Defence Bank is a member-owned bank that has been proudly serving the Defence Community for 49 years. With over 26 branches across Australia and our award-winning app, Defence Bank is where our members need us – anywhere, anytime.
The bank provides financial products and services to the Australian Defence Force and its unique community, reinvesting profits for the benefit of our members. Our branch network and support office teams work collaboratively to offer tailored banking solutions that support the Defence Community throughout their banking journey.
We are a leader in our sector and our people led, technology enabled environment, celebrates the individual talents, personalities, interests and needs of our people.
The opportunity. Reporting to the Regional Manager, this position directly supports our purpose and ensures our members can count on us by leading the branch team to deliver outstanding service and achieve agreed performance outcomes while meeting compliance obligations.
This leadership position is accountable for:
Leading a small team to deliver outstanding member service and achieve agreed performance goals.Proactively promoting Defence Bank within Defence, with Defence Industry partners, and within the broader community to grow our member base and product portfolios.Advocating for Defence Bank by building relationships within the Defence Community to build awareness of our service offering.Supervising branch operations to ensure ongoing compliance with legislation and Defence Bank's policies and processes. This may include reviewing and/or approving lending applications within your delegation.Effectively adapts, manages and communicates across diverse levels and functions to meet the different needs of stakeholders, situations and objectives. Interacting with respect and empathy.Plans, aligns, and engages teams to ensure clarity, structure and accountability to meet goals, organisational commitments and to deliver consistent high-quality service and results.Living our purpose and promise.About you. The successful candidate will have at least three years' experience leading a retail sales team, ideally within financial services, as well as a vocational qualification in financial services, sales or team leadership.
You're passionate about delivering outstanding service while keeping your team on track with their goals. A natural coach, you enjoy developing the knowledge and skills of your team and thrive on the challenge of growing a sustainable business.
To be considered, you must have demonstrated experience or skills in:
Building effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels.Coaching team members to improve/sustain performance.Developing, implementing, and achieving local sales/business development plans.Facilitating presentations to small and large groups.Motivating a team to achieve agreed goals.Time management with the ability to handle unplanned interruptions.Using Microsoft Office applications to create relevant documents, presentations, and spreadsheets.The successful applicant will have the opportunity to:
Deepen their people leadership and operational management skills.Grow Defence Bank's brand, presence, and portfolio.We count on you. And you can count on us. We have a great range of employee benefits including:
Corporate wardrobe allowance.Savings and discounts across our range of products and services.A 'Thank you' day - each year our employees receive one additional day of paid leave.Access to our internal 'reward and recognition' platform - vouchers, discounts, e-cards and much more!Interested? We'd like to hear from you. Click to apply. Defence Bank is committed to providing equal opportunities for employment. We encourage people from different cultural backgrounds, people from different ethnic origins, and people with disabilities to apply so our team reflects our diverse community.
All successful candidates will be required to complete employment checks prior to an offer of employment.
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