FCS Financial - Vice President, Credit

Vice President, Credit

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Description/Job Summary

FCS Financial, a proud member of the nationwide Farm Credit System, is committed to supporting agriculture and rural communities! Are you ready to advance your career? We're currently seeking a Vice President, Credit to join our dynamic team. If you have an agriculture background, are independent, self-motivated, detailed, and provide excellent customer services, we are looking for you!

This experienced level Credit role comes with high levels of responsibility on the credit team and includes the opportunity to grow personally and professionally. In this VP level role, you get to assess creditworthiness, write credit narratives, determine loan classifications, decision credit applications (approve, modify, deny within credit authority), determine and/or recommend the structure and loan conditions, serve on the Credit Loan Committee, participate in relationship management with customers, and mentor and train less experienced credit analysts. If you want to work for a company that offers flexible work options such as flexible hours and hybrid work option now is a great time to join our team!

The salary range for this position is $75,000 to $143,000, however salary is commensurate with experience.

Potential office locations in Missouri include Jefferson City, Columbia, Springfield, Harrisonville, and O’Fallon. However, we are open to other office location for the right talent.

A Hybrid - Remote Office Work Environment and flexible work schedule will be considered after the initial training period is complete and based off of the candidates’ qualifications and needs.

This position is open until filled.

This position is classified as Exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Department: Credit

Reports to: Credit Team Leader

Supervises: None

Responsibilities/Duties

Job Functions*

Percentage	Job Functions
70%	Loan Request Analysis Assesses creditworthiness of borrowers by: Develope and evaluate long and/or short term financial projections based on customer financial data Analyzing capital, capacity, collateral, character, conditions and management ability of the borrower Comparing the borrowers overall financial position to industry and core lending standards and enterprise guidelines Identifying potential risks of the proposed loan Writes credit narratives interpreting and supporting results of credit assessment Determines loan classification, probability of default and loss given default ratings. Approves, modifiesand/or denies credit applications and servicing actions within delegated credit authority Recommends approval or denial of loans above delegated credit authority Determines or recommends the structure and loan conditions to support approvals/recommendations of approval
5%	Credit Loan Committee Serves on the Credit Loan Committee in the third position Conditionally approves loan requests and forwards to the first position on the Credit Loan Committee Communicates with senior Credit staff, Credit Loan Committee and Executive Loan Committee for loan approval
5%	Mentoring and Training Provides guidance and direction to less experienced credit analysts and market facing staff Assesses credit analysts’ and market facing staff skills and identifies training and development needs Reviews work of credit analysts and provides feedback on quality of credit analysis Develops and presents training materials on business and financial analysis
5%	Agricultural Enterprise Expertise Researches, evaluates trends, and quantifies risk profiles for the enterprises including, swine, poultry, crops, cattle, dairy and service related companies Shares industry knowledge with association Credit and market facing staff Reviews front-end guidance and lending procedures to improve processes and outcomes Represents Association at lending meetings and industry symposiums.
10%	Monitoring Financial and Loan Covenants Evaluates compliance with financial and loan covenants on higher risk or high exposure accounts by determining compliance with loan contract Initiates actions to address non-compliance. Conducts perpetual evaluations and assessment of risk
5%	Relationship Management Participates in customer meetings Provide trend and quantify data on customer balance sheet, earnings, and repayment capacity
n/a	Other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the organization.

* Essential Functions for this position consist of all items listed under any category that make up 5% or more of the job duties. This job description is subject to change without notice.

Required Skills

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, or a related field
5 years related experience
Or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job

Required Knowledge and Skills

Expert knowledge of the agriculture industry and the impact of current events on agricultural operations and credit
Expert knowledge of financial ratios
Expert knowledge of Association lending procedures and policies
Skill in developing loan covenants
Expertise in loan structuring and negotiating loan terms and conditions
Expertise in reading and interpreting tax returns, profit and loss statements, balance sheets, cash flows and similar financial documents
Expertise in understanding relationship between financial statements and operations
Expertise in listening and conveying awareness of a customer's problem or issue to find resolution
Working knowledge of hedging and risk management techniques
Oral and written communication skills, sufficient to exchange information effectively with peers, supervisors, senior management, industry leaders and customers
Skill in negotiating agreements to achieve the best outcome for the organization
Skill in processing complex, detailed forms, and documents in an accurate and thorough manner
Skill in applying processes and procedures to factual data to come to a logical decision
Skill in utilizing Word, Excel, and Outlook to increase efficiency and/or effectiveness
Responsible to appropriately protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the Association’s systems and data and clients’ data

Scope of Responsibilities:

Responsibility	Measure
Individual Authority Level	Level 7
Credit Loan Committee	Position 2