Fifth Third Bank

Director Credit Sales

Reposted 20 Days Ago

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New York, NY, USA

In-Office

Senior level

Fintech

The Role

The Director of Credit Sales is responsible for developing relationships with institutional clients, managing credit securities, and generating revenue through sales activities while ensuring compliance with policies.

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GENERAL FUNCTION:

Responsible for institutional coverage of both primary and secondary investment grade credit securities.

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 & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop and maintain customer relationships through prospecting and account maintenance activities.
Develop and maintain relationships with other corporate calling officers including Financial Institutions, Real Estate Capital Markets, and other national verticals as well was within Capital Markets and the DCM Group
Provide manager with monthly recap of activity and developmental needs.
Maintain deep knowledge on new products and industry trends.
Develop working knowledge of banking services that may be applicable to clients and prospects.
Develop new and creative approaches to customer relationship building.
Develop understanding of middle office and back-office operations that support sales effort, and establish a working relationship with those personnel.
Provide market feedback to fixed income traders and syndicate.
Generate revenue at level exceeding goal determined by Sales Manager.
Make customer/prospect referrals to other corporate calling officers and document same.
Represent department at seminars, trade shows, industry forums.
Provide manager with revenue generation/cost savings ideas.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None required

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or Business related field. MBA or CFA preferred.
Five years of corporate bond market sales/institutional coverage experience.
Securities Industry Essentials (SIE), Series 7, 63 required.
Thorough knowledge of and ability to use software programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Bloomberg

Director Credit Sales

At Fifth Third, we understand the importance of recognizing our employees for the role they play in improving the lives of our customers, communities and each other. Our Total Rewards include comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings to give each employee the opportunity to be their best every day.

Compensation for this position is largely incentive-based. Incentive compensation is combined with either a base salary or a draw to determine total cash compensation, and incentive compensation is based upon company, line of business and/or individual performance. More information can be obtained upon request.

Our extensive benefits programs are designed to support the individual needs of our employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well-being. You can learn more about those programs on our 53.com Careers page at: https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/careers/benefits.html or by consulting with your talent acquisition partner.

LOCATION -- New York, New York 10020

Attention search firms and staffing agencies: do not submit unsolicited resumes for this posting. Fifth Third does not accept resumes from any agency that does not have an active agreement with Fifth Third. Any unsolicited resumes – no matter how they are submitted – will be considered the property of Fifth Third and Fifth Third will not be responsible for any associated fee.

Fifth Third Bank, National Association is proud to have an engaged and inclusive culture and to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity in all employment decisions regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

Skills Required

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance or Business related field
Five years of corporate bond market sales/institutional coverage experience
Securities Industry Essentials (SIE), Series 7, 63
MBA or CFA

Fifth Third Bank Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fifth Third Bank and has not been reviewed or approved by Fifth Third Bank.

Retirement Support — A 401(k) company match, an employee stock purchase plan, and financial coaching are included. These offerings are characterized as a strong pillar of the overall package.
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, sick time, paid volunteer hours, and time for medical appointments are provided, with accrual increasing with tenure. Generous PTO and leave options are presented as standout elements.
Parental & Family Support — Paid parental bonding leave and adoption assistance are offered, with additional family supports referenced. These benefits strengthen the package for employees with caregiving needs.