Careers
Headquartered in Jefferson City, Missouri, FCS Financial is part of the nationwide Farm Credit System. This means we are a member of the largest agricultural lending cooperative in the United States today. At FCS Financial we seek individuals who share our passion for agriculture, rural living and helping people achieve their goals and dreams.
FCS Financial is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Open Positions
Office location: Jefferson City, Missouri
This position is open until filled.
This position is classified as Exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Department: Legal Services
Reports To: General Counsel
Supervises: Loan Services and Loan Finaling Department
Minimum Qualifications
- J.D. in Law with experience in agriculture, business, or a related area
- 6 years of real estate loan law or loan related experience
- Expert knowledge of laws , regulations and issues related to ownership and transfer of, and security interests in real estate and mortgage lending, including related documentation and closing processes
- Significant knowledge of state and federal laws and regulations including consumer credit/reporting (including TRID, TIL, ECOA, FCRA, etc.), Uniform Commercial Code and statutory liens affecting real and personal property
- Skill in leading and supervising staff of loan services specialists
- Skill in focusing and concentrating on details
- Skill in interacting diplomatically with internal and external customers of various backgrounds in a high volume setting
- Oral and written communication skills sufficient to discuss a variety of job-related topics, and to effectively communicate complex topics to a variety of audiences
- Skill in setting priorities to reflect the importance of job responsibilities
- Skill in developing, implementing and maintaining quality control measures
- Skill in utilizing Microsoft Office to increase efficiency and effectiveness
- Responsible to appropriately protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the Association's systems and data and clients' data
Take the next step in your career and act on this opportunity to join the quality team of a major agricultural lending institution! FCS Financial is seeking an independent, conscientious and detail-oriented individual. This Certified General Appraiser researches, analyzes, values, completes, and communicates agricultural appraisals used as a basis for lending decisions. The individual's primary job duties would include: Market Data Analysis, Appraisal Services, and Inspections.
Certified General Real Estate license is required for this role.
This position is open until filled.
Potential office locations for this position in Missouri include Columbia, O'Fallon, and Union.
This position is classified as Exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Department: Risk Management
Reports To: Vice President, Team Leader, Appraisal and Collateral Risk Management
Supervises: None
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Agriculture Management, Agriculture Business, Business Administration, Real Estate, Economics or a related field
- 5 years of related experience
- Certified General Real Estate Appraisal license is required.
- 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
- Oral and written communication skills, sufficient to exchange information effectively with peers and supervisor
- Knowledge of customer service principles and practices
- Skill in establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with co-workers
- Skill in understanding and applying appraisal concepts and standards
- Skill in reading and plotting property boundaries based on legal descriptions
- General knowledge of building and construction techniques and materials
- Skill in maintaining confidential information
- Skill in prioritizing assignments to complete work in a timely manner
- Responsible to appropriately protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the Association's systems and data and clients' data
This position is open until filled.
This position is classified as Exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Department: Finance
Reports to: Chief Financial Officer
Supervises: Director, Financial Accounting Operations; Assistant Director, Financial Accounting Operations; Accounts Payable Specialist
Required Knowledge and Skills
- Expert knowledge of accounting practices and methods
- Expert knowledge of accounting software applications
- Expert knowledge of internal controls practices
- Expert knowledge utilizing Excel to increase efficiency and/or effectiveness
- High level skill in consistently meeting deadlines while managing multiple priorities
- Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and regulatory reporting requirements
- Working knowledge utilizing Hyperion for analysis of financial records
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including Word and PowerPoint
- Working knowledge of budgeting process
- Skill in managing, coaching, motivating and developing an accounting team
- Skill in communicating objectives and effectively delegating tasks
- Verbal and written communication skills, sufficient to exchange information and influence decisions and actions of subordinates, peers, supervisor and customers
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Expert customer service skills, including the ability to communicate complicated information, deliver bad news effectively, and exceed customer expectations
- Critical thinking skills in analyzing information to judge, compare, calculate, evaluate and critique such information as written materials, numerical data, responses to customer needs and/or other work related activities
- Skill in organizing material and information in a systematic way to optimize efficiency
- Skill in working as part of a team and collaborating with colleagues
Physical Requirements
- Positions in this class typically require: fingering, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions.
- Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and other sedentary criteria are met.
- The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer screen; and/or extensive reading.
FCS Financial and ALIANZAS Business Internship Program - (8-Week Internship)
We have partnered again this year with ALIANZAS to help us create an eight-week Business Internship Program for Latino/Latina college students. Below is a little more information about ALIANZAS:
ALIANZAS, a collaborative initiative of the University of Missouri Extension and the UMKC Institute for Human Development, is uniquely situated to facilitate the success of Latino/a interns participating in FCS Financial's summer internship program. ALIANZAS was established to enhance and support MU Extension's capacity to form alliances and best respond to the needs of Latino residents throughout the state of Missouri by promoting effective intercultural communication. Effective intercultural communication is also essential to the both the recruitment and support of Latino summer interns. Significantly, Latino/a communities are highly group-oriented, and the family is of central importance within individual decision-making. In order to effectively recruit and provide support for Latino/a summer interns, it is critical to gain the trust and confidence of each student's parents and extended family. ALIANZAS will not only help to build the necessary relationships, but can facilitate effective intercultural communication to ensure that the student has a successful internship experience.
Working with several mentors, interns learn the components of the agricultural lending business. Interns will work primarily in our Central Office in Jefferson City, Missouri, but will also spend time out in our retail offices with our Marketplace Staff. Interns will spend time with all departments within the organization. The last two weeks of the internship program will be tailored to the intern's major area of interest in the company.
Interns will learn the components of the lending process from taking the application all the way to the loan closing, and recording it in the company's books. Time will be spent with various departments such as: Human Resources, Compliance, Operations, Marketing, Accounting and Finance, Credit, Scorecard Lending, Information Technology, Sales and Support, Appraisal, and Risk Management.
This position is classified as Non-Exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Reports To: Vice President, Human Resources
Supervises: None
DEADLINE: This posting closes on January 31, 2020. Interviews for this opportunity will be held in mid to late February at our Central Office Location in Jefferson City, MO.
Internship Parameters:
Eligible interns must be:
- Latino/Latina
- Enrolled as an undergraduate (sophomore, junior or senior) or as a graduate student in a 4-year institution of higher education in Missouri
- Preference given to those first in their family to be enrolled in an institution of higher education
- Preference given to those majoring in business, finance, agriculture, HR, or a related field
- The number of Latino internships being offered is up to 2
- The internships will take place in the Summer of 2020 over a period of 8 weeks
- The location of the internship site will primarily be at FCS Financial Central Office in Jefferson City, Missouri
- Compensation for interns is $14.50 per hour
- FCS Financial will provide for reasonable housing and transportation costs and a per diem to cover the cost of food.
Take the next step in your career and act on this opportunity to join the quality team of a major agricultural lending institution! FCS Financial is seeking an independent, competitive, pro-active self-starter. This Vice President, Team Leader position manages their team of loan officers and their respective portfolios. This person must provide guidance, direction, and constructive feedback to successfully meet the goals established by the Association leadership. This is a fast-paced, challenging, and mobile environment.
This position is located in Northern Missouri with potential office locations in Higginsville, Macon, and Maryville.
This position is open until filled.
This position is classified as Exempt through the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Department: Marketplace Services
Reports To: Vice President, Traditional and Part-Time Farmers
Supervises: Loan Officers
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Business or a related field
- 5 years of experience as a loan officer or in a closely related field
- 3 years supervisory experience
- Or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job
Required Knowledge and Skills
- Expert knowledge of the sales process
- Expert knowledge of the agricultural industry
- Expert knowledge of negotiating tactics
- Expert knowledge of marketing strategies
- Expert knowledge of agricultural production and loan products
- General knowledge of credit underwriting and analysis
- Skill in reasoning persuasively to sell or promote FCS Financial's products and services
- Skill in negotiating agreements to achieve the best outcome for the organization
- Skill in establishing and maintaining relationships with a variety of internal and external organizations and individuals to advance the organization's interests and increase personal efficacy
- Skill in listening and conveying awareness of a customer's problem or issue to find resolution
- Oral and written communication skills sufficient to discuss a variety of job-related topics, and to effectively communicate complex topics to a variety of audiences
- Skill in using Microsoft technologies including e-mail, word and spreadsheet processing
- Skill in communicating objectives and delegating responsibility
- Responsible to appropriately protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the Association's 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 Human.Resources@myfcsfinancial.com 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 email address.
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