Investment bank for community banks and credit unions
Performance Trust is a full-service investment bank serving community depository institutions—banks and credit unions. The company runs on a modern Microsoft stack (Dynamics 365, Power BI, .NET, Azure) paired with Bloomberg and financial-grade tooling. Active projects cluster around compliance modernization, settlement operations, and data infrastructure (deduplication, CRM retention strategy, third-party integrations), while pain points center on settlement failures, daily cash breaks, and compliance scope expansion—pointing to an organization scaling both regulatory rigor and operational throughput as clients grow.
Performance Trust is a full-service investment bank headquartered in Chicago, founded in 1994, focused exclusively on community depository institutions (banks and credit unions under $10B in assets). The firm advises clients on balance-sheet strategy, risk measurement, and capital decisions, positioning itself as a knowledge partner alongside a transactional platform. With 201–500 employees, the organization is operationally intensive: compliance, sales, and operations dominate the hiring mix, reflecting the regulated nature of the business and the client-service model. Ongoing projects in settlement automation, data governance, and compliance tooling integration indicate a push to modernize legacy processes while maintaining the regulatory controls required in financial services.
Primarily Microsoft: Dynamics 365, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, .NET, and Azure. Analytical tools include Python, SQL, and R. Bloomberg, LinkedIn Recruiter, and REST APIs support operations and recruiting.
Yes. 12 active roles across compliance (3), sales (3), ops (2), data (1), finance (1), hr (1), and legal (1). Mostly mid-level positions; hiring is steady and limited to the United States.
Core projects include compliance process modernization, settlement operations (resolving daily fails and cash breaks), CRM data governance, and Dynamics 365 integrations. Recruitment and talent pipeline expansion are parallel initiatives.
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