Commercial Credit Training Manager

Position Summary

The Commercial Credit Training Manager supports Busey’s Commercial & Wealth Leadership Development Institute and its participants through management and training of new program recruits. The Manager supports recruitment & hiring, onboarding, credit and WM line of business specific training and curriculum rotations, while directly training year one program participants.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage the new associate onboarding and training of the BLDI Commercial and Wealth Analysts

• Work with other departments across the Bank to develop and facilitate meaningful curriculum rotations for the Commercial & Wealth Analysts

• Plan and facilitate credit training sessions specifically tailored to Commercial & Wealth Analysts.
• Assist the Commercial & Wealth Program Manager with maintaining the Busey Leadership Development Institute (BLDI) curriculum and syllabus

• Use financial data such as cash flow, liquidity, profitability, and leverage to determine and minimize the overall risk of extending credit to businesses and individuals. Review the prospective loan grade of each approval to ensure it aligns with regulatory and policy definitions.

• Ensure that timely underwriting is being achieved through regular communication with the Commercial and Wealth Analysts.

• In coordination with the Wealth Management Program Leadership, facilitate evaluations and periodic assessments of the Commercial and Wealth Analysts.
• In conjunction with the Talent Acquisition Programming Specialist and other bank staff, assist in hiring for each program class, including attending job fairs, networking with local colleges and universities and screening and interviewing candidates

• Manage, train and develop non-program commercial credit personnel, as applicable

• Manage the credit internship process including hiring, onboarding and day-to-day oversight.

Education & Experience

• Knowledge of:
  • Change management, negotiation, problem solving and facilitation skills
  • The Bank’s Commercial Banking and Credit Underwriting processes, guidelines and policies
  • The Bank’s Financial Planning model, processes, guidelines and policies
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal, organizational, analytical, presentation, and critical thinking skills
  • Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office

• Ability to:
  • Use best practices and knowledge of internal and external business issues to deliver programs that facilitate the execution of business priorities
  • Take independent action within established options and develop new procedures and approaches to problems when necessary
  • Analyze situations and solve problems
  • Perform duties and make decisions under frequent time pressures

• Education and Training:
  • Requires Bachelor’s degree or higher with a concentration in Business or Finance
  • Requires 3 or more years of Commercial Credit experience
  • Prior management experience strongly preferred including military and/or similar training experience
  • Requires knowledge of Microsoft Office

Benefits and Compensation

Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance.

(Base Pay Range: $68,000 - $94,000/year)

Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well-being—now and in the years to come—are important to us. Busey’s Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance and long-term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre-tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Visit Busey Total Rewards for more information.

Equal Opportunity

Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey’s commitment of delivering service excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets. Visit Busey.com/Careers to learn more about Busey’s Equal Opportunity Employment.

Unsolicited Resumes

Busey Bank, and its subsidiaries, does not accept any liability for fees for resumes from recruiters or employment agencies (“Agency”), without a binding, written recruitment agreement between Busey and Agency describing the services and specific job openings (“Agreement”). Busey may consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the Agency, unless an Agreement is in place. Any email or verbal contact with any Busey associate is inadequate to create a binding agreement. Agencies without an Agreement are requested not to contact any associates of Busey with recruiting inquiries or resumes. Busey respectfully requests no phone calls or emails.