Wintrust Financial

VP, Business Strategy - WLF

Rosemont, IL · Vp

Sponsorship not specified$10k-$15kDetected 21 days ago

CybersecurityProcess ImprovementResearchLeadershipCollaborationPublic Speaking

About the role

As the largest life insurance premium finance company in the country, Wintrust Life Finance provides customized financing solutions to qualified borrowers seeking to finance their life insurance premiums.
The WLF VP, Business Strategy, is responsible for collaborating with key stakeholders in the analysis, formulation and execution of WLF's strategic plan.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

Manage WLFs process efficiency and strategy administration team
Complete regularly scheduled market research in support of strategic plan
Collaborate with departments to evaluate operations to identify growth and development opportunities
Help drive decision making resulting in medium- and long-term process improvements
Support EVP in developing and communicating WLFs strategic initiatives, including but not limited to presentations, financial reports, and models in both written and verbal formats
Lead effective, efficient meetings with clients, prospects, and WLFs Strategic Initiative Owners to drive strategic plan efforts
Partner with WLFs Strategic Initiative Owners, Wintrust's ePMO and Wintrust Oversight teams (ePMO, TPRM, IC, CC, IPA, ASRB and InfoSec) to drive strategic level project approval and implementation
Product Development & WLF Business Line Support:
Drive internal understanding of key customer personas and engage with clients/prospects to better understand workflows. Synthesize learnings to internal stakeholders to drive and facilitate loan growth
Partner with Sales, Sales Leadership and Client Success teams to define, enhance, track and drive product adoption

The estimated salary for this role is $98,000 - $132,000 along with eligibility to earn an annual bonus.
Actual pay rate may vary based on several factors, such as a candidate's qualifications, skills and experience

Our financing solutions have supported numerous planning structures, including traditional wealth transfer, key-man insurance, buy-sell arrangements, split dollar arrangements, term alternatives, charitable giving, income replacement strategies, and more.
Wintrust Life Finance is a subsidiary of Wintrust, a financial services company with more than $66 billion in assets.
Key aspects of this position focus on completing life premium finance market research, analysis, reporting, strategic initiative development, project & product management, and delivering regularly scheduled reports and presentations in collaboration with department EVP.
Look for opportunities, identify gaps and scale efficiencies and new ways of working across multiple projects and environments
Influence and facilitate the creation of long-term relationships with other departments and vendors
Source data to make compelling and tangible recommendations of a future state for the organization
Leverage relationships and organizational values to prioritize outcomes effectively
Employ practical methods and action steps to move the organization toward the strategic vision
Help Identify obstacles to transformation and challenge conventional thinking

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