Chief Lending Officer
Company: Oweesta Corporation
Location: Longmont, CO
Job Function: Lending/Loan Operations
Background
Who We Are
Oweesta is the longest-standing Native CDFI intermediary offering financial products and development services exclusively to Native CDFIs and Native communities.
Specifically, Oweesta provides training, technical assistance, investments, research, and policy advocacy to help Native communities develop an integrated range of asset-building products and services, including financial education and financial products.
Asset-building tools stimulate reservation economies by providing tribal members the opportunity to acquire financial management skills and build and accumulate assets through small business creation, homeownership, education, and much more.
What We Do
Oweesta provides training, technical assistance, investments, research and policy, and advocacy to help Native Communities develop an integrated range of asset-building products and services, including financial education and financial products.
Programs & Services
Training: Tribes throughout North America, Alaska, and Hawaii have been practicing resource management skills for generations, ensuring the survival of our people. Oweesta’s training seeks to connect people’s ancestral experience with acquiring new skills in financial management, budgeting, credit building, etc.
Lending & Capitalization: Oweesta Corporation understands how crucial investment capital is to a Native community development financial institution; therefore, investing in the communities we serve is a priority. We make every effort to provide loans to qualifying organizations, enabling them to reinvest the capital into their communities or use it as leverage to attract other capital.
Technical Assistance: Creating Native community development financial institutions is becoming an increasingly popular way for Native people to build stronger, more self-sufficient communities and nations. Oweesta Corporation’s training and technical assistance department offers expert training and customized follow-up assistance to not only help Native communities assess the demand for starting a Native community development financial institution but also take them, step-by-step, through the process of establishing one of these proven and innovative financial institutions.
Research & Publications: Oweesta Corporation serves as a voice for Native communities to help inform policy that supports Native community development. By speaking out on relevant issues, we can affect change at the state and federal levels to further our efforts and the efforts of our clients to create healthy, thriving local economies. We encourage Native communities to join us in our advocacy work. It is within unity that we will find strength in our collective voices.
Summary
The Chief Lending Officer (CLO) is the newest member of the Executive Team and will participate in strategic and organizational planning to meet mission and impact goals. The CLO will lead the Lending Team and is responsible for continued process improvements to support ongoing scale and new product development in response to continued market needs. The Lending Team underwrites, negotiates, and coordinates the closing of loans and comprises a Director of Lending, who will report to the CLO, and the Lending Officers and Associates who report to the Director of Lending. All OC teams work collaboratively, and as such, the Lending Team works closely with other teams, including Finance (Accounting, Operations, Portfolio Management), Programs (Technical Assistance and Training), and Capitalization (Communications, Development, and Investments).
Responsibilities
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Requirements
BS/BA required. A bachelor’s degree in finance, business, or a related field is preferred.
Compensation and Benefits
OWEESTA offers a competitive base salary as well as excellent benefits and perks, including but not limited to:
- Health
- Dental
- Life, Short, and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- 403(b) Retirement Plan
- Generous Paid Time Off Program
How to Apply
Please email your resume to johanna@broadviewtalent.com