Agriculture Banking Advisor

Servus Credit Union; Town of Barrhead; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Profit sharing

Training & Development opportunities

Career advancement

Flexible work options

Job summary

Servus Credit Union in Alberta is seeking an Agriculture Banking Advisor to support a North Region portfolio. You will underwrite, advise, and grow loans and deposits for agricultural members while building relationships with the branch network and local communities.

The role emphasizes credit granting, portfolio growth, and community engagement in a full-time, on-site capacity. Preference for Barrhead/Westlock area, with an internal role grade of S2.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of progressive lending experience.
• Knowledge and experience in the agriculture sector.
• Experience in credit granting and selling business banking products.
• Basic portfolio management and analytical skills.
• Ability to develop relationships with members and the community.
• Undergraduate degree in business or relevant field (or equivalent experience).

Responsibilities

• Providing advice and tailored solutions to our members to meet their financial needs
• Proactively building relationships with existing and future members
• Underwriting small to mid-sized business/agriculture loans, approving loans within limits
• Staying up to date on lending and deposit services, products, policies, and legislation
• Maximizing our existing portfolio including loan and deposit growth
• Managing renewal applications and preparing reports for direct managers
• Evaluation requests based on policy, risk, and profitability

Skills

Lending experience

Agriculture sector knowledge

Credit granting basics

Business development

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's in business or related field

Job description

Canada’s Largest Credit Union! We are hiring for a full-time

Join Servus Credit Union - Canada’s Largest Credit Union! We are hiring for a full-time Agriculture Banking Advisor to join our Agriculture - North Region Team! Posting closes: August 19, 2026 Employment Status: Full-time; on-site Additional Information: Specific office location to be determined once successful candidate is selected. Preference for Barrhead/Westlock area. For Internal Use Only/Role Grade: S2; Structure A

At Servus Credit Union, we do things differently—because we’re a credit union, not a bank. And that difference matters.

We believe in putting people before profits, which is why our members are also our owners. Every dollar we earn is reinvested into the things that matter most: our members, our employees, and our communities. Whether it’s through profit sharing, competitive rates, or local initiatives that make a real impact, we’re here to help Albertans feel good about their money.

We’re looking for passionate, values-driven people to join our team. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds who are aligned with our values and are eager to contribute in meaningful ways. If you're excited to grow your career with a team that’s innovative, hardworking, collaborative and deeply rooted in community, we want to meet you.

Join Servus and discover a better way to work.

As an Agriculture Banking Advisor, reporting to the Regional Vice President - AG, you’ll deliver personalized advice to our agriculture members. As an Agriculture Banking Advisor, you'll manage a portfolio of agriculture loans and deposits and be accountable for sales, service and growth of that portfolio. Using your business/agricultural experience, you will cultivate strong working relationships with potential and existing "ag" members, the retail branch network, local business owners and members of the professional and agricultural community.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Providing advice and tailored solutions to our members to meet their financial needs
• Proactively building relationships with existing and future members
• Underwriting small to mid-sized business/agriculture loans, recommending rates within discretionary limits, approving loans within authorized lending limits and recommending to the credit committee loan requests above those limits
• Staying up to date on lending and deposit services, products, policies, and legislation
• Maximizing our existing portfolio including loan and deposit growth
• Managing renewal applications and preparing reports for the direct managers
• Evaluation requests based on policy, risk, and profitability

What You Bring

• 2 – 5 years of progressive lending experience
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience specifically in the agriculture sector
• Demonstrated basic ability in most facets of credit granting and sales of business banking products over a two-to-five-year period
• Basic business development skills, analytical abilities and a basic knowledge of portfolio management
• Experience working and developing relationships with members, potential members, influential community people and staff is preferred
• Undergraduate degree in business (or relevant field) or sufficient experience in lieu of education

Why Servus?

Working for Servus has outstanding benefits. In addition to standard benefits like health and wellness, vacation and retirement savings programs, we also provide other important benefits such as:

Benefits

• Competitive compensation including performance-based incentive pay and profit share
• Training & Development Opportunities
• Career Advancement Potential
• Flexible work options
• Meaningful work towards individual and corporate goals
• Opportunities to get involved and give back through an employee volunteer program

At Servus, our employees are also members. This means you'll have all the benefits of being a member of the credit union including profit sharing, voting for the board of directors, and all of the financial services we provide…with a few additional perks!

Employment Eligibility

The selected candidate(s) must successfully pass a criminal background check, reference check and credit check to qualify for hire by Servus Credit Union.

Qualified applicants are invited to apply online.

At Servus Credit Union, we believe in being purposefully cooperative and working together to create a culture of Belonging for everyone. We are committed to an inclusive, equitable, and accessible workplace where everyone is valued, respected, and supported. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, and accommodations are available during every stage of the hiring process upon request. Your skills, passion and curiosity may find they belong at Servus, so even if you don’t check every box, we encourage you to apply!