Intern Ag Lending

The role

The intern will assist a Financial Officer in providing agricultural and financial services to clients. This role involves building client relationships, marketing services, and learning loan and service products.

What you will do

• Building relationships and networking with clients, prospects, and agribusinesses
• Learning and providing outstanding service
• Learning how to plan a call and pre-screening a prospect
• Ride along on crop insurance appointments and with a Consumer Lending Specialist
• Understanding the importance of cross selling
• Making a new loan and completion of renewals
• Learning about loan and service products and how to analyze new loans
• Gaining an understanding of the 5 C’s of credit

Required qualifications

• Working towards completing a bachelor’s degree, with at least two years completed, in Agricultural Economics, Ag Business or equivalent Ag or Business related degree
• Solid organizational, communication, problem solving, analytical and influencing skills
• Demonstrate effective team skills
• The understanding and ability to use various computer, both business and financial, applications

Nice to have

• Knowledge of farm production methods and products and a general understanding of farm business management and finance

Benefits

• Business related transportation and expenses will be paid by the organization

Before you apply

• Intern must provide their own housing and transportation
• Must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States
• Compeer is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time
• CPT & Pre-Opt candidates invited to apply

About the company

Compeer Financial is a member-owned cooperative located in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. They provide financial services to support agriculture and rural communities.