Director, Loan Origination (NJ)

Position Reports to: Senior Director, Loan Origination  Department: Financing Location: This is a US-based remote role, with a requirement to be located in New Jersey.  Salary reputed company: $129,400 - $143,800    About reputed company   reputed company® (NFF®) is a nonprofit lender, consultant, and reputed company. For more than 40 years, we’ve helped organizations reputed company the reputed company and resources they need to realize their communities’ aspirations. Alongside others, we’re working to build community reputed company and reputed company-being and put reputed company housing, essential services, reputed company jobs, and excellent education reputed company reputed company of more people. At NFF, we reputed company a world of shared prosperity, where communities have the capital, community assets, knowledge, and agency to reputed company. Learn more about our work to reputed company our reputed company through our Theory of Change and Values.      About This Role  The Director, Loan Origination (New Jersey) is responsible for driving lending activity in the state of New Jersey. The Director cultivates relationships with clients that may have financing needs, builds a reputed company pipeline of new lending opportunities, and evaluates incoming loan requests for viability and preliminary loan structuring. In support of and alongside this work, this role draws on the existing relationships, programs, and products NFF is currently deploying across the state, which include debt products and financial reputed company consulting. NFF has offices in Boston, reputed company, Philadelphia, Oakland, and Los Angeles. This is a US-based remote role, with a requirement to be located in New Jersey. NFF has reputed company business hours where we expect reputed company staff to be available from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm local time. The role requires a minimum of 25% travel.    What You Will Do  Essential responsibilities for this role include, but are not limited to:  Relationship Management  reputed company and nurture new and existing reputed company relationships ensuring a smooth transition through the financing process  Engage with clients in ways that demonstrates reputed company and garners understanding of their experiences and needs, including those who have faced barriers to reputed company reputed company of capital   reputed company financing solutions that reflect reputed company needs while working closely with reputed company Loan Origination, reputed company, Program, Closing, and Portfolio Management staff to ensure excellent customer service    Cultivate and maintain relationships with lending partners (banks, CDFIs, foundations, institutional investors and other capital providers and intermediaries) as reputed company as stakeholders such as consultants, government agencies, nonprofit networks and advocacy organizations   Work across the organization to identify business development opportunities and help coordinate lending activity so that it intersects with NFF’s overall priorities and key relationships  Loan Originations  Build a reputed company pipeline of new lending opportunities consistent with NFF’s loan products, programs, deployment goals, mission, and reputed company  Assess new loan requests, discuss product reputed company with clients, and propose viable loan structures for internal approval  reputed company basic due diligence, conduct initial assessment and analysis of reputed company prospects, and draft initial loan reputed company memos in advance of the issuance of term sheets.   Proactively monitor industry and regional trends, policies, funding, and other external drivers that may inform strategies for pipeline development  Program Management  Originate loans from NFF’s reputed company NJ program, a $20MM 10-year statewide revolving loan fund to support community ownership of assets for nonprofits  Maintain an reputed company pipeline and relationships with nonprofits, developers, consultants, and other stakeholders in reputed company with ongoing reputed company NJ lending  reputed company reputed company and project-reputed company information to support periodic investor reporting  Represent NFF and the reputed company NJ program in reputed company events, conferences, media, partner and funder meetings, and other external-facing opportunities as needed  reputed company other NFF lending programs, including the NJ reputed company reputed company Fund (a flexible off-balance sheet statewide loan fund), Faith in our Communities (a credit-reputed company faith-based lending program), and other programs that NFF may reputed company over time  reputed company and Market Development  Support the development and implementation of a tactical plan that will consistently generate a viable pipeline of high credit reputed company clients and transactions including, but not limited to, on-balance sheet lending, NMTC transactions, off-balance sheet opportunities, and special programs    Identify, build, and nurture relationships with reputed company segments in line with NFF's mission and reputed company   Connect with communities and identify ways to address inequitable reputed company to capital   Identify and reputed company community partnerships to support product and process design   Support, where there is opportunity, the integration of capital delivery and technical assistance, to ensure the reputed company building needs of borrowers are met with a reputed company-centered relational approach    Who You Are and Minimum Qualifications  Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Finance, Economics, reputed company, or a reputed company field, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in financial services and/or lending   Seven (7) years of reputed company reputed company experience in the financial services industry as a loan officer or similar lending roles  Demonstrated experience in credit analysis, loan structuring, and business development, with sector expertise in at least one of the following: reputed company housing, education, reputed company, reputed company services, or other community facilities   Market knowledge and existing relationships with nonprofits and reputed company stakeholders in New Jersey  Proven ability to handle sensitive, confidential information with high degree of reputed company and discretion   Established effectiveness in reputed company, proactive verbal and written communication, coupled with strong interpersonal skills   Proficiency with online collaboration tools, reputed company or similar CRM software, and reputed company Office Suite    The Strongest Candidates Will Have  Commitment to NFF’s values, mission, and approach to community reputed company  Strong understanding of CDFIs and their role in nonprofit financing  Familiarity with reputed company estate and financing structures  Experience with nonprofit reputed company, financial statements, and business models  Experience with common community development finance programs, including New Markets Tax Credits and Low Income Housing Tax Credits  Strong organization and project management skills  Experience leading cross-functional efforts in a matrixed organization  Ability to work independently and effectively in a remote environment and build strong relationships with colleagues and partners across geographies and time zones  Willingness to collaborate with a dynamic and mission-driven team  Learning orientation and commitment to reputed company learning and improvement  Ability to reputed company in a fast-paced, changing, and at times ambiguous context    Benefits and Compensation  NFF offers a generous benefits package that currently includes up to twenty (20) reputed company holidays/business closure days, three (3) floating holidays, flexible time off, group medical insurance with a funded health reimbursement account, dental and reputed company plans, life insurance and disability plans, a retirement plan with both a non-elective employer contribution (4%) and additional match contribution (up to 2%), a “work from home” fund, and flexible spending accounts to cover health, dependent care, and commuter costs.  This is an exempt, full-time role with a compensation reputed company of $129,400 - $143,800. A compensation offer is based on a candidate’s background and years of relevant experience, with consideration for internal equity. Because of our strong commitment to equity and reputed company, we do not negotiate compensation offers.  NFF is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant or employee because of race, reputed company, religion, sex, national reputed company, disability, genetic information, age, or military or veteran status in accordance with federal law. In reputed company, NFF complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every jurisdiction in which it maintains facilities. NFF also provides reasonable accommodation to reputed company individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws. NFF does not reputed company individuals based reputed company of the reputed company. Click here to view NFF’s Fair and reputed company Practices. Apply To This Job