Part-Time

Senior Universal Banker

Hours

Posted on 6/19/2025

Mechanics Bank

Mechanics Bank

1,001-5,000 employees

Compensation Overview

$22 - $30/hr

Company Does Not Provide H1B Sponsorship

Merced, CA, USA

In Person

Category
Finance & Banking (1)
Required Skills
Sales
Customer Service
Requirements
  • High School Degree or GED required.
  • Minimum of 2 years bank operations and sales experience required.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and customer service.
  • Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively as a team member.
  • Ability to make decisions and review and approve other employee decisions.
  • Extensive knowledge of Bank deposit products and services.
  • Thorough knowledge of Bank's standard loan products.
  • Knowledge of small business and consumer credit principles and practices.
  • Extensive knowledge of alternative Bank services and products and vendor provided products.
  • Ability to persuade, including the value and benefits of using the Bank's services and products.
  • Knowledge of applicable Federal and State banking regulations.
Responsibilities
  • Represents the Bank and its products and services with pride and enthusiasm. Senses and responds to customer needs. Identifies and pursues new or related customer opportunities for additional products and/or services.
  • Provides comprehensive deposit services to individuals, fiduciary, and small businesses in a retail branch. Promotes the full range of deposit and lending products and services that best meets the client's needs.
  • Receives, processes and closes consumer loan and small business loan applications and reviews loan packages for required documentation. Clarifies to customer basic qualifications for the loan(s), rates, terms and conditions. Keeps customer apprised of loan application status.
  • Assists customers with account maintenance, adoption of digital banking channels, and other complex account issues. Deepen relationships and resolve concerns presented by clients.
  • Provides teller line support and performs routine teller transactions as needed. Responsible for maintaining and balancing a cash supply for transactions performed.
  • Reviews client transactions for red flags and fraudulent items. Maintains awareness of current criminal scams used against banking clients. Prevents clients from becoming victims of fraud. Escalates concerns to management for resolution.
  • Maintains compliance with established internal operational standards and Federal and State regulations to protect the interest of the Bank and customers; reviews the work of others for compliance.
  • May lead and direct the activities of Customer Service Representatives and other Universal Bankers.
Desired Qualifications
  • Notary license preferred.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Richmond, Virginia

Founded

1905

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • $126M DUS sale cash enables redeployment into West Coast high-growth commercial lending.
  • HomeStreet merger expands footprint to $22B assets with cross-selling in affluent segments.
  • 51% stock rally as of April 2026 reflects investor confidence in merger integration.

What critics are saying

  • Insider sale of $16.8M shares by Mechanics Bank Trust triggers 10-20% stock drop.
  • Post-merger integration incurs $50-100M cost overruns from system overlaps.
  • CEO John DeCero retirement causes 15-25% talent exodus within 12-18 months.

What makes Mechanics Bank unique

  • Mechanics Bank sold $1.8B Fannie Mae DUS portfolio to Fifth Third for $126M on May 1, 2026.
  • Post-HomeStreet merger, operates 166 branches across California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii.
  • Appointed Courtney Williams as EVP CRA Strategy and Sommer McKinley for wealth management.

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Company News

Yahoo Finance
Apr 10th, 2026
Mechanics Bank Trust sells $16.8M in Mechanics Bancorp shares after 51% rally

Mechanics Bank Trust Department sold 1,121,270 shares of Mechanics Bancorp worth approximately $16.8 million, according to an SEC filing dated 9 April 2026. Despite the sale, the trust retains a significant position representing 4.7% of its reportable assets. Mechanics Bancorp shares were trading at $15.43 as of 9 April, up 51% over the past year and outperforming the S&P 500 by roughly 22 percentage points. The West Coast financial institution operates 166 branches across California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii following its September 2025 merger with HomeStreet Bank, with over $22 billion in total assets. The sale represents roughly one-third of Mechanics Bank Trust's previous stake. The trust still holds nearly 2.3 million shares valued at approximately $34 million, making it the fund's third-largest holding.

Banking Dive
Oct 28th, 2025
FirstSun to acquire First Foundation in $785M deal

FirstSun to acquire First Foundation in $785M deal. The transaction, set to close in the second quarter, would roughly double FirstSun's assets and add 18 Southern California branches to its footprint. FirstSun Capital Bancorp has landed on its next West Coast target. The Denver-based financial services firm - and its Dallas-based subsidiary Sunflower Bank - will acquire First Foundation and its Irvine, California-headquartered bank in a roughly $785 million deal, the companies announced Monday. The transaction, set to close early in the second quarter of 2026, will create a bank with roughly $17 billion in assets, and add 18 California branches to FirstSun's nine-state footprint, the banks said. The deal also may help FirstSun put behind it last year's failed acquisition of Seattle-based HomeStreet Bank. FirstSun opted to switch to a Texas banking charter after "it became obvious that we would not gain near-term approval" from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the company's CEO, Neal Arnold, said at the time. The banks terminated the planned tie-up shortly after disclosing they were "discussing the pursuit of an alternative regulatory structure." HomeStreet was acquired last month by Walnut Creek, California-based Mechanics Bank in a $300 million deal. Under Monday's proposal, First Foundation investors will receive 0.16083 shares of FirstSun common stock for each First Foundation share they own. First Foundation's warrant holders can also receive $17.5 million in additional cash considerations by exercising their warrants early, the banks said. The deal's $785 million value is based on FirstSun's closing stock price of $40.44 from Friday, the banks said. FirstSun investors will own 59.5% of the combined entity once the transaction closes, compared with 40.5% for First Foundation stockholders. Five First Foundation directors are expected to join FirstSun's board upon the deal's completion, the banks said. FirstSun's executive chair, CEO and CFO will remain in their roles in the combined company. First Foundation's CEO, Tom Shafer, will become vice chair once the deal closes. Shafer, who has been at First Foundation's helm for less than a year, called the transaction an "exciting new chapter." Shafer is a veteran of mergers and acquisitions who served as TCF's last CEO before it was acquired by Huntington in 2021. "Our employees continue to be the driving force behind our success, and their commitment to excellence makes this next chapter possible," Shafer said. "We are particularly excited to accelerate the business plan of First Foundation Advisors, our private wealth management platform, with respect to further growing lending and deposits within the existing customer base as well as providing more firepower to grow that business throughout the combined organization's expansive footprint." FirstSun, meanwhile, touted the deal's potential to "accelerate" the company's expansion strategy in Southern California - a region Executive Chair Mollie Hale Carter called "vibrant" and a "key focus." "This combination allows us to leverage FirstSun's proven deposit and [commercial and industrial]-focused growth strategy at a larger scale," Carter said. "We're enthusiastic about the opportunities this merger unlocks to enhance performance and deepen our specialty business capabilities." The tie-up also brings the banking M&A spotlight back to Southern California - arguably where this year's surge in deals began. Tacoma, Washington-based Columbia Banking System said it would buy Pacific Premier Bank for $2 billion in April, in the first major combination after regulators approved Capital One's acquisition of Discover. Like First Foundation, Pacific Premier was based in Irvine. The deal is set to roughly double FirstSun's size. The company counted roughly $8.5 billion in assets as of Sept. 30. The combination is also being couched as a "balance sheet re-positioning" that encompasses a "$3.4 billion planned down-size of non-core assets" meant to "unlock First Foundation's core franchise." FirstSun expects the transaction to be more than 30% accretive to 2027 earnings per share with a 3.3 year earnback period.

Atascadero News
Apr 11th, 2025
Mechanics Bank becomes major supporter of June event

ATASCADERO - Mechanics Bank has stepped up as a major supporter of the 15th annual Mayors/Kiwanis Winemaker Dinner by donating $2,500 to help underwrite the event.

Business Wire
Apr 1st, 2025
Mechanics Bank and HomeStreet, Inc. Announce Strategic Merger

Mechanics Bank and HomeStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: HMST) (“HomeStreet”), the holding company of HomeStreet Bank, jointly announced today that they have entered int...

Mechanics Bank
Dec 19th, 2024
Courtney Williams to lead community development, reinvestment programs at Mechanics Bank

Community development and reinvestment professional Courtney Williams has joined Mechanics Bank as executive vice president and director of CRA Strategy & Administration.

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