Vice President or Senior Vice President of Lending and NMTC

What You Will Do

The successful candidate will hold the title of Vice President or Senior Vice President, depending on experience, and will be a key driver of NCIF’s growth and strategic evolution.

Business Development and Lending

• Originating, structuring, underwriting, and closing a pipeline of low‑risk, high‑impact commercial loans, often utilizing NMTC, LIHTC or other government programs in participation with NMTC CDEs, housing lenders and NCIF network partners.
• Deploying NCIF’s NMTC allocations in real estate and business operating loans, or otherwise consistent with NCIF strategy.
• Underwriting and preparing credit memoranda, closing, and asset‑management from inception to exit.

Strategy, Capital and Partnerships

• Supporting capital raising and preparing grant applications for the CDFI Fund or other grant programs, as needed.
• Contributing to the development of NCIF’s strategy for growth and impact, including development of new lending and investing programs that make a positive impact in low‑income communities.
• Contributing to the development of a syndication platform.
• Contributing to the development of impact measurement for the lending platform.
• Representing NCIF externally with potential and existing partners.

Team Leadership and Institutional Strengthening

• Serving as a mentor to junior members of the NCIF team around both technical skills and more intangible professional skills.
• Contributing to NCIF’s ongoing efforts to improve systems and processes, credit standards, and impact measurement.

What You Bring

• 10+ years total experience in commercial real estate/commercial lending, credit risk management and/or capital markets.
• Deep and successful experience in business development and relationship management.
• Strong credit, structuring, underwriting and portfolio management skills.
• Experience in a bank or a nonbank CDFI.
• Knowledge of loan participations and co‑lending with other banks.
• Experience with NMTC deployment, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, structuring loans through government programs, public finance and other CDFI Fund programs (FA, Bond Guarantee, Capital Magnet Funds, etc.) will be a strong positive.
• Ability to form strong working relationships both internally and externally with NCIF Network partners.Flexibility and ability to think creatively about how to increase the impact of NCIF and our partners.
• The drive and comfort with path‑breaking of a self‑starter.
• A growth mindset, excitement about building the business and an entrepreneurial approach.
• Partnership skills and industry knowledge to represent NCIF externally as a relationship manager and on conference panels.
• Located in Chicago or willing to relocate.

To Apply

Please send a resume, cover letter and writing sample to . To be considered, candidates must have permanent work authorization in the United States.

Equal Opportunity Statement

NCIF is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal treatment and opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status or sexual orientation except where such distinction is required by law.

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