Manager, Small-Medium Entities (SME)

Attendance

On-Site

Job number

25711

Category

Intermediate Professional

Status: Permanent

City

Kamloops

Type of Contract

Permanent

Schedule: Full-Time

Full Time / Part Time?

Full-Time

Posting date

31-Mar-2025

Location: Kamloops, British Columbia

City

Kamloops

Province/State

British Columbia

Area of Interest: Advisory services, Commercial banking

A career as a Manager, SME in our Kamloops commercial banking team at Canadian Western Bank, a part of National Bank, is to act as a trusted financial partner for commercial clients. This job allows you to have a positive impact on the organization through your business development expertise, relationship management skills, and understanding of credit assessment.

Your job

Ensure outstanding client experiences at every interaction, in line with National Bank’s brand promise.
Meet the objectives of growing a diversified commercial portfolio with average loan and deposit volumes under $2MM.
Realize business development strategies by proactively identifying, pursuing, and onboarding new commercial clients.
Make sure you deliver full-service banking and financial solutions by collaborating with internal partners.
Accompany and influence clients by understanding their business needs and providing tailored financial solutions.
Identify opportunities for cross-selling and referrals to other business partners across the bank.
Take part in risk management by assessing credit applications and ensuring sound risk assessment practices in collaboration with the commercial credit team.

Your team

Within the Commercial Banking sector, you are part of a team of commercial banking professionals, and you report to the Branch Manager, Kamloops. Our team stands out for its client-centric approach, collaboration, and expertise in commercial lending. We ultimately aim to offer you maximum flexibility and quality of life.

Our training programs use on-the-job learning to help you master your role. You can access personalized training content on topics such as banking solutions, credit analysis, and advisory strategies to support your ongoing learning. You’ll also have access to colleagues with a wide range of expertise and experience to enrich your professional development.

Basic requirements

Hold a bachelor’s degree in commerce, finance, accounting, or a related field and 5+ years of experience in commercial lending or equivalent experience.
Proven experience developing and implementing successful sales and business development strategies.
Expertise in financial analysis, credit risk assessment, and relationship management.
Strong negotiation skills and the ability to optimize profitability of client relationships.
Knowledge of business modeling and financial software tools is an asset.
Being available to travel locally for client meetings.

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Skills

Accountability Client-focused Communication Diversity & Inclusion Driving Results Emotional Intelligence Empathy Humility Initiative Learning Agility Resiliency Teamwork

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For an environment that supports your career path

There are many varied opportunities for you to progress and develop, and move ahead in your career. This includes on-the-job learning and training, co-development and pairing with other employees, professional support and mentoring, internal career days or discussion forums with our leaders.

For an inclusive and diverse environment

We foster inclusion in an environment where each person’s unique qualities, whether visible or invisible, are celebrated and valued. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?