Banking Officer – Corporate Banking Group recruitment

BBH has stood for service excellence, financial success, and sound business practices for over 200 years.  Today we are an award-winning provider of financial services to the world’s most sophisticated financial institutions, leading private companies, and high net worth individuals.  World-renowned services include global custody, foreign exchange, securities lending, fund administration, and securities brokerage. 

At BBH, we understand that if we are to continue to compete for the best clients, we must attract the best people and give them the encouragement and opportunity to develop their talents.  When you join BBH, you're joining a team of high-performing, dedicated, and caring people who identify with the distinct culture and are determined to keep it fresh, distinctive and highly relevant for the benefit of our clients.  The firm prizes diversity of opinion, independent thought, and objectivity, and service to others.  This philosophy has been the foundation for customer relationships which can date back a century or more.  In this environment, each person can make an impact.  BBH is owned by several partners who are active in the business.  The essence of a partnership is the union of teamwork with individual responsibility.  BBH culture therefore promotes the idea of constant self-assessment, goal-setting, and transparency of opportunities to create multiple career path options for employees.  BBH stands for exceptional service to clients, and also to one another.  It’s a place where one can still find high-touch along with high-tech.  For example, BBHers enjoy strong internal networks, informal mentoring and relationships with senior executives; at the same time employees can take advantage of an on-line, self-directed career development intranet site.

BBH is an affirmative action, Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Responsiblilies:

Our Boston office is seeking an experienced commercial banker familiar with the New England marketplace to help drive growth in our middle market Boston Corporate Banking Group.  This is a great opportunity for someone with significant lending experience and a strong professional network in the market to demonstrate both your marketing and credit skills in managing and growing the group’s portfolio of premier private middle market companies.  We are also open to candidates with networks in additional markets (i.e. New York, Connecticut, Chicago, etc).

The banking professional will be a key member of a team dedicated to developing BBH’s corporate banking business in New England.  The position requires a motivated and organized self-starter who possesses superior verbal and written communication skills along with a professional network in the market.  The ideal candidate must have a superior understanding of accounting, finance, and credit structuring, be computer literate in standard MS Office applications, and be able to handle multiple tasks/projects under tight time constraints.

The individual will work as the primary officer on several existing credit relationships, but their primary responsibility will be executing a business development plan to establish new corporate banking relationships with premier private middle market companies.  The person will need to be seen by clients, referral sources, prospects, and colleagues as a consultative trusted advisor who is able to deliver the entire suite of BBH products, from senior loans and MA advisory services, to private wealth management.  

Banking professionals at BBH will have significant exposure to clients and senior management and Partners.  Excellent interpersonal skills are essential.

Responsibilities:

• Full range of business development activities, including building and cultivating referral networks, direct calling on companies, and complete knowledge of the firm’s capabilities and products.
• Provide day-to-day client relationship maintenance and administration, including written credit analysis for periodic credit meetings with bankers and Partners and presentations at credit meetings
• Due diligence and financial modeling for new and existing credit relationships
• Executive summaries of incoming new business opportunities

Qualifications:

• Strong organizational, and written/oral communication skills
• Interpersonal maturity, confidence, and poise
• Knowledge of and a base of contacts within the New England lending market.
• Proficiency in computer spreadsheets and presentation applications
• Ability to work independently in a team environment and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong financial analysis/modeling skills