We have an outstanding career opportunity for a Director of Lending to join a leading Company located in the Parkville, MD surrounding area.
Salary: $73,000 - $121,000
Directs and coordinates all lending activities, ensuring compliance with Credit Union lending policies and regulations. Plans, directs, and coordinates the development of lending policies, procedures, goals, and objectives. Directs lending activity to meet goals and objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Provides leadership, guidance, direction, and support to the Lending Department.
- Ensures a trained, motivated, and professional staff capable of providing efficient and effective consumer lending services to members.
- Monitors lending operations through subordinate managers/supervisors.
- Establishes annual sales goals related to lending programs.
- Monitors progress of and ensures lending goals and objectives are achieved.
- Chairs Lending Review (LRC) Committee.
- Arranges for loan applications to be presented to the LRC.
- Provides an overview and recommendations to the committee.
- Serves on the Asset/Liability Committee (ALCO) and other committees as assigned.
- Directs and oversees the preparation of periodic financial, lending, and operations reports, including HMDA reporting, for management and the board of directors.
- Ensures accuracy and completeness of information.
- Analyzes loan data reports for corrective actions.
- Develops, proposes, gains acceptance for, and implements lending program policy and strategy.
- Leads activity related to new product development as it relates to lending programs.
- Ensures compliance with all lending policies and regulations.
- Makes changes as necessary.
- Interviews, schedules, trains, assigns work, establishes performance expectations, and monitors results for the Lending Department.
- Performs performance appraisals, establishes goals and action plans, and sets up performance improvement plans and disciplinary actions.
- Collaborates with the CEO in hiring, firing, and promotion decisions.
- Creates opportunities for employee development.
- Coaches and counsels the lending team as necessary.
- Work in collaboration with the CEO, EVP, BOD & Regulator to establish a new Small Business Banking division by creating product requirements, building operational processes, and managing cross-functional teams to bring new lending and deposit products to market.
- Establishes and monitors the Loan Department budget.
- Reviews and submits expenditures to the CEO for review and final approval.
- Monitors competitor rates and fees and stays up-to-date on developments and issues affecting Credit Union lending products and services.
- Maintains extensive knowledge of consumer, real estate, and mortgage lending practices.
- Acts in any capacity of the Lending Department when necessary in an emergent circumstance.
- Establishes and maintains good working relationships with Credit Union staff, management, and outside business contacts.
- Performs other Supervisory and/or lending-related duties as assigned by the President/CEO.
- Performance Measurements:
- Coordinate and execute effective lending programs and promotions that support Credit Union goals and objectives and fulfill member needs.
- Improve competitive position.
- Ensure all lending activity adheres to established policies, procedures, and governmental regulations.
- Maintain a high level of knowledge related to all lending areas.
- Meet or exceed specific goals and objectives established for all lending areas.
- Establish and provide support for lending staff to achieve goals and objectives.
- Maintain delinquency at or below 1% of loans outstanding, sell ancillary products, i.e., debt protection, etc., on at least 25%-40% of new and rewritten loans, and maintain a charge-off rate of no more than 0.75%.
- Loan Growth target: between 5% - 7%.
- Earnings and capital targets – ROA target at .80%, with net interest margins around 3.50%.
- Provide direction and recommendations to management, based on current data, regarding the Credit Union's financial position and direction.
- Keep management informed of key operational issues affecting the Credit Union.
- Maintain positive business relationships with all business contacts. Maintain good communication with subordinates and other Credit Union personnel
- Meet or exceed budget goals.
- Maintain a well-trained, efficient, and effective lending staff.
- Provide necessary leadership, support, and training opportunities.
- Complete employee performance appraisals and handle performance issues in an appropriate and timely manner.
Basic Hiring Criteria:
- Bachelor's degree, or certifications recognized in the industry as equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree (e.g., Associate Degree in Banking, Finance, or Business Administration certifications in lieu of a degree, combined with substantial, progressive experience); Additional years of directly related consumer lending, underwriting, and financial institution management experience may be substituted for a degree.
- Demonstrated knowledge of consumer lending policy and procedures.
- Minimum three to five years progressively responsible consumer/real estate lending experience, including at least one to two years in a supervisory capacity.
- Minimum three to five years of similar or related experience with a proven track record of producing and sustaining healthy, well-performing, good credit quality loans while maintaining a 70%-85% loan to share ratio.
Desired Qualifications:
- Familiarity with loan participation acumen preferred.
- Motivating or influencing others is a material part of the job. Outside contacts become important, and fostering sound relationships with other entities (companies and/or individuals) becomes necessary and often requires the ability to influence and/or sell ideas or services to others. The role requires a significant level of trust and diplomacy.
- Thorough knowledge of banking practices, policies, procedures, operations, products, services, and regulations.
- May also include specialized knowledge in lending or investing.
- Specific knowledge of the philosophy and structure of the Credit Union industry.
- Thorough knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership techniques, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Considers the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and chooses the most appropriate one.
Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.