California; Arizona; Florida; Texas; Georgia

The SBA Business Development Officer is responsible for generating new loan opportunities, with a focus on outbound sales by prospecting new clients, developing and deepening existing relationships and leveraging relationships with centers of influence in the community to grow the banks loan and deposit portfolio. The SBA Business Development Officer will be expected to use their credit expertise to evaluate loan opportunities with sound credit judgement, building and maintaining a portfolio of high-quality, profitable relationships consistent with the Bank's strategic and financial objectives. The SBA Business Development Officer will bring deals through the approval and closing process working with the appropriate internal teams (loan operations, credit and underwriting, portfolio management, etc.).

Essential objectives of the SBA Business Development position include:

• Portfolio Growth and Management
• New Business Development of SBA Commercial Loan Portfolio and Deposit Portfolio
• SBA Program Expertise
• Compliance
• Customer Service
• Prepare Management Reports

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Post-secondary degree in a related field of study
• Minimum of 5 years of SBA lending sales experience
• Extensive working knowledge of SBA lending policies and procedures
• Formal credit training, preferred
• Evidence of sales and business development success
• Established network of referral sources
• Ability to analyze and understand financial statements of various business types as well as personal financial statements and tax returns and to present this information in a loan presentation to a committee
• Strong attention to detail, problem solving skills, and ability to prioritize work to execute tasks in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, that can be demonstrated with business partners
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills in order to ascertain and respond to customer needs and objectives to advance the client relationship and meet the Bank's objectives
• Strong personal drive and initiative, demonstrated work ethic, and ability to work as a team

First Business Financial Services, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, military service, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We are strongly committed to this policy and believe in the concept and spirit of the law.