Regional Loan Administration Manager

About the Role

Manages and oversees a regional team of Commercial loan specialists within Commercial Lending. Responsible for maintaining a high level of commercial loan closing expertise within supported regions; overall operations integrity within department(s); providing closing/technical counsel to Relationship Specialists; manage the monitoring results and remediation of findings within your region; promotes and maintains efficient operations processes designed to achieve the highest levels of customer service.

• Partners with management across departments in the development and implementation of Bank-wide operating procedures, practices and controls to ensure compliance with bank policies/regulations.
• Manages a team of Commercial Relationship Specialists. Identifies, hires, motivates and retains top talent.
• Recommends, formulates and tests continuous process improvements and quality control procedures in concert with loan support services.
• Applies these improvements relative to training and implementation with the goal of streamlining processes and increasing productivity.
• Confers with management to coordinate operations and activities.
• Understands divisional and regional production goals and strategies and provides expertise and recommendations to the business units regarding process, procedures, and best practices in support of production goals.
• Ensures proper standards are implemented in order to safeguard the company assets.
• Demonstrates compliance with all bank regulations for assigned job function and applies to designated job responsibilities – knowledge may be gained through coursework and on-the-job training. Keeps up to date on regulation changes.
• Follows all Bank policies and procedures, compliance regulations, and completes all required annual or job-specific training.
• Maintain a working knowledge of Bank's written policies and procedures regarding Bank Secrecy Act, Regulation CC, Regulation E, Bank Security and other regulations as applicable to this job description.
• May be asked to coach, mentor, or train others and teach coursework as subject matter expert.
• Actively learns, demonstrates, and fosters the Columbia corporate culture in all actions and words.
• Takes personal initiative and is a positive example for others to emulate.
• Embraces our vision to become “Business Bank of Choice”
• May perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 4-7 years of relevant experience and an in-depth understanding of Commercial C&I and real estate financing, closing, procedures, and compliance regulations. Required
• Less than 2 years of prior management experience managing a team, hiring, and conducting performance evaluations. Preferred
• Proven ability to effectively manage and develop others.
• Experience in creating and implementing banking policies, procedures, practices and documentation.
• Excellent communication and management skills with ability to manage diverse work groups operating from remote locations.
• Advanced interpersonal, leadership, and management skills. Proven ability to attract, motivate, and retain a high-performing sales team.
• Effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals and groups across the Bank operating from remote locations.
• Demonstrated accountability, dependability, initiative and an ability to effectively prioritize tasks to ensure optimal results.
• Proven ability to “think outside the box” when solving problems.
• Proficiency with personal computers and related software packages such as Word and Excel.
• Ability to train and present to small and large audiences or has the interest in learning to train and present.

Ability to work fully onsite at posted location(s).

The pay range for this role is $89,000.00 - $.

The pay rate for the selected candidate is dependent upon a variety of non-discriminatory factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, education, and geographic location. The role may be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, and those details will be…