Wells Fargo

Lead Commercial Auto Relationship Manager

Wells Fargo$90K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Commercial Banking Relationship Management experience or equivalent work experience
  • 3+ years of experience with retail franchise automotive dealerships providing lending solutions
  • Demonstrated experience in client relationship development and retention
  • Strong ability to build partnerships with Treasury Management and Indirect Retail
  • Experience in Emerging Middle Market / Middle Market segments of commercial banking
  • Completion of formal credit training program
  • In-depth knowledge of core banking products and services
  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage complex client relationships through effective relationship management
  • Advise senior leadership on structuring and renewing complex loans and solutions
  • Lead strategy for delivering customized solutions to commercial clients
  • Provide direction on implementing innovative business solutions across the organization
  • Engage with stakeholders to enhance processes, resolve client issues, and meet business objectives
  • Drive relationship planning to maintain updated sales and pipeline disciplines
  • Source and create new commercial banking relationships through proactive sales strategies
  • Partner with product management to align client and market needs with credit solution offerings.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule available
  • Ability to travel up to 50% within the region
  • Compliance with specific policies regarding outside activities and personal investing.
Full Job Description

In this role, you will:

  • Develop, retain, and grow complex to highly complex client relationships through the art of relationship management, by understanding the needs and priorities of clients and financial decision makers, responding quickly, communicating proactively but strategically, managing expectations, and soliciting feedback; act as an advisor to guide and influence others in growing relationships

  • Act as an advisor to senior leadership to develop, influence, or lead the structuring, modification, and renewal of highly complex cash flow, real estate loans, and certain other industry specific solutions across groups and functions by analyzing financials, presenting to clients, and coordinating with internal stakeholders

  • Lead the strategy and resolution for full suite of highly complex solutions offered by Wells Fargo to commercial clients to meet highly complex and unique needs that require an in-depth evaluation across multiple areas of the enterprise, by engaging product organizations to develop client specific solutions, leveraging a solid understanding of clients’ businesses, strategic objectives, operational priorities, and financial positions

  • Provide vision, direction, and expertise to senior leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions within the Commercial Banking Relationship Management group that are cross functional and companywide strategies

  • Strategically engage with all levels across the enterprise to improve processes and risk control, resolve client issues while achieving Wells Fargo’s business objectives, and represent the company externally; serve as an expert advisor to leadership and a mentor for less experienced colleagues

  • Drive relationship planning activities to deliver the full suite of solutions and maintain sales and pipeline disciplines by keeping information current in relevant systems

  • Source and originate new commercial banking relationshipsby proactively identifying, prospecting, and closing opportunities with middle-market and mid-corporate companiesleveraging referral networks, centers of influence, and industry contacts to drive new loan, deposit, fee and treasury management revenue

  • Partner with Commercial Lending Product Management to provide vision, direction, and expertise to leadership on client and market needs to enable the innovation, design, and delivery of credit solutions more effectively, including large-scale, cross-functional, or company-wide strategies


Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of Commercial Banking Relationship Management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

  • 3+ years working with retail franchise automotive dealerships to provide lending solutions, inventory financing, and floor plan financing

  • Demonstrated experience generating new client relationships, building and retaining long-term client relationships

  • Proven ability to build effective partnerships, such as Treasury Management, WIM, and Indirect Retail

  • Commercial banking account relationship management experience within the Emerging Middle Market / Middle Market segment

  • Completion of formal credit training program

  • Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of core banking products and services

  • Demonstrated experience working collaboratively to deliver the organization to clients and prospects

  • Experience identifying and mitigating risk, ensuring compliance with processes and procedures

  • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills


Job Expectations:

  • This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

  • Specific compliance policies may apply regarding outside activities or personal investing; affected employees will be expected to provide information to the Wells Fargo Personal Account Dealing Team and abide by applicable policy requirements if hired. Information will be shared about expectations during the recruitment process

  • This position offers a hybrid work schedule

  • Ability to travel up to 50% of the timetypically within the region

Posting End Date:

25 Jul 2026

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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