Financial Officer

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.
• Sales focused on marketing and promoting the Associations’ core products with existing customers, focused on deepening the wallet share and cross-sell opportunities and responsible for retention.
• Discuss credit packages with Analysts and participate in the consensus decision making process when appropriate.
• Able to provide sound influence and negotiation skills to clients in responsibilities such as loan pricing, loan terms and conditions. Possesses sound credit analysis skills with the ability to appropriately structure loan packages and proposals.
• You will be asked to consistently use a holistic selling approach to deepen customer relationships within the assigned segment.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in Ag Business, Accounting, Finance, Agricultural Economics, Animal Science or closely related field required.
• 4+ years of experience in Market/Business Development: Lending or credit analysis experience in a related agricultural credit organization, along with experience in relationship management and/or sales.

About Us

AgCountry has 43 offices, is based in Fargo, North Dakota and serves portions of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. FCSAmerica is based in Omaha, NE and has 42 local offices serving rural communities and agriculture in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Frontier Farm Credit has six offices serving eastern Kansas. Together, we support nearly 82,000 producers and agribusinesses, meeting the needs of today’s agricultural industry with our combined 2600+ employees providing lending, risk management, technology, commodity marketing, and customer and employee education.

Why Us:

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Retirement Plans: 401(k)
• Paid Time Off: Vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, and parental leave
• Additional Benefits: Life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), wellness programs, tuition assistance, and short-term incentive pay

Pay

Competitive benefits package designed to support health and well-being, financial security, and work-life balance.

Schedule

Travel will be 50-70% for this role, primarily during the day meeting with customers outside of the office.