Vice President, Risk Asset Unit

About Farm Credit Illinois

Farm Credit Illinois (FCI) is an agricultural financial cooperative owned by more than 17,400 farmer, rural landowner, and agribusiness voting stockholders in the southern 60 counties of Illinois. Dedicated to Helping Farm Families Succeed, FCI provides competitive and flexible financing, crop insurance expertise, and Rural 1st country life lending. FCI manages an $8 billion loan portfolio, sells 1.5 million acres of crop insurance coverage, and employs approximately 300 staff in the Mahomet headquarters and 14 regional offices. The U.S. Farm Credit System is a network of locally owned cooperatives supporting rural communities, farm families, and agriculture with reliable, consistent credit and financial services today and tomorrow.

Why Join Us

• Competitive compensation package. Grade and salary commensurate with experience, with an annualized base salary range of 120,000.00 - 165,000.00plus a bonus based on team and individual performance. This range is a good-faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of this posting.

• Comprehensive benefit package includes 401(k) with 3% employer contribution and 6% employer match, vacation days, sick days, 13 paid holidays, parental leave, and volunteer leave, along with medical, dental, vision, and life insurance as further described at

• Professional development and career growth opportunities.

• Opportunity to work for a reputable and community-focused financial institution dedicated to a positive, collaborative work environment that encompasses the association’s mission to serve our members and the agricultural industry as we strive to help farm families succeed

The Role

The Vice President, Risk Asset Unit provides strategic leadership and oversight of the Association’s high‑risk asset management, portfolio risk monitoring, and problem asset administration functions. This role leads a team focused on serving financially stressed borrower relationships, preserving portfolio quality, minimizing credit losses, and supporting sound risk management practices that protect Association capital and advance the Farm Credit mission.

What You Will Contribute

• Lead and develop the Risk Asset Unit by coaching, mentoring, and managing team members while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Provide strategic oversight of distressed, delinquent, and high‑risk borrower relationships, including workout strategies, restructures, collections, recovery efforts, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and litigation matters.
• Monitor portfolio quality and emerging credit risks by analyzing delinquency trends, classified assets, nonaccrual loans, and other indicators of credit deterioration while recommending risk mitigation strategies.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership by providing insights on portfolio performance, adverse asset trends, regulatory matters, and credit risk management priorities.
• Provide advanced credit expertise and coaching on complex transactions, underwriting strategies, risk ratings, loan structures, collateral evaluation, loan servicing plans, and troubled credit administration.
• Lead reporting, analytics, and compliance activities by overseeing portfolio risk reporting, regulatory examinations, audit responses, policy development, and credit administration standards.
• Drive strategic initiatives and process improvements that strengthen risk identification, borrower rehabilitation, recovery efforts, portfolio performance, governance, and data‑driven decision making.

What We Are Looking For

Required Skills

• Strong knowledge of business development, credit extension, credit administration, portfolio management, and risk management practices.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to recruit, develop, coach, motivate, and lead high-performing teams.
• Strategic thinking and analytical abilities to evaluate complex business and credit issues, identify key risks, and make sound decisions in a dynamic environment.
• Excellent relationship-building, communication, and collaboration skills with the ability to influence and work effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills with the ability to leverage data, exercise sound judgment, and balance strategic priorities with organizational objectives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, business, finance, or agriculture.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in agribusiness, credit analysis, or sales.
• Minimum of 5 years of supervisory experience leading and developing teams.
  • or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the role.

Farm Credit Illinois is an Equal Employment / Affluent Action employer . We do not discriminate in hiring based on any characteristic protected by law.

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