Angott Search Group is partnering with a $480M Michigan credit union in the search for an Assistant Vice President of Lending.
This leadership role oversees consumer and real estate lending, focusing on loan production, underwriting, portfolio performance, compliance, and team development. The AVP will support responsible loan growth, operational efficiency, and an exceptional member experience.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee consumer, real estate, business, credit card, and indirect lending.
- Monitor loan production, approval rates, turnaround times, and department performance.
- Develop and maintain lending policies, procedures, and underwriting guidelines.
- Review loan decisions and underwriting quality to mitigate risk.
- Oversee lending systems, processing, automation, and operational improvements.
- Monitor portfolio quality, delinquencies, charge-offs, and participation loans.
- Review business loan performance, covenants, risk ratings, and problem credits.
- Lead, coach, and develop lending staff and oversee training.
- Analyze lending reports and recommend performance improvements.
- Manage indirect lending operations and dealer relationships.
- Partner with auditors and examiners to ensure compliance.
- Support loan product development, pricing, budgeting, and growth initiatives.
- Assist with complex loan negotiations and problem loan resolution.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, and member service.
- Build community and industry relationships to support new business.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in work experience.
- Five or more years of increasingly responsible experience in a lending position within a financial institution.
- In addition to consumer lending experience, strong knowledge of indirect lending and real estate lending is required.
- Well-developed reasoning and problem-solving skills, strong decision-making aptitude, and the ability to prioritize and make on-the-spot, quality decisions; weighing member satisfaction with the Credit Union’s exposure to loss or fraud and taking ownership of those decisions.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- Five or more years of increasingly responsible lending experience within a financial institution
- Consumer lending experience
- Strong knowledge of indirect lending
- Strong knowledge of real estate lending
- Reasoning and problem-solving skills
- Strong decision-making aptitude
- Ability to prioritize and make quality decisions under pressure
What We Do
Angott Search Group is a national, full-service executive search and recruiting firm that connects organizations with executives, managers, and other high-impact leaders. It supports boards, CEOs, and executive teams with leadership hiring, succession planning, talent assessment, and confidential replacements. Its sector expertise spans banking, credit unions, automotive, manufacturing, legal, energy, information technology, and professional services, with nationwide direct-hire placement for client organizations.
