Job Description

Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $50 billion assets under management and traded on the NASDAQ:WTFC. Built on the "HAVE IT ALL" model, Wintrust offers sophisticated technology and resources of a large bank while focusing on providing service-based community banking to each and every customer. Wintrust operates fifteen community bank subsidiaries with over 170 banking locations in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas. Additionally, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units including commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing, out-sourced administrative services, mortgage origination and purchase, wealth management services and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges.

\xe2\x80\x8bWhy Join Us?

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 8 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)
• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible
• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few
• Family-friendly work hours
• With 175+ community bank locations, we offer opportunities to grow and develop in your career
• Promote from within culture

Why join this team?

• Wintrust has a great compliance culture that comes from the top
• We are a vibrant, team-oriented atmosphere that provides opportunities for individual growth
• We are seeking a critical thinker who is ready to take on new challenges in support of our stakeholders\xe2\x80\x99 ever-evolving business needs

What You\'ll Do

Business Process Specialist is a mid- level position that serves as a subject matter contributor for organizing and coordinating strategic business process design and analysis services to align business and technology partners desired outcome. This role will be key to understanding and documenting capabilities and business, functional and technical requirements needed to address business challenges by working closely with key-stakeholders, internal technology teams, various vendors and third-party consultants and implementers. The Specialist will have some knowledge of governance and regulatory requirements, plus has the ability to share knowledge, suggest process improvements and confident in delivering insights into business analysis activity.

• Distill and analyze complex, enterprise level business challenges into succinct, written business, functional and technical requirements
• Ability to present key points, features and benefits while focusing message on department need and expectations
• Review and map business processes from end-to-end to help business and technology identify, understand and address operational and technological risks and issues
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency of business or technical processes with existing capabilities
• Able to communicate high level technology requirements and specifications that meet current and future business needs
• Participate in small to large-size enterprise level projects working with cross functional teams in planning, development and implementation of technical solutions
• Facilitate design sessions for business solutions with appropriate stakeholders
• Ensure that the design and integration of proposed system, software and hardware solutions leads to the development and growth of the business through effective use of technology
• Escalate project roadblocks to SVP Compliance Technology Product Management and Compliance Management Leadership

Knowledge/Skills/Background/Experience

• 3+ years working in a financial services environment with special emphasis on coordinating business, functional and technical requirements and/or project management across large cross functional teams, programs or projects
• Have basic understanding of financial service regulatory requirements
• Knowledge of general IT, and Business Operations
• Must possess basic leadership, time management, facilitation, and organizational skills
• Understand change management principles and performance evaluation processes
• Experience with business productivity tools like Microsoft Office, Excel, Power Point, and Visio.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, must be able to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical people
• Ability to be creative and think outside of the box to see the whole business picture while maintaining an exceptional eye for detail
• Ability to work on multiple projects and programs simultaneously
• Able to work with strict deadlines and time pressure
• Excellent attitude and positive demeanor
• B.S, B.A. in Computer Science or Business preferred

Benefits

Medical Insurance \xe2\x80\xa2 Dental \xe2\x80\xa2 Vision \xe2\x80\xa2 Life insurance \xe2\x80\xa2 Accidental death and dismemberment \xe2\x80\xa2 Short-term and long term Disability Insurance \xe2\x80\xa2 Parental Leave \xe2\x80\xa2 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) \xe2\x80\xa2 Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match \xe2\x80\xa2 Flexible Spending Account (FSA) \xe2\x80\xa2 Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount \xe2\x80\xa2 Critical Illness Insurance \xe2\x80\xa2 Accident Insurance \xe2\x80\xa2 Transportation and Commuting Benefits \xe2\x80\xa2 Banking Benefits \xe2\x80\xa2 Pet Insurance

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From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago\xe2\x80\x99s Bank\xc2\xae and Wisconsin\'s Bank\xc2\xae, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.

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