Customer Service Representative - AgCountry Farm Credit Services : Job Details

Closing Date: 9/27/2024 7pm CTPrimary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Greets and welcomes customers, office visitors, and callers to AgCountry. Ascertains their needs, assists them, and/or directs them to the appropriate resource for assistance. Responsibilities may include opening/closing the office, answering the telephone, maintaining the reception area, ordering, and inventorying supplies, processing office mail, etc.
• Establishes and maintains open communication with customers to identify their needs and expectations, in addition to maintaining positive customer relationships. Represents AgCountry as a provider of a broad range of financial services and refers customers to appropriate team members for follow-up.
• Inputs and updates new prospect and customer information into AgCountry's Customer Relationship Management System (CRM). Coordinates with loan officer to advance prospects through sales cycle from lead to opportunity to close.
• Enters loan information into the deal proposal, scores loan in Enterprise Decision Engine (EDE), and submits scored loan for approval, upon loan officer or leader request. After EDE scoring, determines if exposure requires manual adjustments for internal refinance or if special programs apply. Works with loan and/or credit officer on loan disposition and further processing needs.
• Processes loan applications and renewals. Assists credit and loan officers to ensure all loan documentation is requested, gathered, entered, and verified prior to loan closing.
• Issues loan receipts and disbursements. Maintains accurate, up-to-date loan files. Inputs and monitors the fee tracking process, reports, and other customer information.
• For PCA loans, consults with loan officer to determine closing type & location and coordinates schedules (Internal/Title Agency/Attorney) to ensure all parties are informed and available. Coordinates with the loan documentation department to obtain completed documents for closing. In the absence of the loan officer, may execute loan closing in the branch office.
• Assists the financial services department by providing life insurance referrals for loan accounts and processing MPCI and hail insurance applications, as needed.
• Provides administrative support, as requested, to enhance efficient branch operations.

Required Qualifications:

• Associate degree (AA) in administration, business, or other field; or equivalent work-related experience
• 2 to 4 years of administrative experience in a lending environment
• Knowledge of farm operations, the agriculture industry, accounting principles and practices, and credit processing
• Knowledge of AgCountry loan products, services, credit operations, loan origination and loan accounting systems.
• Customer service skills with emphasis on providing timely, friendly, and thorough service.
• Verbal, listening, and written communication skills effectively work with customers and co-workers.
• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Computer skills in operating computer technology and a wide variety of software, including word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.
• Willingness to embrace and adopt new technology and process changes.

About Us AgCountry Farm Credit Services (AgCountry), Farm Credit Servicesof America (FCSAmerica), and Frontier Farm Credit are financial cooperativesoperating under joint management. While each Association is owned by its localfarmers and ranchers, the cooperatives pool their resources, experience, andtalent to deliver affordable credit, crop insurance services, and financialservices. AgCountry serves portions of North Dakota, Minnesota, andWisconsin, FCSAmerica serves rural communities and agriculture in Iowa, Nebraska,South Dakota, and Wyoming, and Frontier Farm Credit serves eastern Kansas. Together,we serve nearly 82,000 producers andagribusinesses, meeting the needs of today's agricultural industry with ourcombined 2600+ employees providing lending, risk management, business services,technology, commodity marketing, and customer and employee education. We have employment opportunities across our combined eight states. AgCountry isheadquartered in Fargo, ND and has 45 local offices; FCSAmerica isheadquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, and has 48 local offices; and Frontier FarmCredit is headquartered in Manhattan, KS and has six local offices.