VP Commercial Lending at WEOKIE Federal Credit Union

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

11 Aug, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

13 May, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Commercial Lending, Portfolio Management, Credit Risk Management, Strategic Leadership, Underwriting, Relationship Development, Regulatory Compliance, Business Planning, Executive Leadership, Financial Analysis, Vendor Management, Staff Coaching

Industry

Financial Services

Description

POSITION DESCRIPTION TITLE: VP OF COMMERCIAL LENDING REVISED: 05/05/2026 The Vice President of Commercial Lending is responsible for the strategic leadership, growth, administration, and overall performance of WEOKIE’s commercial lending division. This role oversees commercial lending production, portfolio management, credit quality, and operational effectiveness while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and sound risk management practices. The VP of Commercial Lending serves as a strategic partner to executive leadership in balancing loan growth, credit quality, concentration risk, liquidity considerations, and long-term organizational objectives. The position promotes a culture of prudent underwriting, disciplined portfolio management, strong member relationships, and collaborative leadership while supporting WEOKIE’s mission and cooperative values. 1. THE VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMERCIAL LENDING: 1. Directs and oversees all aspects of WEOKIE’s commercial lending activities, including relationship development, loan production, portfolio administration, and operational performance. 2. Develops and executes commercial lending strategies, business plans, and growth initiatives aligned with organizational goals, risk appetite, and profitability objectives. Oversee the development and enhancement of commercial lending products, processes, service delivery standards, and operational efficiencies. 3. Promotes a culture of prudent underwriting, sound credit administration, and disciplined portfolio management consistent with regulatory expectations and safe and sound lending practices. 500. Oversees commercial loan portfolio quality, including concentration management, delinquency trends, criticized/classified assets, covenant monitoring, and ongoing credit risk reporting. Participates in and/or leads commercial loan committee activities, ensuring credit decisions align with policy, regulatory expectations, and WEOKIE’s long-term strategic objectives. 501. Ensures commercial lending maintains a strong market reputation, extends the reach of WEOKIE'S brand, produces a solid financial return for the cooperative and effectively serving community-based organizations. 502. Identifies opportunities for process improvement, technology enhancements, and operational scalability to support sustainable growth and member experience. Identifies and oversees the management and integration of third-party vendors to provide a strong service delivery to organizational owners and ensures vendor contractual commitments are met. 503. Recruits, develops, coaches, and evaluates commercial lending staff while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and professional growth. Page Break 1. WEOKIE'S mission and vision are achieved in a manner that serves credit union stakeholders (members, employees, and organization). 2. Creates a positive and collaborative work environment that encourages employee development, accountability, trust, and continuous improvement. 3. Demonstrates composure, professionalism, and sound judgment during periods of change, growth, and organizational challenges. 4. Key strategic and operation plans, priorities, projects, and goals are executed in a professional, timely, efficient, and productive manner. 5. Assigned business units are performing at a high level, meeting financial targets, operating efficiently and reliability in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Deficiencies are quickly identified, evaluated and corrected. 6. Members and employees receive consistently superior service experience from Commercial Lending. 7. Employees within the chain of command work in a positive environment that encourages individual growth and success. 1. SPECIALIZED OR TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS: 1. The VP of Commercial Lending must possess substantial experience and competence in a wide variety of areas which may affect a financial services organization of greater than $1 billion assets. 2. A bachelor’s degree in business administration or a related field is required (Masters preferred). Page Break 3. Five years’ experience in executive leadership is preferred and is helpful if this experience is in retail financial services, including experience managing and leading high-level supervisors. 4. At least seven years’ experience in commercial financial services. 5. Entrepreneurial talent to create, develop, and execute on new ventures and other opportunities is required. 6. Outstanding communication skills, including written, verbal, and listening skills are required. 2. Behavioral Competencies: Behavioral competencies are the skills and personal characteristics that an individual should possess in order to be successful in this position. 1. Core Competencies: Core competencies are consistent for all positions across the organization and are aligned with WEOKIE’s core values. 1. Member Focus (internal and external): Builds member confidence, is committed to increasing member satisfaction, sets achievable member expectations, assumes responsibility for solving member problems, ensures commitments to members are met, solicits opinions and ideas from members, responds to internal members. 2. Dependability: Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure, and meets attendance/punctuality requirements. 3. Integrity/Ethics: Deals with others in a straightforward and honest manner, is accountable for actions, maintains confidentiality, supports company values, conveys good news and bad. 2. Job Specific Competencies: The position requires a well‐rounded and level‐headed individual who is able to maintain composure in a variety of situations. The following stand out among a long list of behavioral competencies for this position: 1. Managing Vision and Purpose: Communicates a compelling and inspired vision of core purpose; talks beyond today; talks about possibilities, is optimistic, creates mileposts and symbols to rally support behind the vision; makes the vision shareable by everyone; can inspire and motivate entire units or organizations. 2. Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly, can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans. 3. Oriented Towards Serving Others: Is predisposed to servant leadership and excited towards improving conditions for others. 4. Command Skills: Relishes leading; takes unpopular stands if necessary; encourages direct and tough debate but isn't afraid to end it and move on; is looked to for direction in a crisis; faces adversity head on; energized by tough challenges. 5. Intellectual Horsepower: Is bright and intelligent; deals with concepts and complexity comfortably; described as intellectually sharp, capable, and agile. 6. Innovation Management: Is good at bringing the creative ideas of others to market; has good judgement about which creative ideas and suggestions will work; has a sense about Page Break managing the creative process of others; can facilitate effective brainstorming; can project how potential ideas may play out in the marketplace. 7. Composure: Is cool under pressure; does not become defensive or irritated when times are tough; is considered mature; can be counted on to hold things together during tough times; can handle stress; is not knocked off balance by the unexpected; doesn't show frustration when resisted or blocked; is a settling influence in a crisis. 8. Political Savvy: Can maneuver through complex political situations effectively and quietly; is sensitive to how people and organization’s function; anticipates where the land mines are and plans his/her approach accordingly; views corporate politics as a necessary part of organizational life and works to adjust to that reality. 100. Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 500. Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER WEOKIE does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of Protected Status, marital status, political belief or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal and/or state law. Bona fide occupational qualifications will be applied impartially. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all our members, our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.

Responsibilities

The VP of Commercial Lending provides strategic leadership for the commercial lending division, overseeing loan production, portfolio quality, and operational effectiveness. The role focuses on balancing loan growth with risk management while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies.