Job Description
Loan Officer II - Wasilla Lending Team
Start a career with First National Bank Alaska, the *Best Place to Work in Alaska* as recognized nine years in a row by Alaska Business magazine readers.
Salary: $89,440/annual entry level minimum. Job/salary offer would be commensurate with job level and experience.
Schedule: Monday-Friday
GENERAL PURPOSE SUMMARY Develops and maintains banking relationships and makes a variety of loans based on defined lending authority by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Analyzes existing and potential customers' banking needs, earnings, and financial conditions to determine which bank products are most appropriate, and to assess acceptable risk; approves/denies or recommends approval/denial within lending authority.
- Provides advice and service to existing customers, and generates new business by calling on prospective customers regarding the establishment of banking relationships.
- Manages existing loan portfolio, including the monitoring and collection of loan payments; modifies or extends loan terms or structure to protect bank's interest when required. Minimizes bank losses and exposure to losses.
- Follows existing lending procedures and ensures lending compliance of loan portfolio with bank and regulatory procedures, policies, and requirements, and takes corrective action when non-compliance is identified.
- Represents the bank in the community in order to identify, develop and promote additional business.
- Keeps informed about the banking industry and all bank products. Maintains awareness of competitors' products and the bank's advantage.
- Assists in training less experienced loan officers on lending procedures, policies, and regulations, and recommends improvements to procedures and provides functional guidance as needed.
- May supervise employees at local or out-of-town locations as business needs dictate.
- Performs other work-related duties as assigned by supervisor.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES May supervise employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems; and making recommendations regarding the hiring and terminating of employees.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Minimum: Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, marketing, or related field and five years commercial, real estate, or consumer lending related experience; or seven years commercial, real estate, and/or consumer lending related experience; or equivalent combination of education/training and experience.
Preferred: One year supervisory experience and marketing or sales experience.
SKILLS and ABILITIES: Word processing and spreadsheet software experience required. The ability to handle highly confidential information, frequent deadlines, and time constraints required.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to the prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top management and the public.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations..
REASONING SKILLS: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make decisions based on those conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in, mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract variables.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision ability required by this job includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORKING CONDITIONS The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Some travel to remote sites via automobile or plane may be necessary. Must be willing to relocate to branches statewide. First National Bank Alaska
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Local area, Remote job, Relocation, Monday to Friday,