The selected candidate ensures that the business is profitable and relevant, and that it adds value to the franchises in both the region and globally. This involves setting the overall strategic direction and business plan and delivering on the four underlying value drivers (income, costs, impairments and capital), across Direct Lending in both the US and Canada, as well as input finance and relevant adjacent activities.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Helps create, communicate and implement the business strategy for North America ensure the efficient delivery against its objectives and the four value drivers

• Coordinates with management and direct reports to establish a budget, tactics against goals, performance assessment against goals and budget

• Establishes the direction for the North American Leadership Team

• Sets the tone with such team during the hiring, recruitment, and negotiation of new employees

• Establishes competitive employment practices consistently across all business units, including cash and perquisite compensation; goals and sound performance feedback capabilities; career development opportunities; training, that will result in high employee satisfaction levels and ultimately, the motivation of staff

• Works with Heads Of US & Canada to ensure profitable growth, risk management and capital efficiency of the business

• Manages the Leadership Team to ensure proper execution of five year strategy and Medium Term Plan

• Establishes a Risk Culture consistent with the expectations of the client and its regulators including collaboration with Risk to set the risk appetite for the business that reflects business strategy and the current economic environment as well as the bank’s global risk appetite

• Ensures that the appropriate policies and procedures are in place to ensure a controlled environment, including the use of internal and external audits to identify possible exposures, instituting routine operational risk assessments

• Must be familiar with and comply with laws, regulations and internal policies and procedures that are applicable to required job duties, in particular BSA/AML

• Works effectively with regional and global counterparts

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 15 years of proven experience

• Experience in agricultural lending (in US and/or Canada)

• Managing or managed a senior leadership team

• Streamlining processes and increasing profitability of an established enterprise

• Successful record of developing and implementing profitable business opportunities

• Leading cultural change and responding to defined business strategy

• Creating an environment around capital efficiency and portfolio optimization

• Credit and Risk Management experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent required; Master’s Degree preferred

• Ability to travel regionally and on occasion, globally. Travel is 50%+