Business Services Operations Manager

FirstBank Birmingham, AL Open
FirstBank is looking for Business Services Operations Manager in Birmingham, AL.
This local job opportunity with ID 3881527467 is live since 2026-10-10 23:37:26.
Overview

In this role you lead the Business Services Unit's operations and client experience, aligning onboarding, servicing, and controls with bank-wide objectives. You'll serve as a central liaison across client-facing teams and support functions to resolve issues and drive improvements. You will enable automation, data-driven decisions, and AI-enabled processes to increase speed, accuracy, and scalability while maintaining risk controls. Your leadership will shape how the team delivers efficient, compliant banking services.

Responsibilities
  • Lead day-to-day operational support for business banking products, onboarding, and servicing
  • Serve as central resource for business bankers, Relationship Managers, Treasury Management and client-facing teams
  • Resolve or escalate complex operational and client service issues; identify root causes
  • Establish consistent service expectations, ownership, handoffs and escalation across markets and functions
  • Maintain knowledge of products, services, systems, processes; coordinate procedures updates
  • Simplify workflows; reduce manual activity; strengthen controls
  • Partner with product owners and operations to assess operational impact of changes
  • Identify opportunities to use workflow automation, data, and approved AI capabilities
  • Promote responsible use of AI with human oversight and data protection
  • Participate in system enhancements, testing, and operational readiness
  • Measure adoption and impact of technology and automation
  • Identify operational risks and coordinate remediation
  • Ensure procedures reflect policy, controls, regulatory, security and compliance requirements
  • Support remediation of audit/risk findings
  • Coordinate training for material changes to products and processes
  • Lead or support initiatives from planning to implementation
  • Use data and feedback to identify improvement opportunities
  • Coordinate cross-functional resources and communicate risks
  • Conduct post-implementation reviews to verify outcomes
  • Provide supervision, coaching, and performance management for associates
  • Set priorities, expectations, and service standards
  • Develop operational expertise and promote continuous improvement
  • Experience leading complex processes and cross-functional teams
  • Knowledge of commercial or business banking products and services
  • Experience documenting, improving, and implementing business processes and procedures
  • Strong project management, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive initiatives to completion
Key requirements
  • 10+ years of experience in banking, financial services, business operations, Treasury Management, or related field
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex operational processes or cross-functional initiatives
  • Knowledge of commercial or business banking products and services
  • Experience documenting, improving, and implementing business processes and procedures
  • Strong project management, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities, influence across functions, and drive initiatives through completion
  • collaboration
  • communication
  • leadership
  • workflow automation
  • data tools
  • AI-enabled processes
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