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Minnesota's assistant branch manager roles span financial services, retail banking, and credit unions, with major employers like U.S. Bancorp, Wells Fargo, and Bremer Bank headquartered or significantly staffed across the Twin Cities metro. Minneapolis and Saint Paul concentrate the most sponsorship activity, though Rochester and Duluth also see demand.
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Position Summary
The Branch Manager I role leads a team to deliver high-quality, efficient, and compliant operations while driving team performance and growth in a single branch or channel. The role partners with leadership to drive strategic initiatives, optimize processes, and ensure alignment with organizational goals. Through developing team members, managing operational performance, strengthening community presence, and driving key initiatives, this role significantly contributes to the success of the department and the organization as a whole.
Duties & Responsibilities
Leadership and Team Management
- Provide day to day leadership for the team/branch, ensuring operations run efficiently and align with organizational goals.
- Build, develop, and coach employees to strengthen capabilities, encourage innovation, and support career growth.
- Give timely, specific, actionable feedback and manage performance through coaching, evaluations, development plans, and performance actions.
- Create a collaborative, inclusive environment that promotes learning, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Lead hiring, onboarding, and training to ensure the team is prepared to meet business needs.
- Hold self and others accountable for high performance, professional development, and adherence to expectations.
- Conduct regular team meetings and individual check ins to drive engagement and ensure employees are informed of organizational updates, policy changes, and priorities.
- Build strong relationships that foster team connection, belonging, and a positive workplace culture.
- Participate in local and statewide leadership development activities.
Operational Management and Compliance
- Oversee daily operational activities, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and compliance with all policies, procedures, regulations, and quality standards.
- Monitor key metrics, performance trends, and resource needs to inform decisions and optimize operations.
- Create and manage schedules to ensure appropriate staffing levels that meet member needs.
- Ensure branch completion of required reports, including monthly verification reports.
- Assist employees and members by resolving escalated or complex issues.
- Maintain working knowledge of all member facing roles to support operational needs.
- Prepare and manage departmental or branch budgets, ensuring responsible use of resources.
Strategic Alignment and Cross-Functional Partnership
- Lead and support departmental or branch projects, process improvements, and change initiatives.
- Partner with cross functional leaders to align team goals with broader organizational strategies and priorities.
- Serve as a decision maker for escalations, operational challenges, and process enhancements.
- Represent the team/branch in leadership forums, communicating progress, challenges, and updates to stakeholders.
- Support organizational and area initiatives involving promotions, omni channel experience, projects, and targeted goals.
Community Engagement and Member Experience
- Promote Affinity Plus within the community by participating in outreach and business development activities.
- Ensure employees stay focused on delivering exceptional service, meeting member needs, and achieving organizational goals.
- Demonstrate positive trending in member and employee experience metrics such as engagement, growth, and service feedback.
Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications and Skills
Required Knowledge
- 2+ years of formal leadership experience managing teams in a small-sized market.
- Comprehensive knowledge of Affinity Plus’s or financial industry operations, services, business and financial data.
- Experience in consumer lending, checking/savings accounts, IRAs, CDs, and other credit union products preferred.
Qualifications and Skills
People Leadership
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a team, fostering trust, engagement, and a positive culture aligned with organizational values.
- Proven capability to deliver effective coaching, performance feedback, and development planning that supports employee growth and strengthens team capability.
- Ability to build and sustain a collaborative work environment that promotes accountability, teamwork, and high performance.
- Skilled in motivating and inspiring employees to achieve branch goals, member service, and operational excellence.
- Proven ability to model and uphold the organization’s core values in leadership and actions.
Decision Making
- Strong judgment in analyzing complex member, operational, and employee situations and making timely, sound decisions that align with organizational policies and branch goals.
- Ability to independently determine solutions for escalated issues while appropriately seeking input or escalating matters requiring higher level support.
- Confidence operating within ambiguity and making decisions without having all information available, using strong situational awareness and critical thinking.
- Ability to apply business, financial, and organizational insights to make data-driven decisions, while anticipating impacts across multiple functions in complex or uncertain environments.
Collaboration/Building Relationships
- Proven ability to cultivate open, honest, and trusting relationships with members, employees, community partners, and cross functional teams.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with area leadership and other branches to support shared organizational objectives.
Accountability
- Demonstrated ability to set branch level priorities, manage multiple responsibilities, and ensure goals and deadlines are consistently met.
- Holds self and the branch team accountable to performance expectations, operational standards, and member service commitments.
- Demonstrates resilience and ownership of branch responsibilities, commitments, and outcomes.
Communication
- Strong communication and influencing skills; able to connect decisions to organizational priorities.
- Demonstrates emotional agility to manage relationships and effectively resolve conflicts.
- Ability to facilitate team discussions, deliver clear direction, and maintain open, transparent communication across the branch.
- Skilled in active listening, conflict resolution, and providing clear, consistent follow through to maintain trust and credibility.
Learning
- Open to feedback that reflects on personal growth and leadership style.
- Proven ability to proactively pursue personal and professional development, set growth goals, and apply new learning to improve outcomes.
Adaptability
- Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, manage change, and drive process improvements.
Other Skills
- Effective time management skills and the ability to prioritize workload based on department and employee needs.
- Advanced computer and technology skills and knowledge, with the ability to navigate between multiple systems with ease.
- Ability to complete tasks with accuracy and thoroughness.
- Demonstrated reliability, integrity, and ability to maintain confidentiality.
Work Environment
Physical Requirements
- Sitting 90-95% and standing 5-10% which is determined on your rotation within the branch.
- Working at a computer 98% of the day, utilizing the phone 40-60%.
- Bending, twisting, kneeling, stooping, or crouching when appropriate, on occasion.
- Repetitive movements, including but not limited to typing, using a mouse, phones, etc.
- Lift, carry, push or pull up to approximately 50 pounds.
Requires face-to-face interaction and/or coordination of work with other employees and departments, and in-person interaction.
Required Work Schedule:
Standard Monday through Friday business hours with a willingness to work a flexible schedule and a Saturday rotation. Consistent and reliable attendance is a required essential function of this role to meet the needs of the department/team and organization.
Location:
This position will be based at our Brainerd Lakes, MN branch.
Compensation:
This position has a starting pay range of $56,100 — $78,500 annually.
In alignment with our commitment to pay transparency, we are providing a good-faith estimate of the pay range for this position. This range reflects what we anticipate offering a successful candidate based on factors such as the role’s responsibilities, required qualifications, and relevant experience. The actual pay may vary depending on the selected candidate’s skills, experience, and other qualifications.
Total Rewards:
Affinity Plus offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package that goes beyond base pay. In partnership with the State of MN Employer Group, Affinity Plus provides low-cost medical, dental and vision insurance coverage options. Additionally, Affinity Plus frontloads all sick time hours and a portion of vacation hours for all new employees, offers a variety of paid leave options, a monthly wellness benefit, and immediate 401K matching up to 5%. Our Total Rewards philosophy is designed to support your well-being and growth while fostering a fair and inclusive workplace.
Disclaimer
Applicants may be subject to a background and credit check. Employees in this position must be able to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of the position. If requested, Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union will make every effort to provide reasonable accommodations to enable employees with disabilities to perform the position’s essential job duties. As markets change and the Organization grows, job descriptions may change over time as requirements and employee skill levels evolve. With this understanding, Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.
Application Deadline
Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union accepts applications on a rolling basis.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
At Affinity Plus every employee understands how their work affects our members experience and we strive to provide an experience that can't be found anywhere else. Great service starts with great employees and that is why we focus on providing not only the best place our members will ever bank but the best place our employees will ever work. Between our one of a kind culture, incredible benefits, and work/life balance; we believe you will feel the Affinity Plus difference.
Position Summary
The Branch Manager I role leads a team to deliver high-quality, efficient, and compliant operations while driving team performance and growth in a single branch or channel. The role partners with leadership to drive strategic initiatives, optimize processes, and ensure alignment with organizational goals. Through developing team members, managing operational performance, strengthening community presence, and driving key initiatives, this role significantly contributes to the success of the department and the organization as a whole.
Duties & Responsibilities
Leadership and Team Management
- Provide day to day leadership for the team/branch, ensuring operations run efficiently and align with organizational goals.
- Build, develop, and coach employees to strengthen capabilities, encourage innovation, and support career growth.
- Give timely, specific, actionable feedback and manage performance through coaching, evaluations, development plans, and performance actions.
- Create a collaborative, inclusive environment that promotes learning, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Lead hiring, onboarding, and training to ensure the team is prepared to meet business needs.
- Hold self and others accountable for high performance, professional development, and adherence to expectations.
- Conduct regular team meetings and individual check ins to drive engagement and ensure employees are informed of organizational updates, policy changes, and priorities.
- Build strong relationships that foster team connection, belonging, and a positive workplace culture.
- Participate in local and statewide leadership development activities.
Operational Management and Compliance
- Oversee daily operational activities, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and compliance with all policies, procedures, regulations, and quality standards.
- Monitor key metrics, performance trends, and resource needs to inform decisions and optimize operations.
- Create and manage schedules to ensure appropriate staffing levels that meet member needs.
- Ensure branch completion of required reports, including monthly verification reports.
- Assist employees and members by resolving escalated or complex issues.
- Maintain working knowledge of all member facing roles to support operational needs.
- Prepare and manage departmental or branch budgets, ensuring responsible use of resources.
Strategic Alignment and Cross-Functional Partnership
- Lead and support departmental or branch projects, process improvements, and change initiatives.
- Partner with cross functional leaders to align team goals with broader organizational strategies and priorities.
- Serve as a decision maker for escalations, operational challenges, and process enhancements.
- Represent the team/branch in leadership forums, communicating progress, challenges, and updates to stakeholders.
- Support organizational and area initiatives involving promotions, omni channel experience, projects, and targeted goals.
Community Engagement and Member Experience
- Promote Affinity Plus within the community by participating in outreach and business development activities.
- Ensure employees stay focused on delivering exceptional service, meeting member needs, and achieving organizational goals.
- Demonstrate positive trending in member and employee experience metrics such as engagement, growth, and service feedback.
Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications and Skills
Required Knowledge
- 2+ years of formal leadership experience managing teams in a small-sized market.
- Comprehensive knowledge of Affinity Plus’s or financial industry operations, services, business and financial data.
- Experience in consumer lending, checking/savings accounts, IRAs, CDs, and other credit union products preferred.
Qualifications and Skills
People Leadership
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a team, fostering trust, engagement, and a positive culture aligned with organizational values.
- Proven capability to deliver effective coaching, performance feedback, and development planning that supports employee growth and strengthens team capability.
- Ability to build and sustain a collaborative work environment that promotes accountability, teamwork, and high performance.
- Skilled in motivating and inspiring employees to achieve branch goals, member service, and operational excellence.
- Proven ability to model and uphold the organization’s core values in leadership and actions.
Decision Making
- Strong judgment in analyzing complex member, operational, and employee situations and making timely, sound decisions that align with organizational policies and branch goals.
- Ability to independently determine solutions for escalated issues while appropriately seeking input or escalating matters requiring higher level support.
- Confidence operating within ambiguity and making decisions without having all information available, using strong situational awareness and critical thinking.
- Ability to apply business, financial, and organizational insights to make data-driven decisions, while anticipating impacts across multiple functions in complex or uncertain environments.
Collaboration/Building Relationships
- Proven ability to cultivate open, honest, and trusting relationships with members, employees, community partners, and cross functional teams.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with area leadership and other branches to support shared organizational objectives.
Accountability
- Demonstrated ability to set branch level priorities, manage multiple responsibilities, and ensure goals and deadlines are consistently met.
- Holds self and the branch team accountable to performance expectations, operational standards, and member service commitments.
- Demonstrates resilience and ownership of branch responsibilities, commitments, and outcomes.
Communication
- Strong communication and influencing skills; able to connect decisions to organizational priorities.
- Demonstrates emotional agility to manage relationships and effectively resolve conflicts.
- Ability to facilitate team discussions, deliver clear direction, and maintain open, transparent communication across the branch.
- Skilled in active listening, conflict resolution, and providing clear, consistent follow through to maintain trust and credibility.
Learning
- Open to feedback that reflects on personal growth and leadership style.
- Proven ability to proactively pursue personal and professional development, set growth goals, and apply new learning to improve outcomes.
Adaptability
- Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, manage change, and drive process improvements.
Other Skills
- Effective time management skills and the ability to prioritize workload based on department and employee needs.
- Advanced computer and technology skills and knowledge, with the ability to navigate between multiple systems with ease.
- Ability to complete tasks with accuracy and thoroughness.
- Demonstrated reliability, integrity, and ability to maintain confidentiality.
Work Environment
Physical Requirements
- Sitting 90-95% and standing 5-10% which is determined on your rotation within the branch.
- Working at a computer 98% of the day, utilizing the phone 40-60%.
- Bending, twisting, kneeling, stooping, or crouching when appropriate, on occasion.
- Repetitive movements, including but not limited to typing, using a mouse, phones, etc.
- Lift, carry, push or pull up to approximately 50 pounds.
Requires face-to-face interaction and/or coordination of work with other employees and departments, and in-person interaction.
Required Work Schedule:
Standard Monday through Friday business hours with a willingness to work a flexible schedule and a Saturday rotation. Consistent and reliable attendance is a required essential function of this role to meet the needs of the department/team and organization.
Location:
This position will be based at our Brainerd Lakes, MN branch.
Compensation:
This position has a starting pay range of $56,100 — $78,500 annually.
In alignment with our commitment to pay transparency, we are providing a good-faith estimate of the pay range for this position. This range reflects what we anticipate offering a successful candidate based on factors such as the role’s responsibilities, required qualifications, and relevant experience. The actual pay may vary depending on the selected candidate’s skills, experience, and other qualifications.
Total Rewards:
Affinity Plus offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package that goes beyond base pay. In partnership with the State of MN Employer Group, Affinity Plus provides low-cost medical, dental and vision insurance coverage options. Additionally, Affinity Plus frontloads all sick time hours and a portion of vacation hours for all new employees, offers a variety of paid leave options, a monthly wellness benefit, and immediate 401K matching up to 5%. Our Total Rewards philosophy is designed to support your well-being and growth while fostering a fair and inclusive workplace.
Disclaimer
Applicants may be subject to a background and credit check. Employees in this position must be able to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of the position. If requested, Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union will make every effort to provide reasonable accommodations to enable employees with disabilities to perform the position’s essential job duties. As markets change and the Organization grows, job descriptions may change over time as requirements and employee skill levels evolve. With this understanding, Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.
Application Deadline
Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union accepts applications on a rolling basis.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
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Search Assistant Branch Manager Jobs in MinnesotaAssistant Branch Manager Jobs in Minnesota: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies sponsor visas for assistant branch managers in Minnesota?
U.S. Bancorp, headquartered in Minneapolis, is among the most active sponsors of foreign national employees in Minnesota's banking sector. Wells Fargo and TCF Bank also maintain substantial Minnesota operations with documented H-1B visa sponsorship histories. Larger regional credit unions and national retail banks with Twin Cities branches occasionally sponsor assistant branch manager roles, particularly when candidates bring specialized financial operations or multilingual client service experience.
Which visa types are most common for assistant branch manager roles in Minnesota?
The H-1B is the most common visa category for assistant branch manager positions in Minnesota, provided the role is structured as a specialty occupation requiring at least a bachelor's degree in business, finance, or a related field. The L-1B and L-1A are relevant for candidates transferring within a multinational bank's internal network. The TN visa applies to qualified Canadian and Mexican nationals in eligible management or financial analyst classifications.
Which cities in Minnesota have the most assistant branch manager sponsorship jobs?
Minneapolis and Saint Paul generate the largest share of assistant branch manager sponsorship opportunities in Minnesota, driven by the concentration of major bank headquarters and regional financial institutions. Rochester sees demand connected to healthcare-adjacent banking, particularly near the Mayo Clinic corridor. Bloomington and Plymouth, as Twin Cities suburbs with dense commercial activity, also post assistant branch manager openings with some regularity.
How to find assistant branch manager visa sponsorship jobs in Minnesota?
Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically by visa sponsorship availability, making it straightforward to find assistant branch manager roles in Minnesota without sorting through positions that don't offer sponsorship. You can filter by state and role type to surface active openings at Minnesota-based banks and financial institutions. Because sponsorship availability changes frequently, checking Migrate Mate regularly gives you the most current picture of which employers are actively hiring internationally.
Are there any Minnesota-specific considerations for assistant branch manager visa sponsorship?
Minnesota's prevailing wage requirements for H-1B roles apply at the county level, and the Twin Cities metro generally carries higher prevailing wages than outstate Minnesota, which affects what employers must pay sponsored employees. Minnesota's strong Somali and Hmong communities have driven demand for multilingual banking staff, sometimes making international candidates with relevant language skills more attractive to sponsors. Minnesota also hosts several large credit unions that are member-owned and may have different sponsorship willingness compared to publicly traded banks.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored assistant branch manager jobs in Minnesota?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.