Associate Director - Ag Real Estate Loan Officer

Role Value Proposition: 

MetLife Investment Management (MIM) is one of the largest institutional investors and asset managers in the world, with over $669 billion in combined managed assets, and has consistently generated superior returns for both policyholders and shareholders. The enterprise has more than 900 dedicated professionals with extensive experience and expertise across public and private fixed income and private assets, including real estate.  Visit us at  to learn more.

MetLife’s Agricultural Investments group is seeking an exceptional and experienced Agricultural Real Estate Loan Officer. This individual will help to originate loans and service an existing loan portfolio primarily in Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties of California.  This Agricultural Real Estate Loan Officer position will be part of a team responsible for the origination and servicing of agricultural real estate loans in California.  

Key Responsibilities: 

• Loan origination.
• Credit analysis & underwriting.
• Real estate appraisal & property inspections.
• Loan servicing/reporting/portfolio management.
• Relationship management/marketing.

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills

Required:

• 10+ years of experience with credit analysis and credit decision.
• 10+ years relevant experience with a proven track record of underwriting successful agricultural debt deals.
• Strong credit and analytical skills, superior knowledge of lending principles, credit procedures, collateral, and credit. 
• Proficiency in Word and Excel-based applications.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong relationship management skill set.
• Strong financial, accounting and credit analysis skills.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or Banking as well as any other related field of expertise; MBA or master’s degree.
• Extensive agricultural lending experience, ideally including experience in core regional crops (e.g., nut crops, row & vegetable crops, dairy, livestock, wine & table grapes, citrus, and various other specialty crops).
• Farm real estate appraisal knowledge.

Travel

Negligible

Business Category

Investments

Number of Openings

1

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