Assistant General Counsel - Ag Lending

Job Description

Job Description

Empowered to live. Inspired to work.
Compeer Financial is a member-owned cooperative located in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. We bring together team members with a variety of backgrounds and experiences to help provide financial services to support agriculture and rural communities. Join us in a culture that not only promotes meaningful work and professional development, but provides a flexible, hybrid work environment and excellent benefits, which empower you to thrive both personally and professionally.

How we support you:

• Hybrid model – up to 50% work from home
• Flexible schedules including ample flexibility in the summer months
• Up to 9% towards 401k (3% fixed Compeer contribution plus up to 6% match)
• Benefits: medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, life & AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness program & EAP
• Vacation, sick leave, holidays/floating holidays, parental leave, and volunteer paid time off
• Learning and development programs
• Mentorship programs
• Cross-functional committee opportunities (i.e. Inclusion Council, emerging professional groups, etc.)
• Professional membership/certification reimbursement and more!

Casual/seasonal & intern team members are not eligible for benefits except for state-mandated programs.

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Where you will work: This position offers a hybrid work option up to 50% and is open to any Compeer office location in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The contributions you will make: Serve as a strategic advisor to executives and business leaders across Compeer Financial, providing guidance on complex legal, regulatory, and business matters with enterprise-wide impact. You will lead high-value legal work supporting agricultural finance, commercial lending, syndicated transactions, and related financial services, helping drive business growth while managing legal and regulatory risk. This role offers the opportunity to influence key business decisions, partner directly with organizational leaders, and work on unique and complex matters at the intersection of agriculture, finance, and commercial law.

Come join our growing legal and compliance team and help shape the future of agriculture and rural finance.

A typical day:  

• Serve as a strategic legal advisor to executives and business leaders on complex legal, regulatory, and business matters.

• Negotiate, draft, and interpret complex contracts and other legal documents concerning loans, leases, insurance, and related matters.

• Manage the organization's template lending and other contractual documents.

• Provide primary legal support for the organization's agricultural lending teams, including collateral matters, legal interpretation, loan structure, borrower eligibility, and servicing actions.

• Provide legal support and regulatory guidance for related financial services, including insurance, tax, accounting, appraisal, and consulting.

• Support the organization's commercial markets and syndicated lending portfolio, advising on complex transactions and legal risk.

• Monitor and advise on evolving laws, regulations, and industry developments affecting the financial services and agricultural lending industries.

  The skills and experience needed to be successful:  

• Bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Licensed to practice law in Minnesota, Wisconsin, or Illinois.
• Advanced level experience drafting, reviewing, and advising on loan and lease documentation.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws and regulations affecting legal and compliance matters within the financial services industry.
• Knowledge of agricultural and commercial lending, real estate, bankruptcy, contract, equipment leasing, and corporate law.
• Demonstrated ability to provide practical legal counsel while balancing business objectives and legal risk.
• Knowledge and experience advising financial services businesses in areas such as tax, accounting, insurance, and related services, strongly preferred.
• Experience managing and maintaining lending and legal forms in a large-scale environment, preferred.
• Experience with agricultural finance, the Farm Credit System, or another regulated financial institution, preferred.

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How we will take care of you:

Our job titles may span more than one career level (associate, senior, principal, etc.). The actual title and base pay offered is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role is eligible for variable compensation and other benefits.

Base Pay

$133,000—$202,500 USD

Compeer Financial is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Compeer is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

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