As the Agri Lending Manager, you will be responsible for leading a team of Agri Lending Specialists. You will partner with leaders to develop solutions that will enhance team capacity, effectiveness, and capability. Driving consistency in relation to credit risk appetite, credit process and decisioning.

What you will do:

Leading, coaching and managing the work activities, priorities, and outcomes of your team

Ensuring we are putting our customers first and achieving first time right principles

Providing technical advice, guidance, support and mentoring across your team

Building the capability of your team through coaching, providing performance feedback, managing conflicts, and encouraging career development

Exercising operational and credit designated lending authorities (reporting to the Credit & Risk EM) as per the RIC’s Farm Loans Delegation framework

Responsible for providing leadership in implementing and promoting a climate of change and continuous improvement in addition to identifying, evaluating, and managing risk in the delivery of outcomes

Responsible for maintaining awareness of current developments in the field of work, anticipating their impact on the work area, and responding appropriately to mitigate risk

Participate in the resolution of escalated issues and complaints – leveraging your expert industry knowledge

Other duties as required

You’ll be proud of:

Working for an organisation that helps to build a stronger Australia through thriving regions

Joining a workplace that is bold and acts with purpose, is down to earth, and embraces difference and acts as one.

Contributing towards improved capabilities that meet the emerging needs of the business

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Is this job for you:

Located in Orange, NSW with flexible work options considered

Generous employment conditions such as paid Christmas shutdown leave, salary sacrifice options, health & fitness reimbursement and more!

Salary range $128,876 to $151,619 per annum + superannuation

About you:

To be successful in this role, you are required to have the essential attributes of a recognised leader:

Demonstrated contemporary people leadership skills including an ability to engage, motivate, develop and lead a high-performing team

The capabilities to coach your team to achieve KPI’s

Self-driven, with an ability to set goals, achieve results and meet deadlines within a fast-paced environment

Strong business management skills including the ability to monitor budgetary resources, develop appropriate controls, monitor achievement against plans and adjust plans to meet changing demands

The skills to consistently demonstrate a high degree of persuasion and advocacy and the ability to resolve tensions and difficulties

Ability to provide clear instructions, advice, and guidance to team members

Ability to exercise sound judgement to make decisions within defined parameters and assigned lending delegation, governed by the application of rules, regulations, best-practice principles or the RIC’s operating instructions and procedures

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Proven ability to effectively liaise with internal and external stakeholders

Strong analytical capabilities

Ability to collaborate effectively across wider RIC teams to deliver client outcomes

High level of computer literacy with the ability to navigate through multiple software platforms

To deliver a first-class customer experience, you will have:

Demonstrated experience in coaching a team to high performance

Demonstrated results in consistently achieving high engagement scores for their team

Experience in complex financial analysis and credit standards within the Commercial and Agri banking sector

Ideally you will have demonstrated experience in lending and settlement processes, and a strong understanding of credit risk

Previous agribusiness banking experience or working within a related regional Australian business

Customer relationship management experience

Previous distressed lending experience would be highly regarded

Relevant qualifications in finance, banking, accounting or economics would be highly regarded.

How to apply:

Apply by submitting a current resume/CV

Attach a statement of no more than 750 words aligning your skills and experience to the job and the capabilities required to perform it

Applications close Friday, 26 June 2026, 11pm