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Regional Director of Commercial Banking

South State Bank
Atlanta, GA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/2/2025 CLOSED ON 2/1/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Director of Commercial Banking position at South State Bank?

The SouthState story is one of steady growth, deep community roots, and an unwavering commitment to helping our customers move forward. Since our beginnings in the 1930s to becoming a trusted financial partner across the South and beyond - we are known for combining personal relationships with forward-thinking solutions.

We are committed to helping our team members find their success while maintaining the integrity of our values: building trust, fostering lasting relationships and pursuing excellence. At SouthState, individual contributions are recognized, potential is cultivated and team members are inspired to achieve their greater purpose. Your future begins here!

SUMMARY/OBJECTIVES
The incumbent is responsible for leading a team of bankers in the Atlanta Commercial Division with the objective of soundly and profitably growing the client base through both deposit and treasury management and loans.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Responsible for the overall management of banking related activities within the Atlanta Commercial banking division, including profitability, sales and service, all lending activities, credit quality, community leadership, human resource management, and meeting financial and compliance standards.
Responsible for the recruiting, hiring and coaching of relationship managers.
Responsible for fostering relationships with clients and referral sources as well as supporting the community development and brand-building strategies within the market.
Establishes goals and strategies, and assesses performance against set goals to ensure soundness, profitability, and growth of the region.
Establishes service policies for all lines of business in his/her division to ensure customer satisfaction and loyalty.
Assesses the performance and takes appropriate action to ensure that all goals and standards are met.

The duties and responsibilities listed above may be revised at any time within the sole discretion of the bank without advance notice to or the consent of the employee.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

COMPETENCIES
Sound credit and business judgement
Superior leadership skills
Excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills.
Attention to details and excellent organizational skills.
Ability to collect and research data; use intuition and experience to complement data.
Ability to manage difficult or emotional customer situations; respond promptly to customer needs; solicit customer feedback to improve service; responds to requests for service and assistance; meet commitments.
Strong oral and written communication skills: write clearly and informatively; edit work for spelling and grammar; vary writing style to meet needs; present numerical data effectively; able to read and interpret written information.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.
Proficiency with PC software including Microsoft Excel.

Qualifications, Education, and Certification Requirements
Education : Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university
Experience : Minimum 15 years related banking/business lending experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS/CLASSES
Required annual compliance training, New Employee Orientation

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Must be able to effectively access and interpret information on computer screens, documents, and reports. This position requires a large amount of time in front of a computer. This can be done sitting or standing with use of the right desk.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
This position is in a private office.

Telecommuting roles no matter if hybrid or 100% full time telecommuting must have a secure home office environment that is free from background noise and distractions. They must also have a reliable private internet connection that is not supplied by use of cellular data (hot spot). Cable or fiber connections are preferred. Requirements are subject to change, as new systems and technology is delivered.

TRAVEL
Travel may be required to come to meetings as needed.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled/veterans.

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