Credit Risk - Director (Financial Services)
Kansas City, MOFull-time$98–175K/yrPosted 6 days agoStill listed today
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CLA is seeking a Director for its Credit Risk team serving the financial services industry. The role oversees credit risk consulting engagements, manages and mentors staff, and provides audit services to clients. Responsibilities include leading loan reviews, assessing credit risk, reviewing reports and workpapers, supporting clients, and contributing to business development. A bachelor's degree is required, though relevant experience, education, and training may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
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Full job description
We recognize that not everyone wants to grow their career paths in the same way. That’s why CLA exists to create opportunities. With 8500 employees and over 130 offices nationwide, We promise to know you and help you!
CLA is looking for a Director to join our Credit Risk (Financial Services Industry) team. This role provides audit services to clients. They oversee credit risk consulting engagements, manages talented staff, and assumes the role of mentor on audit and accounting technical issues and overall professional development.
Job Description:
- Collecting and analyzing pertinent data to scope a loan review project or assignment
- Evaluating credit files and assessing risk on an aggregated basis
- Coordinating with clients for the timely completion of fieldwork
- Leading loan review engagements, organizing and communicating findings from such reviews
- Reviewing workpapers and loan review reports in a quality control capacity
- Preparing and reviewing credit review reports
- Providing ongoing technical assistance support to clients
- Anticipating and addressing client issues
- Assisting in the oversight and completion of other engagements/special projects or duties as assigned
- Providing oversight/review of assigned staff members for credit risk engagements
- Assisting in the firm’s business development and strategic activities in the credit management area
- Developing and maintaining relationships with key bank executives and directors
- Attending conferences and association meetings for financial institutions
- Working with other CLA staff and clients to address credit review issues that may arise
- Remaining informed of the latest banking industry and credit review developments
Education/Experience:
- Education: Bachelor's degree is required. Combination of relevant experience, education, and training may be accepted in lieu of degree.Degree in accounting, finance, or related field preferred.
- Experience: 7 years of relevant financial institution experience required.
Skills/Knowledge:
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
Our approach to compensation emphasizes collaboration and career growth. We pay competitive wages and view compensation as an investment in our people. Factors such as geography, experience, education, skills, and knowledge may impact the position of pay within the range.
The compensation range for this position in Illinois is: $98,000.00 - $168,000.00 The compensation range for this position in Minnesota is: $98,000.00 - $175,000.00
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Wellness at CLA To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,021 open Auditor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$98–175K/yr
- US median$86–120K/yr543 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $137K, is 34% above the US median midpoint ($102K) — in the top quarter of Auditor salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 14 open Auditor jobs in Missouri and 1,021 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience — more than three in four Auditor postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 785 postings).
- Education
- 338 of the 1,021 open Auditor jobs (33%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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