Commercial Equipment Finance Rep IV - North Texas
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GENERAL FUNCTION:
Solicits, develops, and manages credit relations with new and current leasing customers within defined territories and products. Is assigned the largest or most complex relationships. Provides assistance or training to lower level or new leasing representatives.
Responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and personally following policies and procedures as defined. Accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues, and ensures that actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience. While operating within the Bank's risk appetite, achieves results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
+ Initiates contacts for developing new sources of business. Cultivates and maintains relationships with numerous sources of new business. Arranges personal meetings with prospects to explain leasing services, rates, and terms of lease agreements.
+ Interviews prospective lessees to develop background information to determine acceptable credit risk. Communicates subsequent investigation results to lessees and initiates lease contract formation where applicable.
+ Coordinates the appraisal of equipment to be leased with departmental staff to determine acceptable structure, pricing, tax, and residual risks, ensuring that necessary documentation is complete and accurate. Ensures collateral is evaluated within standard practices.
+ Prepares market competitive and internally profitable lease quotes by researching market rates, proposing acceptable lease structures, maximizing the use of tax benefits, and insuring sufficient company profitability.
+ Structure, design, and propose viable lease transactions. Work with clients to tailor agreements that meet customer needs from the beginning of the deal to the close.
+ Manage customer relationships on an ongoing basis by monitoring and being proactive with respect to the changing dynamics of the market conditions and competition.
+ Works closely with tax and legal specialists to ensure that lease contracts comply with applicable laws and regulations.
+ Assumes additional responsibilities as assigned.
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
+ Bachelor's degree preferred.
+ 7+ years of experience with a finance/leasing company in sourcing, developing, and closing lease transactions.
+ Excellent organizational skills.
+ Independent self-starter and proactive marketer.
+ Ability to build and maintain long-term relationships with lessors and senior level management with appropriate companies in region.
+ Polished professional sales, marketing, and presentation skills. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
+ Comprehensive financial analysis and financial selling skills (knowledge of FASB 13, cash flow, balance sheet, and profit and loss effects of leasing).
+ Excellent working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, and pricing software. Expertise with the HP12C or HP17B calculator.
Commercial Equipment Finance Rep IV - North Texas
LOCATION -- Dallas, Texas 75240
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