VP Credit Strategy Analytics

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AgCountry Farm Credit Services (AgCountry), Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) and Frontier Farm Credit are financial cooperatives that operate under shared management across eight states. While each association is owned by its local farmers and ranchers, they collaborate by pooling resources, expertise, and talent to provide affordable credit, crop insurance, and financial services.
Our associations are united by a common mission and commitment to serving rural America and supporting each other, which drives the success of the farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness we serve. We take pride in being a great place to work, and this enthusiasm is reflected in the relationships our team members foster with one another and with our customers.

* Incumbent must work a percentage of time each week in the Omaha, NE office.

We are looking for a VP Credit Strategy Analytics to l ead a team responsible for advising credit portfolio strategies for Retail, AgDirect, and Corporate Lending including the automated credit decision models, credit risk management controls and ensuring alignment with the Associations’ risk appetite. Lead the credit transaction risk model methodology to ensure appropriate model governance practices. Leads the enterprise credit risk portfolio management solutions enabling the Associations’ risk assessment of its credit portfolio.

Credit Risk Optimization (Portfolio-Level Strategy & Product Performance)

• Drive initiatives to optimize credit risk across the portfolio, ensuring safety and soundness of Retail, AgDirect, and Corporate Lending loan assets through advanced modeling and business insights.
• Oversee development and enhancement of portfolio-level performance models and coordinate governance with the Credit Committee to meet regulatory and internal standards.
• Establish and maintain data products that enable the analysis and monitoring of credit decision outcomes, model performance, risk, etc.
• Partner with Business Unit Leaders to align risk management with performance objectives and Association risk tolerances.
• Lead the team that designs, validates, and implements transaction-level risk models for credit decisions, asset valuation, and application verification. Considers implications to delivery cost, credit risk tolerance and customer experience when forming recommendations.
• Advance analytical methodologies to improve accuracy and reliability of credit decisioning tools.
• Manage relationships with third-party data providers to ensure robust data inputs for model development.
• Ensure strong model governance and compliance in the implementation and monitoring of transactional risk models.

Develop and lead portfolio risk management methodologies to aggregate and assess credit risk across all products and strategies.

Advise Senior and Executive Leadership on credit strategies to maintain alignment with Association risk appetite.

Oversee team engagement with business units to evaluate portfolio performance against expectations and identify emerging risks.

• 10% travel during the day and overnight.

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Information Technology, Statistics, Finance, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Business Administration preferred.

• 8+ years of experience in Risk Management, Credit, or Finance, leadership and/or project management experience.

Why Us:

For qualifying positions, we provide a competitive benefits package designed to support health and well-being, financial security, and work-life balance:

• Retirement Plans
  : 401(k)
• Paid Time Off
  :
  Vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, and parental leave
• Additional Benefits
  :
  Life and…