Brattleboro Savings & Loan has added Nick Stuart to their finance team as a staff accountant. Nick started working at BS&L only a few years ago as a teller, but he brought with him some experience in accounting and an interest in learning more about the finance side of banking. Along with Nick, the finance team includes Julie Hamilton, BS&L’s controller, and Tom Martyn, the Bank’s CFO.
“The bank’s finance department is responsible for keeping track of the Bank’s cash, investments, loans, and deposits,” says Tom Martyn, “As well as making sure that the Bank has the right amount of liquidity to meet our customers’ needs safely.” Nick and his wife moved to the area from West Virginia because they were looking for a change and his wife grew up in the area. Nick has had his eye on moving up in the BS&L family since he first started at the bank. “My first job at the bank was as a teller for about a year, then I became a universal banker who would travel between BS&L branches helping the teams there as well as their customers,” says Nick.
In this new position, Nick will focus on reconciling the daily ledgers, troubleshooting any issues, and interacting with staff throughout BS&L to make sure “all our numbers balance every day.” Nick’s direct manager is Julie Hamilton—the controller, and something of a legend, at BS&L for many years—and Nick is looking forward to learning from her, “Julie knows everything there is to know about the finance end of things here at the bank and I couldn’t ask for a better teacher.” With that said, Nick has an eye on perhaps taking on Julie’s role in the future. “The job announcement said that this position would be a step toward becoming the controller when Julie decides to retire so I wanted to start now because there’s a lot to learn,” Nick says. “I’ve worked in a lot of places, but the leadership at the bank is something I haven’t found elsewhere. They’re so supportive of growing employees’ talents and helping them achieve their goals, which is smart because that grows the bank’s abilities too.”
About Brattleboro Savings & Loan
Brattleboro Savings & Loan opened for business in 1912 as the Brattleboro Cooperative Savings & Loan Association. Today, as a state-chartered mutual savings bank and Certified B Corporation®, BS&L is the only remaining bank headquartered in Windham County. The bank operates 4 banking offices; two, including its main office, in Brattleboro, one in Wilmington and a branch located in Bondville. BS&L also operates a mortgage lending office in West Dover. In addition to a full complement of business and consumer financial services, the bank offers investment advisory and wealth management services through its Park Place Financial Advisors division. Additional information on BS&L is available by contacting Cassie Kelley at [email protected].