Jobs at Wintrust Financial Corporation

Provide outstanding customer service and prepare/approve loan quotes for assigned agent portfolio (approvals up to $1,000,000). Handle inbound calls and emails, monitor agent volume, and take proactive actions to protect and grow business.

Lead and develop branch managers and sales teams across a defined Illinois region to achieve financial and sales goals. Oversee recruiting, training, budget adherence, customer growth, and liaise with product partners to drive results through coaching, talent management, and strategic oversight.

Serve customers by building relationships, identifying financial needs, recommending products, operating a teller drawer, opening and maintaining accounts, assisting with digital products, detecting fraud, and supporting branch operations and community events.

Participate in an 18-month Accounting Rotational Analyst program with three six-month placements across core accounting disciplines (SEC/Regulatory Reporting, General Accounting, Internal Control, Accounting Operations). Perform journal entries, reconciliations, reporting, risk/control evaluation, and support projects. Complete training and development; placement into a full-time accounting role upon program completion.

Lead management of non-lending counterparty credit risk, supervising analysts, conducting credit analysis and reviews of banks, insurers, sovereigns and vendors, maintaining limits and systems (Moody's Credit Catalyst), ensuring OFAC screening, updating frameworks/policies, supporting internal partners and audits, and developing CCR reporting and risk appetite metrics.

Support Sales Enablement Manager by driving social media adoption, creating and fulfilling marketing collateral and events, managing third-party suppliers, maintaining departmental infrastructure (intranet, websites, social accounts), and assisting with improvement projects to enable frontline wealth management sales teams.

Build and retain customer relationships at a branch by identifying financial needs, recommending products/services, opening and maintaining accounts, operating a teller drawer, assisting with digital products, recognizing fraud risk, and supporting community and branch events. Collaborate with specialists for mortgage and wealth needs.

Manage daily branch operations, lead and develop branch staff, resolve escalated customer issues, perform personal banker duties as needed, and drive business development and community relationships to maximize branch growth and profitability.

Monitor and investigate suspicious banking activity across channels (checks, ACH, wires, P2P, loans), process fraud alerts and claims in case management systems, perform due diligence, collaborate with branches and security teams, and help minimize fraud losses and recover funds in accordance with policies and regulations.

Develop and grow a commercial real estate loan portfolio by originating new business, underwriting and presenting credit memos, managing relationships and loan syndications, networking referral sources, overseeing portfolio reviews, and mentoring junior lenders to drive revenue, fee income, deposits, and cross-sell opportunities.

Provide first-line IT desktop support to Wintrust employees via phone, email, remote tools, or onsite. Triage and resolve 25+ incidents daily, manage tickets in queue, document issues, and escalate to L2/L3 as needed.

Manage and originate SBA 7(a) and Express loans, underwrite and analyze business and personal financials, monitor post-closing servicing and liquidation, maintain relationships with community bankers, ensure regulatory compliance, and coordinate internal partners to support small business lending.

Manage and analyze a portfolio of commercial real estate loans. Prepare credit approvals and memos, assess borrower and property risk, monitor covenants and performance, coordinate loan closings and construction draws, review legal documentation, and collaborate with relationship managers and loan administration.

Manage daily branch operations, supervise hiring/training/scheduling, coach staff and drive sales performance, resolve escalated customer issues, perform Personal Banker duties as needed, and grow local business through community networking and outbound outreach to maximize branch profitability.

Build and maintain customer relationships at a branch, identify financial needs, recommend products, open and maintain accounts, operate a teller drawer, assist with digital products, detect fraud, support branch opening/closing, and participate in community and bank events.

Supervise branch teller operations, ensure compliance with policies and security, train and delegate tasks, operate teller drawer, resolve customer issues, identify cross-sell opportunities, and support community engagement and operational soundness.

Inside sales Loan Originator responsible for handling inbound leads, conducting customer needs analysis, building borrower relationships, performing outbound follow-up, closing loans, and maintaining licensing and compliance knowledge. Provides exceptional customer service in a fast-paced mortgage environment focused on VA/FHA loans and serving military borrowers.

Build and maintain customer relationships, recommend banking products, operate teller drawer, open and maintain accounts, assist with digital products, detect fraud, support branch operations and community events.

Process customer transactions (deposits, withdrawals, checks, loan payments), operate a teller drawer, balance transactions, identify cross-sell opportunities, detect and report potential fraud, follow bank and regulatory procedures, assist with branch opening/closing, and participate in community events as required.

Serve customers in-branch and drive relationships by identifying financial needs, recommending products, opening and maintaining accounts, operating a teller drawer, supporting digital adoption, detecting fraud, and assisting with community and bank events.