What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Officer position at Farm Credit Services of America?
Job Summary
FCSAmerica is a great place to work. You see it in our people and the relationships they have with each other and our customers. Our passion and commitment to serving both rural America and each other is key to our success in the marketplace.
Seeking a Financial Officer who will be responsible for focusing on service and retention by quickly and effectively completing requests and building holistic relationships with customers and prospects for sales, marketing and promoting of all organizations core products. A large, assigned portfolio of steady and traditional operations.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Design innovative customer packages, advising customers on financial information, and competitively pricing loans based on risk and profitability.
- Servicing assigned portfolios and developing business plans to increase market share, promoting, and selling loan products, cross selling all the organization's products and services, and supporting an unrivaled customer experience based on core principles and teamwork.
- May serve as the initial officer to engage with both incoming phone calls and walk in traffic seeking new credit.
- Discuss credit packages with Analysts and participate in consensus decision making process when appropriate.
- Collect necessary financial information and documents while providing excellent customer service, responding to inquiries, and completing key responsibilities timely. The primary focus being a development and learning period.
- Ability to provide sound coaching and counseling to customers. Demonstrated influence and negotiation skills (loan pricing, loan terms and conditions), credit analysis skills, and knowledge of multiple agricultural industries to assist customers in financial decisions.
Travel Time
- Travel for this role will be limited with up to 5% travel for interoffice and training related needs.
Education Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Ag Business, Accounting, Finance, Agricultural Economics, Animal Science or closely related field required.
Years of Experience
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in Lending, credit analysis and/or sales experience with a related financial services or agricultural credit organization required.
Who is Farm Credit Services of America
FCSAmerica is a leading provider of credit and crop insurance to farmers, ranchers, and agribusinesses in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. It takes a lot of expertise to meet the needs of today’s agricultural industry, and our 1,700 employees provide that in areas of lending, risk management, technology, marketing, customer and employee education.
We are headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, and support our customers and their rural communities from 43 local offices across our four-state territory. We take pride in serving every aspect of agriculture, from the young and beginning producer to some of the nation’s largest and most complex agribusinesses. The satisfaction that comes with serving an industry vital to all our lives shows in teammate surveys. FCSAmerica regularly is voted a top place to work.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, marital status, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
Salary : $66,110 - $120,790