Senior Credit Manager (Bilingual)

Farm Credit Canada

$107K — $145K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business administration, economics, agriculture or related field, or equivalent experience
  • Minimum 8 years in commercial or agricultural lending
  • Extensive knowledge of Canadian agriculture and credit risk management practices
  • Expertise in assessing loan applications and analyzing financial statements
  • Proven ability to implement risk mitigation strategies for complex lending opportunities
  • Experience in coaching and mentoring lending specialists
  • Bilingual fluency in English and French, both written and verbal

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate and authorize complex agricultural and commercial lending proposals
  • Review source documents and financial information for credit decisions
  • Assess administrative requests like loan amendments and policy exceptions
  • Ensure compliance with enterprise credit risk policies and guidelines
  • Provide coaching and mentoring to lending staff
  • Collaborate with business partners to enhance credit quality
  • Support credit-related training initiatives

Benefits

  • Engagement in supporting Canada's agriculture and food industry
  • Opportunity to work in a collaborative and dynamic environment
  • Role involves significant responsibility influencing lending decisions
  • Potential for professional development through mentoring others
  • Contributes to maintaining a healthy loan portfolio
Full Job Description

Closing Date (MM/DD/YYYY):

08/14/2026

Worker Type:

Permanent

Language(s) Required:

Bilingual (English and French)

Term Duration (in months):

Salary Range (plus eligible to receive a performance based incentive, applicable to position) :

$107,780 - $145,820

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How you’ll make an impact

Leverage your expertise in agricultural and commercial lending, credit analysis and risk mitigation to evaluate and approve lending opportunities while supporting sound credit decisions.

 

As Senior Credit Manager, you’ll review and approve complex loan applications, assess risks, verify compliance with credit policies and provide advice on financing solutions. Your strong expertise in financial analysis and credit risk management will enable you to support lending decisions, review exceptions and recommend measures to help maintain a healthy loan portfolio.

 

Are you a collaborative, analytical and organized person who is skilled at coaching others? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment? Are you motivated by the opportunity to support Canada’s agriculture and food industry? If so, this role could be for you!

What you’ll do

  • Evaluate and authorize complex agricultural and commercial lending proposals that exceed established lending authorities.
  • Review source documents, financial information and loan recommendations to support credit decisions.
  • Assess administrative requests, including loan amendments, changes to security and policy exceptions.
  • Assess compliance with enterprise credit risk policies, procedures and guidelines.
  • Provide coaching, mentoring and technical guidance to lending staff and credit specialists.
  • Work with business partners, contribute to credit quality reviews and support credit-related training initiatives.

 

What you’ll bring to the team

 

Required qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business administration, economics, agriculture or a related field (or an equivalent combination of education and experience)
  • Minimum 8 years of experience in commercial or agricultural lending or both
  • Extensive knowledge of Canadian agriculture and credit risk management practices
  • Proven expertise in assessing loan applications and analyzing financial statements, working capital and cash flow
  • Proven ability to evaluate complex lending opportunities and implement risk mitigation strategies
  • Experience coaching, mentoring and providing technical guidance to loan specialists
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, organizational and decision-making skills
  • Strong bilingual (English and French) communication skills, both written and verbal, topresentinformation

 

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience delivering credit-related training and learning programs
  • Experience conducting credit quality reviews and monitoring lending trends is an asset
  • In-depth knowledge of FCC’s credit policies and procedures

 

Not sure you meet every requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway.

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