Associate Live Oak Express Lending Officer

About Us

How This Role Impacts Live Oak and its People

The Associate Live Oak Express Lending Officer will be an integral team member serving the needs of clients. This role will be central and responsible in supporting all end-to-end activities of the business to include sales and growth strategies business development and prospecting client deepening activities risk management underwriting operations servicing and portfolio management.

Additionally this role will have keen focus on safety and soundness and risk governance. Lastly this position will serve as a key team member for strategic efforts related to the lending platform buildout and ongoing evolution that will support Live Oak Express and the entire bank.

What Youll Do at Live Oak

• Support the Director Live Oak Express in the development and execution of tactical initiatives that drive the intermediate and longer-term strategic objectives of the business

• Assist in the development and execution of sales and growth projects and strategies related to business development production pipeline management verticalization and cross-sell and client relationship deepening efforts

• Assess loan applications for completeness; decisions loan applications in a timely manner within delegated lending authority while adhering to bank policy risk appetite and regulatory guidelines

• Supports all voice of the client activities; surface and summarize key client feedback themes; works with team to develop action plans to address opportunities and/or mitigate risks with consensus from stakeholders; helps in the execution of action plans to meet desired outcomes

• Serves as a valued teammate related to the buildout and ongoing management of a cloud native API enabled digital end-to-end lending platform with a best-in-class risk framework that will underpin Live Oak Express as well as the future state of credit decisioning for the entire bank (e.g. digital application and loan documents underwriting workflows credit decision engine & automation product expansion risk-based pricing)

• Participate and contribute to the ongoing credit portfolio management credit policy and financial performance activities that influence risk management policy and profitability

• Assist in developing and ongoing management of acquisition and client deepening campaigns across new /existing Live Oak Express businesses verticals products and features

• Assess and decision high quality loans meeting bank policy in a high volume data-driven lending business

• Service new and existing clients related to loan applications onboarding and issue resolution

• Support risk governance activities of the business (e.g. steerco risk committee portfolio management)

• Provide support to other teams to include credit administration risk management embedded banking marketing BAG product technology PMO compliance legal and other cross-functional teams

• Meets regularly with Live Oak Express Leadership to discuss business performance industry trends emerging risks and opportunities

• Maintain a high standard of regulatory awareness including BSA AML CIP and OFAC

• Other duties as assigned

Required Experience

• Bachelors degree in business economics computer science or mathematics or equivalent experience

• 1 - 3 years of proven banking experience across multiple financial services functions including lending underwriting credit servicing strategy and/or product covering both SBA and conventional loans lines of credit cards and/or payments for business and/or consumer lending businesses

• Knowledge of business credit underwriting and loan structures that mitigate risks; strong conceptual understanding of risk /reward pricing and fee structures

• Fundamental knowledge of the SMB market drivers competitors and products

• Understanding of Live Oak Bank organizational vision strategy operations and culture

• Effective verbal and written communication skills; ability to tailor communications to a broad spectrum of audiences and cross-functional teams

• Strong conceptual ability: able to solve complex problems with simple easy to explain solutions

• Time spent in a fast paced technology driven result oriented often ambiguously defined arena with shifting priorities and timelines

Preferred Experience

• Proficiency in data analysis forecasting and budgeting

• Intellectually curious

• Excellent written and verbal communication.

• Strong work ethic self-motivated get it done attitude.

Our Values

• Dedication:Possess a deep commitment to Live Oak Banks mission and core values exemplified through a strong work ethic adaptability and pride in your work.

• Ownership:Take initiative to deliver positive results by proactively and creatively solving problems while maintaining a high degree of quality.

• Respect:Treat everyone with courtesy politeness and kindness.

• Innovation:Embrace fresh ideas and fearlessly contribute new solutions to emerging or existing problems.

• Teamwork: Foster collaboration accountability and trust with others and understand that together we do more

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Please note that we provide at least the minimum requirement of paid sick leave to our employees who reside in states that require employer-paid sick leave including but not limited to Arizona California Colorado District of Columbia Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Rhode Island Vermont and Washington.