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Fifth Third Bank

Banking, loans, mortgages, and wealth management

Commercial Relationship Manager 3

Full-TimePosted on 10/1/2026Deadline 10/29/26
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's, Master's
Detroit, MI, USA
HybridRegional/local travel is required; frequent travel may depend on assignment.

About the job

Requirements
  • A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, such as Business Administration, Finance, or Accounting, or equivalent work experience is preferred.
  • At least 6 years of Commercial Banking experience is required; at least 5 years of sales experience is preferred.
  • Formalized commercial credit training or equivalent credit experience is required.
  • Underwriting experience is preferred.
  • A proven track record of partnering with investment bankers to provide strategic and capital market advice is required.
  • A proven ability to build new and existing client business, increase revenue, and provide a positive client experience is required.
  • Strong business acumen is required, including detailed analysis, review of financial statements, and understanding of accounting principles.
  • Thorough knowledge of Commercial Banking, Treasury Management, and alternative lending and financing options is required.
  • The ability to assess client needs, drivers of profitability, and corporate and personal life cycles to optimize financial solutions is required.
  • The ability to communicate effectively to a group, understand the audience, adjust the level of detail appropriately, and capture and hold the audience's attention is required.
  • The ability to build strong internal partnerships to provide holistic solutions for clients' business and personal financial goals is required.
  • A proven track record of identifying and understanding business issues, problems, and opportunities, and creating relevant options to address them and achieve desired outcomes is required.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, particularly experience in face-to-face negotiations, are required.
  • The ability to work in a team-based sales environment is required.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office software is required; familiarity with prospecting and customer relationship management sales tools is preferred.
  • Regional or local travel is required, and frequent travel may depend on assignment.
Responsibilities
  • Independently identify and develop profitable new lead-left client relationships by leveraging centers of influence, existing clients, and referral sources.
  • Develop and implement a business plan to achieve financial goals and qualitative measures.
  • Work closely with internal partners to deepen existing relationships and acquire new prospective relationships.
  • Attend community or industry forums, conferences, and meetings to broaden relationship networks and referral sources, and to deepen knowledge of trends, practices, services, and the competitive landscape.
  • Work with product partners in Treasury Management, Capital Markets, and Wealth Management to analyze, evaluate, and develop a tailored relationship strategy for each client or prospect.
  • Manage customer relationships to maximize opportunities for the bank while accounting for bank risk and customer needs.
  • Meet with customers regularly to strengthen trusted-advisor relationships and ensure business needs are met.
  • Use consultative selling skills, commercial playbook principles, and call-reporting plans to enhance the client experience.
  • Use the bank's customer relationship management system for client activity tracking, call reports, and pipeline management.
  • Analyze financial information to determine which credit requests should be pursued.
  • Monitor customer financial performance, condition, and industry trends to ensure credit exposure remains at acceptable risk and is priced accordingly.
  • Partner with Portfolio Managers and Credit Officers on credit requests and follow established Portfolio Management guidelines, including delinquencies, documentation preparation, financial statement tracking exceptions, and matured loans.
  • Provide guidance to Commercial RM I and II.
  • Identify, assess, manage, monitor, and report risks while following bank policies and procedures and operating within the bank's risk appetite.
  • Solicit participation in public debt issuance for clients and participate in community activities.
Desired Qualifications
  • At least 5 years of sales experience.
  • Underwriting experience.
  • Familiarity with prospecting and customer relationship management sales tools.

About the company

Fifth Third Bank offers banking products and services for individuals, small businesses, and commercial clients, including deposits, loans, mortgages, insurance, and wealth management. Customers access these offerings through branches and online platforms (53.com), with advisory services for investment and retirement planning. The bank earns revenue from interest on loans, banking fees, and commissions from insurance and investment products. Its goal is to provide comprehensive financial solutions and support community financial education while growing through a mix of fees, interest, and advisory revenue.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Cincinnati, Ohio

Founded

1858

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What believers are saying

  • September 2026 conversion gave former Comerica customers access to Fifth Third's full product suite.
  • Management said Q3 2026 net interest income and fee income tracked at the upper end.
  • Payload investment on August 24, 2026 expands embedded finance reach beyond simple payments.

What critics are saying

  • September 9, 2026 Comerica customers reported login failures and long hold times after conversion.
  • CFPB action for auto-lending discrimination and credit card abuses still stains Fifth Third's brand.
  • Fitch affirmed A- on September 11, 2026, but downgraded debt after Category III threshold crossing.

What makes Fifth Third Bank unique

  • September 8, 2026 Comerica conversion made Fifth Third a $300B, 1,500-branch national bank.
  • Newline generated over $1 billion fee revenue in 2025, anchoring embedded payments leadership.
  • Fifth Third led Rightfiber's $1.6 billion credit facility on September 2, 2026.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Holidays

Performance Bonus

Flexible Work Hours

Company News

Proximo Infra
Sep 9th, 2026
Rightfiber secures $1.6B credit facility to fund fibre infrastructure growth

Rightfiber has secured a $1.6 billion credit facility led by Fifth Third Bank to support its organic growth strategy. The newly formed fibre infrastructure platform announced the facility alongside the strategic merger of Ritter Communications and Great Plains Communications. The significant credit line will enable Rightfiber to expand its fibre network infrastructure across its operating regions. The combination of the two telecommunications companies creates a larger platform for deploying broadband services. Fifth Third Bank is leading the syndicated credit facility, which represents one of the substantial financing arrangements in the telecommunications infrastructure sector recently.

Associated Press
Sep 8th, 2026
Fifth Third completes Comerica conversion, creating $300B bank with 1,500 branches across US

Fifth Third Bancorp has completed the technical conversion of approximately 600,000 customer accounts and 293 banking centres from Comerica across Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, and Texas. The integration, executed over Labour Day weekend, finalises the merger that began on 1 February 2026. The combined entity is now the ninth-largest US bank with over $300 billion in assets and operations in 17 of the 20 fastest-growing large US metropolitan areas. Its retail footprint reaches more than half of the US population through approximately 1,500 branches and 21,300 ATMs. In Texas, Fifth Third operates 107 financial centres and plans to invest nearly $1 billion over the next five years, including opening 150 new centres by 2029. By 2030, the bank expects to operate approximately 1,750 branches.

FinanzNachrichten.de
Sep 7th, 2026
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MarketScreener
Aug 31st, 2026
Deckers Outdoor amends credit agreement, increases revolving facility to $500M

Deckers Outdoor Corporation and its subsidiaries have amended their credit agreement, increasing their unsecured revolving credit facility to $500 million. The amendment extends the maturity date to 27 August 2031 and removes Deckers Benelux B.V. as a borrower. The amended facility, arranged by Citibank, HSBC, and Fifth Third Bank, will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes. Interest rates are based on various benchmarks plus a margin of 1.00% to 1.50% per annum, depending on the company's leverage ratio. Commitment fees have been reduced to 0.10% to 0.175% per annum on unused amounts. The original credit agreement was established in December 2022 with Citibank as administrative agent.

Yahoo Finance
Aug 21st, 2026
Fifth Third invests in Payload to expand embedded payments beyond simple transactions

Fifth Third has invested in Payload, an embedded finance company specialising in complex multi-party payments for sectors like real estate, law firms, and construction. The investment amount was not disclosed. The bank operates its own embedded payments division, Newline, which generated over $1 billion in fee revenue in 2025. Newline serves major clients including Stripe, Trustly, and ADP, expecting to process more than $25 trillion in payment volume in 2026, up from $9 trillion in 2016. JPMorgan notes that Newline drives significant deposit growth for Fifth Third, with the bank targeting annual deposit increases of 35-50% through the division. The Payload investment expands Fifth Third's embedded payments reach without an acquisition.