GENERAL FUNCTION: Provides leadership to the Commercial Support Center Research, Resolution and Specialized Support teams ensuring departmental production goals, project and daily outputs are met. Serves as an internal expert on problem resolution best practices, providing guidance and direction to appropriate functional areas and lines of business to improve the overall customer experience. Handles highly complex customer or service issues and provides follow up to customers, internal departments, and senior management. Serve as primary LOB contact for Specialized Support functions in the CSC. 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 AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Sets strategic direction and manages assignments of CSC Service Professionals to ensure efficient and effective management of the Research, Resolution and Specialized Support teams, focusing on quality, first contact resolution, optimizing efficiency and minimizing risk. • Serve as initial contact for any escalated Commercial customer research and resolution requests in addition to handling highly complex customer or operational issues and provides follow-up to Commercial Support Center, customers and senior management. • Manages all Commercial and Business Banking research and escalated client interaction teams. • Continually reviews department and Bancorp processes, procedures and policies to ensure they are designed to meet customer needs. Makes recommendations for improvements. • Works with managers and supervisors to provide a work environment that promotes teamwork, customer service, staff development, achievement, and process improvement. • Establish and foster working relationships with LOB managers to ensure a successful collaborative relationship is maintained in regards to timely issue resolution. • Maintain, develop and enhance department metrics and SLA's. • Ensures consistent and timely reporting of root cause trends are communicated to the Lines of Business, Risk, Compliance and Senior Management. • Participate in Audit and Regulatory examinations, providing reporting on product and servicing complaints on an ad hoc basis. • Provides evaluations and recommendations of resources needed to accommodate increases in volume due to mergers, acquisitions, centralization and new business. Assists in implementing these improvements. • Assume additional responsibilities and lead special projects as assigned. • ther duties or projects as assigned. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsible for providing employees timely, candid and constructive performance feedback; developing employees to their fullest potential and provide challenging opportunities that enhance employee career growth; developing the appropriate talent pool to ensure adequate bench strength and succession planning; recognizing and rewarding employees for accomplishments. MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS REQUIRED: • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience. • Previous experience in Customer Service, Complaint Resolution or related function. • Previous proven leadership/supervisory experience. • Must demonstrate the ability to communicate with impact to Central Operations and LOB management level positions as well as build positive relationships with all Divisions of the Bancorp. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. • Superior analytical and problem resolution skills required. Must be able to evaluate and solve problems from multiple perspectives. • Possess an understanding of risk and its potential impact on the Bancorp. WORKING CONDITIONS: • Normal office environment with little exposure to dust, noise, temperature and the like. • Extended viewing of CRT screen. CSC Research, Resolution & Supp Mgr I 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. The base salary for this position is reflective of the range of salary levels for all roles within this pay grade across the U.S. Individual salaries within this range will vary based on factors such as role, relevant skillset, relevant experience, education and geographic location. In addition to the base salary, this role is eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan, with any such payment based upon company, line of business and/or individual performance. 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 -- Cincinnati, Ohio 45227 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.