Director of BankCards Division - Bankers' Bank

Bankers' Bank is a fast-growing, state-chartered financial institution with over $1.5 billion in assets committed to assisting community banks with their payments and financial service needs for over 40 years. In addition to specializing in providing correspondent banking products and services to community banks we also provide bank holding company loans, commercial lending, leasing, secondary mortgage products, cash letter/cash management, investment trading, safekeeping and portfolio accounting, correspondent credit services, international services, bank card products, and risk management solutions. Bankers' Bank has offices in Madison, WI, Des Moines, IA, Chicago, IL, Dublin, OH and Indianapolis, IN.

Bankers' Bank is seeking a professional for the oversight of the BankCards division of our Madison, WI headquarters office. This position is responsible for managing card issuing, prepaid programs, department budgeting, business development, credit quality, regulatory compliance, and implementation of processes/procedures that create scalability and operation efficiencies.

Leadership & Management

• Lead the department through strategic vision and product evolution
• Implement strategies to meet income and budget objectives
• Assume responsibility for the department regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Coordinate and oversee the preparation and delivery of customer training and communications
• Utilize KPIs to provide department and industry related analysis & trends
• Utilizes leadership skills to mentor, develop and establish a framework for accountability

Operations & Business Development

• Manage business development & card operations
• Assist with data management projects and system conversions
• Maintains accurate CRM sales pipeline and data

Qualifications

Ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, or other related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the position functions of the job and three or more years of leadership and management experience. Ideal candidates will also have credit card industry experience including extensive knowledge of the credit card industry (issuing cards, merchant services, regulations, licensing, customer service, operations, project management and conversions). Prior business development and FIS card program experience is preferred.