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Vice President of Commercial Credit

Notre Dame Federal Credit Union
Mishawaka, IN Full Time
POSTED ON 5/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/4/2026
Brief Description

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

The Vice President of Commercial Credit is responsible for the success of the Credit Union’s Commercial Underwriting Team. The position manages the daily workflow of Commercial Credit Analysts, coordinates with Commercial Loan Officers on loan requests, trains staff, ensures in-depth analysis and appropriate underwriting of complex transactions, reviews risk rating accuracy, commercial credit policy development and compliance, and has approval authority of commercial credit requests.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position must effectively carry-out the essential duties in a manner that consistently demonstrates the core values of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union in a positive manner. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The duties identified below are the essential functions of the position and other duties may be assigned.

  • Reviews commercial loans procedures on a routine basis; recommends any necessary updates or revisions.
  • Oversees commercial lending process, ensuring that loan packages are properly filed with appropriate signatures, disclosures, credit authority, and supporting documentation.
  • Reviews loan packages that include long-term credit provisions to ensure that adequate safeguards are included.
  • Prepares commercial lending reports to submit to management.
  • Participates in special projects and assignments and performs other duties as assigned.
  • Monitors upcoming loan maturities, files reviews, construction projects, and financial statement gathering.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

  • An individual must have a Bachelor’s degree.
  • An MBA or professional designation preferred.
  • Have a minimum of ten (10) years of banking experience in commercial lending.
  • Lending and sales experience a plus.
  • Prior management experience a plus.

SKILLS and ABILITIES:

  • Understand general accounting principles and concepts.
  • Spreading and analyzing historical, budget and projected financials.
  • Identifying borrower credit, industry and market risks.
  • Identifying and analyzing sources of repayment and collateral.
  • Preparing sensitivity analysis and financial covenant models.
  • Monitoring and verifying customer borrowing base reports.
  • Reviewing standard loan documentation components.
  • Strong and effective communication skills, both oral and written.
  • Strong analytic and critical thinking skills.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Proficient computer skills.
  • Ability to handle multiple projects and meet deadlines.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Directly supervises commercial credit analysts. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training partners; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining partners; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. This position will require the knowledge to effectively process commercial loan applications, establishes and maintains internal controls, maintains security controls, controls loan quality, and analyzes loan products to attain the lending goals and objectives of the Credit Union. A professional appearance and attitude as well as the ability to communicate, coach, counsel, and motivate the staff to accomplish goals is necessary.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a partner to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the partner is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk and hear. The partner frequently is required to walk and sit. The partner is occasionally required to stand, reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The partner must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.

MENTAL DEMANDS:

The partner is frequently required to use alertness, precision, resourcefulness, problem solving, numeric, persuasiveness, auditory perception, memory, creativity, concentration, judgment, writing ability, reading ability, reasoning, imagination, initiative, patience, visual perception, comparing and analyzing.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE & CONFIDENTIALITY:

Follows regulatory and policy compliance requirements, which would include those efforts in compliance with Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Regulations, and other compliance related Policies. Also, this position requires maintaining confidentiality with regard to non-public information about our members and Notre Dame Federal Credit Union.

Summary

Notre Dame Federal Credit Union humbly began in 1941 as a conversation between two professors from the University of Notre Dame. Now, over 75 years later, we have grown into a national, award-winning financial institution serving over 56,000 members worldwide. We consider our partners (employees) to be one of our greatest assets to this success. We strive to make great things happen for our members and partners by changing one life every day. If you share that same passion for making an impact on someone’s life, you should apply to join the Notre Dame FCU family.

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