Senior Commercial Lender
Career 1 Source is working with a well-established and growing community bank, to identify a Senior Commercial Lender for its Topeka, Kansas market.
This opportunity is driven by the upcoming retirement of a long-tenured lender and offers the ability to step into a meaningful, established commercial portfolio while continuing to drive new growth. The role is ideal for an experienced commercial lender who values relationship banking, strong credit culture, and long-term stability.
What’s in it for you:
- Step into an existing commercial portfolio with immediate impact
- Bank has grown nearly $20MM in loans year-over-year with a strong pipeline
- Direct access to leadership
- Immediate participation on Loan Committee
- Long-term stability with a community-focused bank
- Competitive compensation with flexibility for experienced lenders
- Opportunity to further grow your market presence and relationships
What you will be doing:
- Manage and grow an established commercial and CRE loan portfolio
- Develop new commercial relationships within the established footprint
- Structure and underwrite commercial credits with a focus on credit quality
- Partner with leadership on loan decisions, portfolio management, and growth
- Serve as a visible relationship banker in the local business community
- Maintain strong client relationships ranging from $50K to $5MM
- Work closely with internal support staff to deliver high-quality service
A successful candidate for this Senior Commercial Lender role will possess:
- 8-10+ years of commercial lending experience preferred
- Strong CRE lending background (primary focus)
- Solid underwriting and loan structuring skills
- Proven ability to build and manage long-term client relationships
- Business development mindset with disciplined credit approach
- High standards — no shortcuts on credit quality
- Self-starter who works well with autonomy
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*Candidates must be eligible to work in the US as well as meet the qualifications listed above in order to be considered for the Senior Commercial Lender job.