National Manager-Commercial Lending

A unique green field opportunity has opened up in their Commercial lending team for an  experienced professional to join this long serving organisation as the National Lending  Manager, with the existing long-term Commercial Lending Manager stepping back to a part  time role as part of a succession plan. This role is key for this organisation to significantly  develop and grow this core business area. The organisation has a long and strong reputation  as a valued commercial partner that really understands the Church, schools and not-for profit sector nationally, as well as providing their clients nationally with exceptional service,  value and satisfaction while meeting their commercial finance needs.  

The commercial lending business is now embarking on a large, long term expansion plan nationally, including also the SME commercial lending sector via expanding its loan  origination and capital base to support this. This role would be considered key to the success  of scaling up this area of the broader business, and be responsible for building a larger  lending team to resource this in to the future. 

This role will be responsible for driving business development, developing broker  relationships and credit risk assessment processes. You will also be working with the CEO  and Board in securing increasing senior debt and capital, preparing quotations, developing submissions for approval, and also liaising with the client and other relevant parties to  transition to an unconditional loan offer, borrower acceptance, settlement and loan book  monitoring, management and reporting. 

The successful candidate will have a proven track record in commercial property lending  and/-or broking experience, have extensive exposure to providing commercial lending  solutions and credit risk assessments. You will possess strong analytical skills and attention  to detail, have a high level of internal motivation and drive to meet and exceed client  expectations, have excellent communication skills, be hands on and strongly aligned to the  core values and mission of this Church owned organisation. You will be tertiary qualified in a  related discipline and/or have a Certificate 4 in Finance and Mortgage Broking.  

You will ideally have strong alignment to the cause and purpose of the organisation, coupled  with a solid understanding of commercial lending in the commercial sector primarily, and  have the ability to extend this into the Church and not-for-profit sectors as well.

In return the company offers you a green field opportunity to join a growing and successful values-based organisation that is making a real difference in the community. The salary  package is designed to attract the right candidate for this position including a generous base  salary, super and benefits. There is also flexibile working arrangements whilst maintaining an  important presence in the office.