Job Description

• You are a strong commercial lending Business Banker

• We are a high performing Small Business Banking team at CBA

• Together we will work towards becoming the #1 Business Bank

See yourself in our team

The CommBank Small Business Banking team have a passion for helping Australian small businesses succeed. The team seek to understand the business and personal goals of business owners and use their expertise and specialist teams to provide tailored financial solutions.

Small Business Banking is a part of CBA Business Banking and provides in branch face-to-face and remote support to Small Businesses across Australia. In Small Business Banking, we cultivate strong connections with our communities and customers by building deep connections, having a compelling proposition and delivering exceptional execution.

Do work that matters

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Business Banker to join our Glendale branch (Newcastle area).

As part of a high-performing team, you will play a key role in delivering exceptional service to small business customers by understanding their business and personal goals, and supporting them through the end-to-end fulfilment of their financial needs.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving business development within the local Newcastle and surrounding business community, while also strengthening existing client relationships through premium service delivery.

More specifically, you will:

• Lead meaningful customer conversations to uncover goals and needs, and provide timely, tailored financial solutions. This includes originating products such as commercial lending up to $1.25M, asset finance, merchant facilities, and everyday banking solutions

• Proactively engage customers to support both their business and personal aspirations, preparing for conversations with valuable insights. You will also be familiar with home ownership solutions available to business customers

• Act as a brand ambassador in the local business community, promoting CBA’s business banking proposition. You may also host small business education events to support financial wellbeing

• Attend key stakeholder meetings regularly to raise awareness of Small Business Banking services, build referral partnerships, and address service challenges collaboratively

We want to hear from you if you have:

• Experience in commercial lending or B2B sales

• Home lending exposure

• Strong financial analysis skills and commercial acumen

• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills

• Proven ability to engage customers both face-to-face and remotely

• Experience managing a pipeline of opportunities and facilitating proactive customer contact

• Passion for small business customers or direct experience running a small business

• FSRA Tier 2 Accreditation

• Credit Approval Authority (CAA) Level 2, or willingness to obtain within 6 months

• Formal training to support home lending discussions, such as Cert IV in Banking Services (preferred)

Our culture

At CommBank, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce reflecting the customers, businesses and communities we serve. As a values-driven organisation, we nurture and support our people through focusing on skill and talent development, collaboration, flexibility and internal promotion.

With service in mind at every touch point, we take accountability for the role we play in securing and enhancing the financial wellbeing of people, businesses and communities. At CommBank you can be you.

If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career.

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Advertising End Date: 01/06/2026