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Branch manager roles in Minnesota attract international candidates across banking, retail, and logistics sectors. Major employers like U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo, and Target have significant operations in Minneapolis-Saint Paul, where most sponsorship activity is concentrated. Financial services and supply chain management firms in the Twin Cities metro are the primary sources of branch manager visa sponsorship in the state.
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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 Branch Manager Jobs in MinnesotaBranch Manager Jobs in Minnesota: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies sponsor visas for branch managers in Minnesota?
U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo, both with major operations in Minneapolis, have histories of sponsoring work visas for management roles including branch managers. Target, Cargill, and regional banks like Bremer Bank also operate large Minnesota footprints. Sponsorship availability varies by position and business need, so confirming active sponsorship directly with each employer during the hiring process is important.
Which visa types are most common for branch manager roles in Minnesota?
The H-1B visa is the most common visa category for branch managers in Minnesota, provided the role requires a specialized bachelor's degree, such as finance, business administration, or a related field. The L-1A is another pathway for candidates transferring within a multinational company into a managerial position. Canadians and Mexicans may also qualify for the TN visa under the NAFTA-successor USMCA agreement in qualifying management categories.
Which cities in Minnesota have the most branch manager sponsorship jobs?
The Minneapolis-Saint Paul metro area accounts for the large majority of branch manager visa sponsorship activity in Minnesota. Minneapolis hosts the headquarters of major financial institutions and large retailers, while Saint Paul has a notable concentration of financial services and insurance employers. Rochester sees some demand tied to the Mayo Clinic's supply chain and administrative operations, but the Twin Cities remain the dominant market by a significant margin.
How to find branch manager visa sponsorship jobs in Minnesota?
Migrate Mate is a dedicated platform for international job seekers looking for visa sponsorship positions, including branch manager roles in Minnesota. You can filter specifically by state and job category to surface employers with active sponsorship histories. Because branch manager sponsorship depends heavily on the specific employer and role requirements, using a focused tool like Migrate Mate saves time compared to sorting through general job listings.
Are there any Minnesota-specific considerations for branch manager visa sponsorship?
Minnesota's financial services sector is one of the largest in the Midwest, which means branch manager roles often require specialized credentials in banking or financial regulation, strengthening the case that a position qualifies as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes. The University of Minnesota and Carlson School of Management also supply a pipeline of management talent, so sponsored candidates typically need demonstrable experience or qualifications that set them apart in a competitive local hiring market.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored 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.