Municipal Lender, AVP VP

Wintrust provides community and commercial banking specialty finance and wealth management services through its 16 bank charters and nine non-bank businesses. Wintrust delivers the sophisticated solutions of a large bank while staying true to the relationship-focused personalized service of our community banking roots. We serve clients in all 50 states with more than 200 branch banking locations in Illinois southwestern Florida northwestern Indiana west Michigan and southern Wisconsin and commercial banking offices in Chicago Denver Milwaukee Grand Rapids Mich. and in key branch banking locations throughout Illinois. Our people are the heart of our business and we are proud to rank consistently as a top place to work. Wintrust is a $66 billion financial institution based in Rosemont Illinois and listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol WTFC.

Why Join Us

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 11 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

• Promote from within culture

Why Join this Team

• Our team is in a unique position that allows us to collaborate with all Wintrust Charters have exposure to executive management and develop new client relationships

• With a large and growing physical presence award-winning customer service excellent local bankers high community involvement and competitive product offerings we offer area local governments value that other banks can rarely match

Government Banking and Wintrust Government Funds partners with local bankers to offer innovative tailored and industry-specific lending and treasury management solutions to area local governments. Together we have quickly become a leading bank to governments where we have a physical presence. We are currently seeking a Municipal Lender to provide government lending expertise to Wintrust Charters generating more robust relationships with local government agencies. The ideal candidate will bring drive creativity resourcefulness and passion for public service to continue growing our business in established and new markets.

What Youll Do

• Identify requests from customers or promising in-market prospects that build or solidify banking relationships and boost market share

• Structure loan terms to meet borrower objectives and fit their borrowing authority mitigate risk and offer Lender an attractive return and/or other benefits

• Underwrite new loan requests and navigate our internal credit approval process

• Draft bid forms term sheets and commitments summarize approved terms

• Manage the financing pipeline to meet all bid/commitment deadlines

• Participate in client/prospect calls association events and other outreach

• Develop and maintain a referral network of internal and external Centers of Influence to generate new business opportunities

• Portfolio Management:

  • Draft annual reviews or coordinating reviews of existing municipal exposure

  • Add and update existing exposure tracking systems and reports

• Take on additional responsibilities in response to evolving circumstances

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in business administration finance accounting or related discipline

• Minimum 4 years commercial or investment banking and/or commercial credit experience preferably within the municipal lending/public finance space

• Passion for public service building municipal finance expertise and relationships

• Thorough understanding of general credit and risk principles mitigates and banking policies/procedures

• Strong analytical and financial modeling abilities

• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing with all levels of management including lending personnel

• Strong interpersonal skills with a proven ability to establish client relationships

• Effective time management by balancing multiple priorities within individual workload

• Proficiency using Microsoft Office products including advanced Excel modeling skills

Benefits

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

Compensation

The estimated salary range for this role is $98000-$158000 along with eligibility to earn an annual bonus. Actual salaries may vary based on several factors such as a candidates qualifications skills and experience.

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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 build a company that reflects the communities we serve we believe that fostering a unique and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed will support our ongoing success. 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 sex age national origin disability veteran status genetic information and other legally protected categories.