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Hancock Whitney

Traditional and online banking, financial services

Director of Trust Operations

Business OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNew Orleans, LA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in a business-related field is required.
  • Ten years of banking experience, including seven years in operations, is required.
  • Five years of management experience is required.
  • Strong familiarity with regulations covering securities, transfer agency, information technology, and corporate governance is required.
  • Advanced knowledge of trust business, including personal trust, institutional trust, corporate trust, investment management, retirement services, securities operations, and transfer agency.
  • Experience in long-range planning and budgeting.
  • Comprehensive understanding of regulations governing the trust industry and securities operations.
  • Experience with trust accounting and investment management systems, as well as related systems such as wire transfer and treasury management.
  • Experience reading, creating, understanding, and managing financial reports, analyses, and strategy documents.
  • Ability to work under stress and meet deadlines.
  • Ability to operate related equipment to perform essential job functions.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents as required to perform essential job functions.
  • Ability to travel if required to perform essential job functions.
  • Ability to lift, move, or carry approximately 10 pounds if required to perform essential job functions, subject to reasonable accommodation.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee all aspects of Trust Operations, including Securities Services, the Service Delivery Team, Special Processing, Trust Business Systems, and Reconciliations.
  • Direct the overall strategy for Trust Operations in accordance with the unified Wealth Management strategy.
  • Manage relationships with internal bank service and support departments, including Information Technology, Business Continuity, Security, Treasury Services, and Electronic Funds Transfer.
  • Serve on bank committees, such as the Vendor Management Committee, as required.
  • Maintain wire transfer authority requirements for the Trust Department and review wire transfers for business operations as needed.
  • Manage critical vendor relationships, including needs analysis, developing requirements, negotiating contracts, identifying and resolving problems, monitoring vendor performance and regulatory compliance, managing projects, and implementing solutions.
  • Partner with internal and external auditors and state and federal banking and securities regulators to fulfill requirements, address issues, and craft formal responses and solutions to audit violations and recommendations.
  • Speak directly to clients and prospective clients, including institutions, government agencies, corporate executives, and high-net-worth individuals, in sales, client-retention, and problem-solving situations.
  • Develop Trust Department continuity plans and serve as Business Unit Contingency Coordinator in accordance with corporate business continuity requirements.
  • Lead technical projects as needed, including mergers, acquisitions, system conversions, new product launches, identifying and installing new or enhanced capabilities, and automating manual processes.
  • Direct, coordinate, and evaluate associates; interview, hire, and train associates; plan, assign, and direct work; manage performance and rewards; address complaints; and resolve problems.

Desired Qualifications

  • CPA, MBA, or CSOP is strongly preferred.

About the Company

Hancock Whitney

Traditional and online banking, financial services

Hancock Whitney is a regional bank with more than $35 billion in assets that serves Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, plus loan offices in Nashville and Atlanta. It offers traditional and online banking, commercial and small-business banking, private wealth, trust and investment services, healthcare banking, and mortgage lending, delivered through its offices and online platforms. The bank emphasizes its long history and core values—honor and integrity, strength and stability, commitment to service, teamwork, and personal responsibility—as part of what sets it apart. Its goal is to be a trusted financial partner that helps people reach their financial goals and supports local communities while growing the business in a balanced, stable way.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Gulfport, MS
Founded
1899

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