Credit Manager II - Registered - Global Wealth & Investment Management Securities Lending Producing Manager

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This job is responsible for managing employees who drive the client credit relationship, including the full credit process and leading parts of the credit deal lifecycle such as application, structuring, approval, due diligence, documentation, closing, and monitoring. Key responsibilities include partnering with business teams, providing credit expertise, and ensuring policy compliance, data accuracy, and timely execution. Job expectations include managing Senior Credit Specialists and Analysts.

This GWIM Credit Securities Based Lending (SBL) Producing Manager role is responsible for managing the centralized SBL Specialist team. The role is also accountable for delivering securities-based lending solutions to wealth management clients in Merrill, and growing loan balances, through effective partnership with Merrill advisors and market leadership within their own targeted geographic territory. Primary responsibilities include increasing advisor participation and client engagement with securities-based lending solutions, providing product education and supporting deal execution.

The SIE, Series 24, 7 and 63 (or 66) are required for the position.

• Models an inclusive environment for employees and clients, aligned to company Great Place to Work goals
• Demonstrates deep process knowledge, operational excellence and innovation through a focus on simplicity, data based decision making and continuous improvement
• Communicates enterprise decisions, purpose, and results, and connects to team strategy, priorities and contributions
• Ensures proper risk discipline, controls and culture are in place to identify, upscale and debate issues
• Provides inspection, coaching and feedback to motivate, differentiate and improve performance, while assessing talent and building bench strength for roles across the organization
• Delivers results by effectively prioritizing, inspecting and appropriately delegating team work

• Manage a team of centralized SBL specialists while also providing direct coverage to a defined territory

• Cultivate relationships with Merrill advisors to identify credit opportunities, support client outreach and implement SBL loan facilities

• Develop and execute lending strategy and initiatives, in partnership with Merrill market leadership, to achieve SBL growth objectives

This position may also have responsibilities for managing associates. At Bank of America, all managers at this level demonstrate the following responsibilities, in addition to those specific to the role, listed above.

• Opportunity & Inclusion Champion:
  Models an inclusive environment for employees and clients, aligned to company Great Place to Work goals.
• Manager of Process & Data:
  Demonstrates deep process knowledge, operational excellence and innovation through a focus on simplicity, data based decision making and continuous improvement.
• Enterprise Advocate & Communicator:
  Communicates enterprise decisions, purpose, and results, and connects…