About this role
- Lead a growing team of SME and Small Business Bankers
- High profile region – lots of opportunities to grow
- Sydney based
What’s the role?
As a Regional General Manager with us you have a chance to make a real impact! Through leading and shaping our SME and Small Business Banking team across Sydney, you’ll live and breathe our purpose of creating better futures together. SME is the lifeblood of the Australian economy and continues to grow and change the business landscape across our country which means you’ll have heaps of opportunities to help them, and our communities, thrive.
With a strategic lens you’ll drive deep and meaningful customer and community relationships across Small and Medium Enterprises (for us, that’s customers with business lending requirements up to $3M), not only giving them a great experience but also leading a service revolution through innovation, productivity, and efficiency.
As an inspirational leader, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to coach and mentor our team of business bankers and take their performance to the next level, driving profitability and market share.
What do I need?
- Strategic Leadership & Sales Coaching Experience - Proven ability to lead and coach a team of SME business bankers, driving performance, profitability, and market share through strategic planning and mentoring
- Commercial Acumen & Risk Management -Strong understanding of business credit, financial services markets, and risk assessment.
- Customer-Centric Relationship Building - Expertise in developing deep, meaningful relationships with SME clients, enhancing customer experience and loyalty through tailored banking solutions
- Operational & Financial Management - Skilled in managing regional budgets and analysing financial data
- Project & Data Management - Ability to oversee multiple initiatives simultaneously, using data analysis to inform decisions, predict trends, and assess business impact
- Adaptability & Innovation - Capacity to thrive in dynamic environments, adapt and drive innovation, productivity, and efficiency across teams
Why join us?
We’re obsessed with becoming our customers #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that:
- Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates!
- Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
- Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
- Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives
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Other facts
About Westpac Group
From rescue helicopters to signing the Equator Principles, from paying super during parental leave to adding 'Touch ID' biometric technology to our banking apps and being first on the scene with a helping hand in times of crisis... we have a proud history of stepping up to be first for our customers, communities and people. As Australia’s first bank and Australia’s first company we put service at the heart of everything we do and our people are our priority.
We've grown up as a company and expanded both in Australia and throughout Asia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Now we are made up of your favourite financial institution names including Westpac, BankSA, St.George Bank, BT Financial Group, RAMs and Bank of Melbourne, a change of job doesn’t mean a change of employer at Westpac Group.
We've made a commitment to put our customers first in everything we do. This means creating fundamentally superior customer experiences for each customer, every time. We promise that when you meet with someone from Westpac Group, you'll be touched by their genuine dedication to helping our customers prosper and grow.
Westpac Group acknowledges the traditional owners as the custodians of this land, recognising their connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to Australia's First Peoples, and to their Elders, past and present.
What you'll do
- Lead and shape the SME and Small Business Banking team across Sydney, driving customer and community relationships. Coach and mentor business bankers to enhance performance, profitability, and market share.
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