Vice President, Consumer Loan Operations

SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union; United States; On-site; USD 190,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

SchoolsFirst FCU is seeking a proven senior leader to head Consumer Loan Operations, overseeing underwriting, processing, funding, and operational quality across direct and indirect lending. You will translate credit strategy into day-to-day processes, ensure compliance, and drive scalable workflows that improve turnaround times and member experience.

You’ll build and mentor a high-performance team, partner with Risk, Compliance, Technology, Finance, and enterprise functions, and report to the

Qualifications

• Strategic operations leadership with executive-level judgment.
• Deep understanding of consumer loan underwriting, processing, funding, and risk controls.
• Ability to translate enterprise strategy into clear operating priorities, controls, and ownership.

Responsibilities

• Lead consumer loan underwriting, processing, funding, and operational quality.
• Partner with Risk, Compliance, Technology, Data, Finance, and other functions to deliver responsible lending outcomes.
• Establish governance for underwriting authority, exception management, and decision quality.
• Develop operating scorecards and capacity plans, drive continuous improvement across systems and processes.

Skills

Strategic ops leadership

Executive-level judgment

Cross-functional collaboration

Loans underwriting experience

Process optimization

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent

Master’s Degree in related field (preferred)

15+ years of relevant experience

10+ years of management experience

Job description

We’re always looking for diverse, talented, service-oriented people to join our exceptional team. Vice President, Consumer Loan Operations Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Salary range: $190,000-$245,000 base, plus incentive eligibility.

What You’ll Be Doing

Leads consumer loan underwriting, processing, funding, operational quality, and business systems supporting direct and indirect lending. Accountable for timely and accurate execution, consistent application of approved credit strategies and delegated authorities, effective first-line controls, operational scalability, system effectiveness, and coordinated handoffs across the end-to-end Member journey. Partners with Consumer Loan Originations, Consumer Loan Servicing, Risk, Compliance, Technology, Data, Finance, and other enterprise functions to deliver responsible lending outcomes and an exceptional Member experience. Collaborates with the SVP, Consumer Lending and senior leadership to establish and execute the strategy, goals, and priorities for consumer loan underwriting, processing, funding, operational quality, and lending systems. Builds and leads a high-performing organization of managers and specialized teams across underwriting, processing, funding, and business systems to achieve Credit Union objectives. Leads the timely, accurate, consistent, and compliant execution of direct and indirect consumer loan underwriting, processing, and funding activities. Owns the design and continuous improvement of operating procedures, service-level expectations, controls, and handoffs across underwriting, processing, funding, and consumer lending systems to improve efficiency, accuracy, scalability, and the Member experience. Establishes and monitors performance measures across underwriting, processing, funding, and lending systems, including decision turnaround time, processing and funding cycle time, right-the-first-time quality, productivity, rework, backlog aging, service-level attainment, funding timeliness, Member effort, operational incidents, and control effectiveness. Leads the consistent execution of approved credit strategies, underwriting guidelines, exception practices, and delegated authorities. Partners with the SVP, Consumer Lending, Compliance, Finance, and other stakeholders to evaluate credit performance and recommend changes to credit strategies, policies, decision rules, and authority structures. Establishes governance for underwriting authority, exception management, reconsideration practices, and decision quality to promote sound judgment, consistent Member treatment, and adherence to approved lending standards. Partners with Credit Risk, Enterprise Risk Management, Compliance, Data, and Technology to support appropriate governance of automated decisioning and artificial intelligence, including decision quality, model performance, data integrity, explainability, fair-lending outcomes, exception trends, change controls, and appropriate human review. Establishes an integrated operational quality framework across underwriting, processing, funding, and lending systems. Ensures quality findings, errors, complaints, exceptions, audit issues, and control breakdowns are analyzed for root causes and addressed through sustainable corrective action. Maintains effective first-line controls across underwriting, processing, funding, and lending systems. Identifies, evaluates, and manages credit‑execution, operational, compliance, fraud, technology, data, third‑party, conduct, and reputational risks within the area. Ensures consumer loan operations are executed in accordance with approved policies, procedures, controls, and applicable requirements. Represents Consumer Loan Operations in audits, examinations, compliance reviews, risk assessments, and control‑testing activities. Ensures requested documentation is accurate and timely and that findings are addressed through clearly owned, sustainable corrective‑action plans. Serves as the senior business owner for consumer lending operational systems. Defines business requirements and priorities; partners with Technology, Data, Risk, Compliance, and operational stakeholders; supports testing and implementation readiness; and evaluates adoption, system performance, control effectiveness, and realized business benefits. Leads complex operational, credit, process, and technology changes by defining desired outcomes, assessing operational impacts, engaging stakeholders, establishing readiness and training plans, monitoring adoption, and confirming expected Member, operational, financial, and control benefits. Develops and maintains workforce, capacity, and contingency plans that align staffing, skills, operating schedules, and resources with forecasted application volume, underwriting complexity, funding demand, technology changes, and service‑level expectations. Provides strategic oversight of indirect underwriting, processing, and funding operations, including service performance, operational efficiency, accuracy, exception management, and adherence to established credit and compliance standards. Partners with Consumer Loan Originations, Consumer Loan Servicing, Branch Operations, Member Care, Technology, Risk, Compliance, and other enterprise functions to establish effective handoffs, clear ownership, consistent information, and coordinated Member communications supporting consumer loan underwriting, processing, and funding activities. Ensures effective escalation, reconsideration, and service‑recovery practices for complex loan‑decision, processing, funding, and account‑error matters. Uses escalation, complaint, exception, and error trends to identify root causes and implement systemic improvements. Establishes effective governance of relevant technology vendors, service providers, and operational partners, including performance standards, service levels, issue escalation, change management, third‑party risk coordination, business continuity, and value realization. Ensures appropriate business‑continuity, technology‑disruption, third‑party disruption, peak‑volume, and operational recovery plans are maintained and tested for underwriting, direct funding, indirect funding, processing, and other critical Consumer Loan Operations functions.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Bachelor's Degree in a related field or equivalent years of experience required
• Master's Degree in a related field preferred
• 15+ years of prior relevant experience required
• 10+ years of prior management experience required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Strategic operations leadership and executive-level judgment, with the ability to translate enterprise strategy into clear operating priorities, controls, accountability, and measurable outcomes. Deep understanding of consumer loan underwriting, direct and indirect processing and funding, credit policy administration, delegated authorities, exception practices, and downstream servicing dependencies. Strong knowledge of consumer lending laws, regulations, and control expectations, including fair lending, adverse action, credit reporting, privacy, Member protection, and third-party oversight. Strong understanding of operational risk, first-line controls, quality assurance, audit and examination support, issue remediation, and sustainable corrective-action practices. Demonstrated proficiency using data and analytics to define performance measures, diagnose root causes, forecast demand, monitor decision and operational quality, make decisions, and evaluate results. Strong understanding of loan‑origination systems, decision engines, automation, artificial intelligence, workflow, system controls, testing, implementation readiness, and technology‑enabled performance management. Strong financial and business acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, workforce and capacity planning, resource allocation, investment evaluation, and vendor value management. Ability to balance speed, accuracy, Member advocacy, service quality, operational efficiency, financial outcomes, and risk. Proven ability to lead organizational change and complex operational and technology transformations while maintaining engagement, quality, controls, and business continuity. Exceptional relationship‑building, negotiation, vendor‑governance, and cross‑functional stakeholder‑management capabilities. Strong executive presence with excellent verbal, written, presentation, and influence skills, including the ability to communicate complex credit, operational, technology, financial, Member, and risk matters clearly. Ability to build, develop, engage, and retain high‑performing leadership and specialized technical teams and strengthen succession and critical‑role readiness. High ethical standards, sound judgment, integrity, professionalism, and commitment to the Credit Union’s values and Member Service philosophy. Results‑oriented, organized, and adaptable, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic, high‑volume environment. Experience leading consumer loan underwriting, processing, funding, quality, and lending systems functions. Experience governing automated decisioning, operational controls, and complex lending technology changes. Experience developing operating scorecards, capacity plans, business‑continuity strategies, and sustainable remediation plans.

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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

SchoolsFirst FCU is committed to Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Hiring.

SchoolsFirst FCU is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, or genetic information.

Job Location

100% on-site, 0% remote.

Three days a week in the office and up to two days remote.

Hybrid teams coordinate on‑site days to collaborate in‑person.

Up to 100% remote.

Select individual contributor roles may be given the option to work fully remote.

About the Company

We’re passionate about living our mission of providing Members with World-Class Personal Service and financial security. There's a reason we love coming to work every day. We have the privilege of serving those who build the future: school employees, and the families who make their work possible. Our success is built on our relationships with each other, our Members and the community. We value teamwork and face‑to‑face interactions and believe we’re at our best when we’re collaborating in‑person. We also know the flexibility to work remotely benefits the wellbeing of our team.