Commercial & Industrial Lender

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Analyzes the market and finds new business opportunities.
• Establishes long-term relationships with the Bank’s staff, clients, and business partners.
• Provides financial solutions to customers’ needs.
• Develops new business relationships, including both lending and deposit relationships.
• Leads efforts with executive management to develop and implement appropriate lending products and services.
• Makes sure the loan portfolio is sound, identifying and developing strategies for growth, market penetration, and portfolio mix.
• Reviews existing and new client relationships for credit quality, structure, and pricing.
• Ensures overall soundness of the loan portfolio.
• Regular and reliable on-site attendance is required as an essential function of this position.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience with commercial and industrial lending.
• Proficient negotiation ability to include the ability to explore positions and alternatives to reach outcomes that gain acceptance of all parties.
• Embodies the bank's vision, mission, and values.
• Understands business implications of decisions; demonstrates knowledge of the market, competition, profitability, and aligns department’s work with strategic goals.
• Excellent understanding how decisions made implicate business.
• Gives and receives mentoring in a mature and open manner.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to share expertise with others.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to effectively interact with colleagues, management, and leadership.
• This position may require relocation.
• Demonstrates adaptability and change management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to organize and analyze financial information and to accurately perform complex financial calculations.

Education & Formal Training

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or similar is required.
• Commercial banking, retail, or hospitality experience preferred.
• Previous leadership and teamwork preferred.
• Previous consumer and commercial lending experience preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted on a year-to-year basis.

Experience

• Typically between 4-9 years working as a lender in a loan office at a financial institution with specific experience in commercial lending who possesses business development skills and has a proven ability to attract and retain a client portfolio.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted on a year-to-year basis.

Working Conditions

• Working Environment: Professional office environment.
• Physical Activities: Regularly required to talk or hear; largely a sedentary role; specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus; may have to lift up to 25 lbs.

Starting Rate of Pay is from $100,000.00 to $135,000.00 per year, depending on experience. Actual pay and Officer level will be commensurate with experience. For an overview of our employee benefits please visit: Alpine Bank Careers Page Position anticipated to close May 11, 2026, or until filled.