Account Specialist - Jonesboro, AR

Location

Jonesboro, AR | United States

Job description

Farm Credit Mid-America is a financial services cooperative serving financial needs of farmers and rural residents in Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Tennessee. Our purpose is to secure the future of rural communities and agriculture. We are passionate about serving the needs of our rural communities and creating positive customer experiences.

Farm Credit Mid-America is a great place to work! We have been named as a Best Places to Work in Kentucky for the past 11 years. At Farm Credit Mid-America we put our customers and team members at the heart of all we do.

SCHEDULE: Full Time 
TRAVEL REQUIRED:  0% - 5% 

COMPENSATION: $46,837.00   to $95,645.00   base salary plus potential for variable compensation. Base pay is determined by your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Farm Credit Mid-America/Rural 1st may compensate outside of the salary range for bona fide reasons not related to membership in a protected class.

About Our Opportunity

Our Account Specialist provides exceptional customer service by delivering financial services. Customer service is defined as internal and external customer care. Responsibilities include loan origination and delivery of credit, evaluating the portfolio to identify cross-selling opportunities and marketing campaigns for those opportunities, and continued communication with the customer during the loan approval process.

How You Will Spend Your Time

• Creates an exceptional customer experience by delivering timely and thorough service in a way that exceeds customer expectations while meeting internal deadlines.
• Works with peers and customers to understand customer goals, credit strengths and weaknesses to deliver value-added information that will assist them in their farming operation.
• Establishes, develops, and maintains strong customer relationships by sharing in active conversations and consistently providing exceptional customer service.
• Utilizes technology effectively to serve customers.
• Obtains and processes new applications, renewals, and loan servicing requests.
• Interprets and evaluates financial information; asks to probing/ follow up questions to recommend the appropriate product or service.
• Delivers loan decisions, talking points and conditions.
• Occasional involvement in joint sales calls to enhance customer relationships.
• Follows guidance in all process guides as appropriate for the role, proactively staying up to date with all association changes/ownership/accountability.
• Renewal administration including requesting financial information from customers, meeting with customers, inputting financial information and adhering to targets and timelines.
• Proactively evaluate the portfolio and assess customer information to cross-sell products.
• Partners with Financial Officers to plan and implement marketing strategies.
• Utilizes new tools and resources to deliver an exceptional customer experience.

Minimum Education & Experience

Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture, Business or related field.

At least six years of successful experience in two or more of the following areas: financially related customer service, loan processing, loan servicing.

Farm Credit Mid-America experience or extensive knowledge of agricultural industry (personal, professional or educational) preferred. 

Mental & Physical Requirements

Stationary Position - Occasionally; Move/Traverse - Occasionally; Stationary Position/Seated - Constantly; Transport/Lifting - Rarely; Transport/Carrying - Rarely; Exerting Force/Pushing - Rarely; Exerting Force/Pulling - Rarely; Ascend/Descend - Rarely
Balancing - Rarely; Position Self/Stooping - Rarely; Position Self/Kneeling - Rarely; Position Self/Crouching - Rarely; Position Self/Crawling - Rarely
Reaching - Rarely; Handling - Occasionally; Grasping - Occasionally; Feeling - Rarely; Communicate/Talking - Constantly; Communicate/Hearing - Constantly; Repetitive Motions - Frequently; Coordination - Frequently

Farm Credit Mid-America provides a competitive total rewards package to our team members. This includes an award winning 401(k) Plan. Our Health and Financial wellness benefits provide safety, security and peace of mind for you and your family. Here is a highlight of our .

Farm Credit Mid-America is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other category protected by law.

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