Northeast Customer Service Team Leader, Ag & Rural Lending

Northwest Customer Service Team Leader

Northeast Customer Service Team Leader -Ag & Rural Lending

Lead People. Elevate Service. Shape the Future.

Are you a proven leader who thrives on developing people improving processes and delivering exceptional customer experiences

FCS Financial is seeking a Customer Service Team Leader on our Ag & Rural Lending Team for our northeastern Missouri territory to lead a high-performing team that supports our agricultural and rural lending customers. This is a rare leadership opportunity for someone who is passionate about coaching employees driving operational excellence and making a meaningful impact on both team success and customer outcomes.

In this role youll lead a team of Customer Service Representatives and Financial Services Specialists while helping shape the future of customer service delivery across the organization. Youll influence training strategies strengthen operational effectiveness and ensure our customers receive timely accurate and compliant service every step of the way.

The Opportunity

As the Customer Service Team Leader you will:

• Lead coach and develop a team of customer service professionals across our Chillicothe Macon Hannibal and Marshall MO locations.
• Play a key role in employee growth through training mentoring onboarding and career development initiatives.
• Partner with lending teams to ensure efficient compliant and customer-focused loan processing and servicing.
• Drive process improvements that enhance the customer experience and operational effectiveness.
• Influence policies procedures and training strategies that support the future of customer service delivery.
• Build a positive high-performing culture focused on collaboration accountability and continuous improvement.
• Make a direct impact on serving Missouri agriculture and rural communities.
  

Why Join FCS Financial

• Purpose Driven Work: Help support Missouri agriculture and rural communities.
• Career Growth: We invest in professional development encourage leadership growth and provide opportunities to influence the future of our organization.
• Relationship Focused Environment: Our people make the difference. Work alongside talented professionals who are passionate about serving our member owners.
• Competitive Total Rewards: Enjoy a comprehensive salary incentive opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your overall well-being. Based on experience the base pay for this position is $65000 $107000.
• Option of office locations include: This Team Leader covers the northwestern portion of Missouri. Possible office locations include: Macon Marshall or Chillicothe MO .

What Were Looking For

Were seeking a leader who:

• Has experience leading or mentoring employees and enjoys helping others grow and succeed.
• Understands loan processing loan servicing or lending operations.
• Brings strong customer service skills and the ability to communicate effectively in both routine and challenging situations.
• Demonstrates sound judgment organization and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Understands the importance of maintaining confidentiality security and regulatory compliance.
• Has a passion for agriculture rural communities and building strong customer relationships.
  

What You Need:

• Bachelors degree in Business Agriculture Accounting or a related field
• Five or more years of loan processing and/or closing experience
• Valid Missouri drivers license
• Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered

Ready to Lead the Team Behind the Customer Experience

If youre looking for a leadership role where you can develop others improve processes and help serve Missouri agriculture wed love to hear from you. Apply today and help shape the future of Ag & Rural Lending customer service at FCS Financial.

Location

Possible office locations include: Macon Marshall or Chillicothe MO .

Position Details

This position is open until filled.

This position is classified as Exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Department: Marketplace

Reports To: Senior Vice President Customer Services

Supervises: Customer Service Staff

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Job Functions

Training and Employee Development

• Provides coaching direction and subject matter expertise to Customer Service Representatives and Financial Services Specialists
• Identifies topics develops curriculum and coordinates delivery of formal operational and product delivery training for Customer Service staff through the Customer Service Training Academy
• Identifies and develops on-going training materials to support non-Academy training strategies (i.e. small group training) that support Association Customer Product delivery
• Schedules and presents non- Academy training sessions
• Identifies individual training needs and timing of training for staff development outside FCS

Staff Management

• Develops motivates and evaluates a team of Customer Services Representatives and Financial Services Specialists
• Makes hiring and promotional recommendations
• Determines division of responsibilities and provides work guidance and direction
• Monitors and manages staff workload and coordinates assistance as needed
• Recommends and implements performance standards
• Monitors leaves of absence
• Approves denies submits staff expense reports
• Design implement and administer onboarding of new employees
• Monitors operational reports for Traditional Part Time portfolio and directs correction activity.

• Process and Procedure Development
• Identifies and recommends process changes that improve customer service and product delivery
• Collaborates as a member of various workgroups involved in the development and recommendation of updates to policies procedures and processes
• Stays abreast of policy procedure and process changes and communicates updates and revisions to staff

Loan Origination and Processing

• Collects personal and financial data and complete data entry for loan submission
• Prepares data for underwriting by organizing and reviewing data for completeness and accuracy
• Performs UCC flood business entity and related searches
• Orders title work and appraisals
• Requests and verifies local state and third party required documentation
• Determines third party loan program eligibility per government requirements
• Prepares closing documentation and performs post-closing loan responsibilities

Other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the organization.

* Essential Functions for this position consist of all items listed under any category that make up 5% or more of the job duties. This job description is subject to change without notice.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in business agriculture accounting or a related field
• 5 years of experience in loan processing and/or closing
• Valid Missouri drivers license
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Skill in using Microsoft technologies including e mail word and spreadsheet processing
• Skill in performing a variety of duties often changing from one task to another of a different nature
• Working knowledge of Farm Credit System
• Working knowledge of agricultural industry
• Oral and written communication skills sufficient to exchange information effectively with peers subordinates supervisor and customers
• Skill in setting priorities to reflect the importance of job responsibilities
• Skill in managing coaching motivating and developing a team
• Expert customer service skills including the ability to communicate complicated information deliver bad news effectively and exceed customer expectations
• Responsible to appropriately protect the confidentiality security and integrity of the Associations systems and data and clients data

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religious creed national origin physical or mental disability protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process please contact us by email at and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.

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Required Experience:

Manager