Loan Officer

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Agricultural Economics, or a related field, or equivalent experience and zero (0) to Five (5) years experience.

Essential Functions:

• Work closely with senior-level loan officers and other staff to gain a sound understanding of credit analysis and business development including loan pricing.

• Utilize preliminary credit analysis under the direction of senior-level staff. Enter loan information and various other information while learning how the system is used and learning how to perform loan analysis.

• Work with one or more assigned appraisers to gain an understanding of the appraisal process.

• Work with management and staff to gain an understanding of the purpose and processes involved in developing credit skills. May assist senior-level staff with credit reviews.

• Work with the loan processing team to gain an understanding of th e loan processing function.

• Ensures that all assigned loans are properly risk rated, assigned loss given defaults are correct and performance status assignments are proper.

• Complies with proper credit administration practices as outlined in the association's policies and procedures.