Region Field Exam Manager - Asset Based Lending - Executive Director

Next Frontier Capital; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health-care coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Job summary

Next Frontier Capital is looking for a Regional Field Exam Manager to oversee its Asset-Based Lending Field Examination team in Irvine, California. In this role, you will manage a team, ensure the integrity and governance of field exams while delivering high-quality collateral examinations.

The ideal candidate will possess at least 10 years of experience in field examinations and a minimum of 5 years in a managerial role, demonstrating strong leadership and operational rigor.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of direct field examination experience, with at least 7 years in ABL.
• Minimum 5 years of supervisory/management experience leading field exam teams.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a regional team of Assistant Managers and Field Examiners.
• Ensure timely posting and review of examinations.
• Oversee tracking and reconciliation of field exam expenses.

Skills

Field examination experience

Leadership and coaching

Collateral audits expertise

Operational rigor

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business Administration

Tools

Field exam systems

Excel

Job description

As the Regional Field Exam Manager in our Asset-Based Lending (ABL) Field Examination team, you will safeguard portfolio integrity and support business growth through high-quality collateral examinations and actionable insights. You will oversee a team of Assistant Managers/Team Leaders and Field Examiners, owning end-to-end delivery, quality, and governance of field exams, ensuring timely posting, review, and distribution, escalating issues promptly, and championing continuous improvement in process, communication, cost control, and stakeholder engagement. Success is measured by exam cycle times, quality survey scores, exam outcomes, and effective resource management across a dynamic ABL portfolio.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead a regional team of Assistant Managers, Team Leaders, and Field Examiners, providing daily direction, workload prioritization, and coaching.
• Ensure timely posting of all examinations to the system of record for management review, and release them for distribution within prescribed business days.
• Review all field exams to identify unsatisfactory findings, elevate issues promptly, and drive resolution with business partners and field exam management.
• Oversee tracking, monthly billing, and reconciliation of field exam expenses, ensuring accuracy and cost discipline.
• Review unsatisfactory field exam quality surveys, conduct follow‑ups, and implement coaching plans to remediate gaps.
• Balance internal staffing and approved external resources to maintain the ABL portfolio, allocating capacity to meet demand and coordinating exam scheduling with the administrator.
• Enhance communication and lead collateral discussions with business partners.
• Review and provide maintenance updates to exam administration, ensuring system maintenance and data integrity.
• Achieve satisfactory ratings from Credit Review and Internal Audit by ensuring exam workpapers and outputs meet policy standards.
• Complete annual performance reviews and periodic coaching sessions for team members, ensuring compliance with national field exam policies and procedures.
• Prepare and submit monthly field exam management reports and KPI dashboards, and personally manage 10–15 exams per year to stay close to practice and client needs.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business Administration (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 10 years of direct field examination experience, including at least 7 years in ABL.
• Minimum 5 years of supervisory/management experience leading field exam teams.
• Demonstrated expertise with ABL collateral audits, workpaper standards, policy adherence, and risk escalation.
• Strong operational rigor with experience meeting defined cycle times and quality benchmarks.
• Proficiency with field exam systems of record and distribution workflows; strong Excel/analytical skills.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills, with a track record of coaching and talent development.

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Professional certifications such as CPA, CIA, CFE, or CFA.
• Experience optimizing exam schedules using internal and outsourced models.
• Background in large, regulated financial institutions and familiarity with audit/credit review protocols.
• Continuous improvement mindset with experience in process enhancement and/or data automation.

About the Team

Our Asset-Based Lending (ABL) Field Examination team safeguards portfolio integrity and supports business growth through high-quality collateral examinations and actionable insights. We partner closely with credit risk, portfolio management, and front-office teams to deliver timely, accurate, and risk-aware field exams.

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT

This position is subject to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. As such, an employment offer for this position is contingent on JPMorganChase’s review of criminal conviction history, including pre‑trial diversions or program entries.

Benefits

We offer a competitive total rewards package, including base salary, potential commission‑based pay, discretionary incentive compensation, and a range of benefits such as comprehensive health‑care coverage, on‑site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more.

Equal Opportunity Employer

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.