Director, Lease Operations

A career at CoBank can offer you the opportunity to make a personal impact on the people and communities where we do business. When you choose a career with CoBank, you make a difference by standing for something that matters. In order to be the best, we hire the best!

Remarkable Benefits Offered by CoBank

• Careers with a purpose. Stand for something!
• Time-Off Packages- over 15 days of vacation, 10 paid sick days and 11 paid holidays
• Competitive Compensation & Incentive
• Hybrid work model: flexible arrangements for most positions
• Benefits Packages, including Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance
• Robust associate training and development with CoBank University
• Tuition reimbursement for higher education up to $10K per year
• Outstanding 401k: up to 6% matching and additional 3% non-elective contribution
• Community Impact: United Way Angel Day, Volunteer Day and Associate Directed Contribution
• Associate Resource Groups: creating a culture of diversity and inclusion
• Recognize a fellow associate through our GEM awards

At CoBank, the Director, Lease Operations provides strategic leadership, management oversight, and technical guidance to the Lease Operations department.  Ensures the effective and efficient operation of all lease processing-related functions.  Provides strategic and tactical guidance, leadership, development and specialized expertise to all lease operations associates.  Responsible for task and initiative prioritization, resource and capacity management, team quality assurance, customer service, escalations, service level agreement adherence, and department projects as assigned.

Work Experience

• 15 years of experience in banking or financial services, ideally in commercial lending or leasing.
• 10 years of experience supervising direct reports, preferably in banking or financial services industry. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of the commercial loan and lease processes, and the ability to provide advice, interpret policies, and apply and adapt processes and procedures to meet customer needs.
• Advanced knowledge of operational systems and financial servicing activities.
• Strong knowledge of CoBank’s customers, products, financial business processes, and the Farm Credit System preferred.
• Demonstrated competence in identifying risk areas and proactively determining and applying appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Excellent business acumen, analytical problem solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to apply creative and innovative solutions and focus on results, while meeting the needs of the customer and the business.
• Knowledge of product management and implementation techniques, process reengineering, and change management.
• Ability to design and implement process improvements and best practices.
• Demonstrated management, leadership, mentoring and team-building skills.
• Proven experience managing, training, developing, and motivating associates, with the ability to instill accountability for efficiency, accuracy and customer satisfaction.
• Excellent customer service skills and strong customer focus, with the ability to effectively promote services and represent the division to internal and external customers.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to exercise influence cross-functionally, work collaboratively and build and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of associates and management across the bank, and with internal and external customers.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, as well as high attention to detail.
• Ability to manage and schedule workload and projects in order to navigate peaks, prioritize competing commitments, and complete assignments in accordance with established deadlines.
• Excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word and Excel) and applicable business software applications, including databases, queries and reporting

Compensation Information

• Estimated Base Salary Range: $127,320-177,038
• Short Term Incentive Bonus: 30%

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline required 

CoBank is a cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. The bank provides loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers in all 50 states. The bank also provides wholesale loans and other financial services to affiliated Farm Credit associations serving more than 76,000 farmers, ranchers and other rural borrowers in 23 states around the country. CoBank is a member of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of banks and retail lending associations chartered to support the borrowing needs of U.S. agriculture, rural infrastructure and rural communities. Headquartered outside Denver, Colorado, CoBank serves customers from regional banking centers across the U.S. and also maintains an international representative office in Singapore.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

CoBank is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.