Construction Project Specialist at Provide in Remote

Powered by Fifth Third Bank, Provide empowers entrepreneurs to build their legacies. As a leader in tech-enabled financial services for aspiring and established small business owners, Provide offers an unmatched combination of industry expertise, personalized service, and customized financial products — enabling entrepreneurs to achieve their ownership dreams, realize financial independence, and strengthen their communities. Founded in a one-bedroom San Francisco apartment in 2013, Provide was acquired by Fifth Third in 2021, and in 2023, was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies. Learn more at getprovide.com, and join the conversation on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.

Our team is growing:

Provide’s Project team is looking for a bold, compassionate, and focused project specialist to help bring our customers’ business ownership goals to reality. In this role, you will focus on guiding entry-level construction projects, reviewing customers’ project plans, budgets, and contracts to ensure all project-related risks are considered and mitigated, and making recommendations for project capital disbursements to vendors, contractors, and consultants.

As a Provide and Fifth Third Bank team member, you will be responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and personally following policies and procedures as defined. You will be accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues and ensuring that actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience. While operating within the risk appetites of Provide and Fifth Third Bank, you will be expected to achieve results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types.

A day in the life:

• Develop and maintain performance metrics to ensure procedures and programs meet the customer’s and organization’s needs and produce the anticipated return on investment
• Coordinate effectively across vendors and work groups to ensure the completion of multiple projects simultaneously on schedule and within budget
• Assess a customer’s project goals and budget against their approved loan amount, the space they plan to build out, and the team they propose to work with
• Manage a pipeline of 40 active deals in the project stage of a loan
• Communicate the values of different project delivery types, expectations, and requirements to the customer
• Provide guidance and recommendations on structure and risk mitigation language in design and contractor agreements
• Establish expectations with customer teams for how the project progresses, changes in scope, and how issues will be communicated and addressed
• Communicate with designers, contractors, and equipment vendors to assess scopes of work, and validate project budget and schedule
• Present information and respond to questions from various business partners
• Ensure planning is aligned with corporate guidelines and that all scenarios drive efficiency in practice planning, both from a functionality and utilization standpoint
• Conduct benchmarking activities to identify best practices
• Maintain accurate record keeping of all activities requiring documentation and/or associated records
• Assume additional related responsibilities as assigned

Our newest teammate will have:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline (business, applied science, construction management, etc.) or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, WebEx)
• Ability to synthesize vast amounts of information to guide decisions
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills

Bonus points for:

• Experience working within APEX
• Experience managing the construction of healthcare practices and working with healthcare providers
• Experience in SBA lending

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Construction Project Specialist

Total Base Pay Range 54,400.00 - 111,500.00 USD Annual

At Fifth Third, we understand the importance of recognizing our employees for the role they play in improving the lives of our customers, communities and each other. Our Total Rewards include comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings to give each employee the opportunity to be their best every day.

The base salary for this position is reflective of the range of salary levels for all roles within this pay grade across the U.S. Individual salaries within this range will vary based on factors such as role, relevant skillset, relevant experience, education and geographic location. In addition to the base salary, this role is eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan, with any such payment based upon company, line of business and/or individual performance.

Our extensive benefits programs are designed to support the individual needs of our employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well-being. You can learn more about those programs on our 53.com Careers page at: https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/careers/benefits.html or by consulting with your talent acquisition partner. 

LOCATION -- Virtual, Ohio 00000

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