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Branch Manager

Branch Manager

AgCarolina Farm CreditRaleigh, North Carolina, USA
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JOB DESCRIPTION

Branch Manager - Raleigh, NC

Are you passionate about supporting agriculture and rural communities? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where your leadership and customer service skills make a real impact? If so, we want to hear from you!

As a Branch Manager at AgCarolina Farm Credit, you'll play a key role in planning, leading, and organizing the marketing activities, new business development, customer service, human resources, and credit management in the Raleigh branch. You will work independently to service loans, market financial services, and develop strong working relationships with our customers, while growing our business in your territory. You will work in a culture that is mission-driven, welcomes and respects strong customer service skills, multi-tasking, confidentiality, attention to detail, time management, and organization.

What You'll Do :

  • Lead and direct branch in new business development efforts, ensuring prompt delivery of service that meets customer needs
  • Assist in planning and monitoring branch marketing activities
  • Maximize branch profitability, monitor performance to ensure efficiency and cost-effectiveness in accordance with business plan and budgets
  • Manage and directly supervise loan officers and servicing specialists
  • Actively participate and seek lending relationships with existing and new customers
  • Coordinate applications for branch-referred new and existing customers
  • Develop and analyze all types of credit information
  • Use delegated authority to approve loan structures, pricing, and conditions on loan transactions
  • Evaluate risk of loan transactions and assign probability of default and loss given default, ensuring credit quality
  • Ensure loans are in compliance with Association's policies and procedures
  • Collaborate effectively with team members and neighboring departments
  • Remain active in community and industry events
  • Demonstrate a commitment to fair lending practices
  • Build and maintain a positive working relationship with others to enhance the Association's reputation in the market

What We Value :

At AgCarolina, we believe in :

  • Customer Focus - Building strong relationships through responsiveness and professionalism
  • Collaboration - Working closely with your team and other departments to deliver exceptional service
  • Excellence - Bringing precision, organization, and confidentiality to everything you do
  • Growth - Enjoying opportunities for growth, development, and meaningful contribution

    • What We're Looking For :

  • Education and / or experience equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, or agricultural economics; MBA a plus
  • 5+ years of related management and agricultural lending experience, preferred
  • Strong interpersonal, sales, negotiating, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to be assertive and decisive in arriving a sound business decisions
  • Detail-oriented with excellent communication (oral and written) skills
  • Computer experience with intermediate skills in Microsoft Office and Outlook
  • Ability to travel within AgCarolina Farm Credit's territory and outside the territory for training from time to time
  • Agricultural background preferred
  • Lending experience preferred

    • Why Join Us?

    If you're looking for :

  • Competitive pay, including eligibility for incentive pay
  • Comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, life, LTD, and others)
  • Company-matched 401(k) (100% match of the first 6% you defer)
  • Commitment to training and professional development
  • Meaningful work that allows one to make a difference in agricultural and rural communities
  • Opportunities for work-life balance
  • A great work environment with colleagues who have a shared commitment to our core values

    • AgCarolina Leader Competencies :

  • Drives Results
  • Builds Effective Teams
  • Instills Trust
  • Communicates Effectively
  • Ensures Accountability
  • Develops Talent
  • Drives Engagement
  • Manage Complexity
  • Collaborates
  • Adaptability

    • Internal candidates must have at least 2 years of Farm Credit experience, a Fully Successful rating or higher on their most recent performance review and have been in their current role for at least 2 years before applying.

    Interview Process :

    Applications received within the first 2 weeks of posting date will receive priority consideration. The position will remain open, however, until the vacancy is filled.

  • Phone Screen with AgCarolina HR Representative
  • In-person interview

    • Equal Opportunity Employer / including Disabled / Veterans. AgCarolina is unable to sponsor employment visas at this time.

    ABOUT US

    AgCarolina Farm Credit is the largest ag lending cooperative operating in North Carolina with a local presence throughout the territory. The Association has approximately $3.1 billion in gross loan volume, serving more than 6,000 members.

    Our purpose at AgCarolina Farm Credit (ACA) is to serve the agricultural industry and our rural communities, yielding a more prosperous future for all. We are committed to providing constructive credit and financial services to grow the success of our members, one local relationship at a time.

    We believe that an inclusive team of employees is the best way to serve our agricultural and agribusiness customers. AgCarolina refers to our diversity initiatives as inclusion initiatives. With inclusion, we seek to involve all employees, management team, and board in fostering an environment that encourages and acknowledges the positive contributions individuals from all backgrounds can make in the success of our organization. By embracing and leveraging our unique strengths we establish ourselves as a positive corporate citizen and an employer of choice.

    We are committed to attracting and developing an outstanding team of employees and supporting each one to achieve his or her full potential. Our success at AgCarolina GROWS by :

  • G rowing our people and association
  • R elationships built on respect, trust, and integrity
  • O wning responsibility for our attitudes, actions, and job performance
  • W elcoming everyone and treating them fairly
  • S erving one another, members, and local communities

    • In addition to our Core Values, AgCarolina has established competencies for employees, leadership, and senior leadership positions. These competencies are designed to provide a clear picture of the daily actions one can take and develop over time to add value to the Association and enhance their professional growth.

    Equal Opportunity Employer / including Disabled / Veterans. AgCarolina is unable to sponsor employment visas at this time.

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