Wintrust Financial
VP, Business Strategy - WLF
Rosemont, IL · Vp
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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.
Responsibilities
- 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
Requirements
- 10-15 years of experience in the Financial Industry
- Experience owning a strategic initiative from concept to completion
- Bachelor's Degree required
Nice to have
- Premium Financial experience preferred
Compensation
- 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
Benefits
- Life insurance
- Short-term and long term Disability Insurance
- Parental Leave
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount
- Transportation and Commuting Benefits
- Banking Benefits
Company info
- 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.
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer.
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