Job Description
Description
Join to apply for the AVP, Commercial Real Estate Lending-(Hybrid) role at Central 1
Join to apply for the AVP, Commercial Real Estate Lending-(Hybrid) role at Central 1
This range is provided by Central 1. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
Base pay range
CA$161,000.00 / yr – CA$185,000.00 / yr
Central 1 cooperatively empowers credit unions and other financial institutions to deliver banking choice to Canadians. Central 1 provides critical services at scale to enable a thriving credit union system. We do this by collaborating with our clients, developing strategies, products and services to support the financial well-being of their more than 5 million diverse customers in communities across Canada. For more information, visit
What we offer :
- Work-life flexibility
- Hybrid work environment
- One time allowance to set up your office for remote first employees
- Variable annual incentive plan
- Generous annual vacation allotment
- Top-notch flexible benefits plan including family building and gender affirmation
- Retirement Plan, matched contributions at 6%
- Access to a learning platform and educational assistance support
- Access to a virtual wellness platform
- Wellness Flex Fund to support personal interest and activities
- Day off to volunteer in your community and other paid time off options
- subject to employment agreement
Job Summary :
As AVP, Commercial Real Estate Lending, you will lead a high-performing team focused on financing large-scale real estate projects—up to $150 million—across Ontario and British Columbia. Partnering with credit unions, you will drive portfolio growth while ensuring strong risk management, profitability, and service excellence.
Overseeing a team of Directors, Regional Managers, and Credit Officers, you will shape and execute lending strategies, enhance service delivery, and maintain high-quality portfolio performance. With substantial growth expected over the next three years, this role offers an exciting opportunity to expand market impact and strengthen industry relationships.
What you’ll be doing :
Provide leadership and management of the commercial lending origination and underwriting group.
Establish goals, develop and implement strategies, that meet or exceed Central’s sales and revenue objectives while improving the overall quality and customer satisfaction ratings of the department.
Oversee the activities of a small team of senior underwriters, each with an assigned portfolio, to ensure appropriate performance goals and objectives are set and met within Central 1’s standards and risk parameters
Establish and oversee the development and implementation of lending standards and administrative process to provide a consistent level of customer service to credit unions and their members.
Within regulatory guidelines, establish and implement appropriate management policies, procedures and parameters that ensure consistent portfolio profitability within acceptable risk tolerances.
Working with the credit unions, responsible for the origination and underwriting of new commercial loans, the day to day delivery of commercial lending services to the credit unions and their members and general business development duties in their specified region. Plans, develops and implements commercial lending programs and services offered to member credit unions, member co-operatives, other affiliated organizations and business entities.
Should an assigned portfolio of accounts be maintained, the incumbent will coordinates financial analysis and presentation materials on loan requests and work with the host credit union and their members to ensure all requisite information is on hand to complete loan reviews. Provide site reports together with other relevant information to expedite the completion of the underwriting at Central.
Develop marketing strategies and materials that promote Central’s capabilities in commercial and mortgage lending and services to its member credit unions, member co-operatives, other affiliated organizations and business entities
What you’ll have :
A college or university degree in finance or a related field – business administration, accounting, economics etc. – or equivalent work experience.
A minimum of 10-12 years commercial real estate lending experience in a business development role in the financial services industry.
Strong technical background in underwriting real estate credits in large project financing market. Demonstrated ability to source new business and negotiate credit facilities that adhere to the risk parameters and pricing requirements of Central and the Credit Unions.
Demonstrated success in creating and implementing sound business development strategies with clearly defined revenue growth and profitability objectives. Ability to initiate and develop profitable business relationships with and through others
Well-developed leadership, mentoring and general management skills acquired in a commercial lending / sales environment.
Prior experience in leading, motivating and mentoring a team of qualified
Company
Central 1 Credit Union
Location
Toronto
Country
Canada
Salary
125.000
URL
https://en-ca.whatjobs.com/coopob__cpl___291_2560314__3337?utm_source=3337&utm_medium=feed&keyword=AVP-Commercial-Real&location=Toronto&geoID=6225
