Director, Global Trade Credit

What You'll Do:

• Lead underwriting and portfolio management for a diverse portfolio of corporate trade credit exposures
• Establish and maintain internal credit risk ratings, approval standards, and risk appetite frameworks that support consistent, disciplined decision-making
• Evaluate customer financial performance, liquidity, leverage, cash flow, and capital structure to support sound credit decisions
• Recommend credit limits, payment terms, guarantees, collateral structures, and other risk mitigation solutions aligned with commercial objectives and risk tolerance
• Monitor portfolio quality, industry concentrations, emerging risks, and counterparty trends
• Partner with Sales, Finance, Treasury, Legal, and senior leadership on complex customer credit decisions
• Lead credit insurance strategy and broader risk mitigation approach across the portfolio, balancing opportunity, protection, and cost
• Assess international and country risk, including political, legal, currency, and cross-border recovery considerations, and develop practical structures to manage non-payment risk
• Take an active leadership role in distressed accounts, collections, restructuring, and recovery planning, working cross-functionally to improve outcomes
• Maintain strong credit methodology, analytics, and governance through clear reporting, watchlists, stress testing, portfolio insights, and recommendations for senior leadership
• Drive process improvement and transformation across underwriting, monitoring, reporting, and workflow management
• Lead automation and analytics initiatives that reduce manual effort, improve visibility, strengthen controls, and support faster, more consistent decision-making
• Help advance the use of technology, data, and AI-enables tools to improve credit analysis, early-warning monitoring, and overall decision quality
• Build dashboards, KPIs, and management reporting that enable proactive portfolio oversight and measurable performance improvement
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of credit professionals while fostering accountability, intellectual curiosity, constructive challenge, and openness to new ways of working
• Create an environment where established practices are regularly evaluated, challenged where appropriate, and improved to meet evolving business needs and progressive industry standards

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• MBA, CFA, CTP, or similar credential would be an asset
• 10+ years of progressive experience in corporate credit, trade credit, commercial banking, or corporate risk management
• Significant experience assessing private, middle-market, and large corporate counterparties in complex credit environments
• Strong working knowledge of financial statement analysis and corporate credit fundamentals
• Experience developing, applying, or enhancing internal risk rating methodologies and credit decision frameworks
• Exposure to both North American and international credit environments
• Working knowledge of international trade documentation, insolvency and restructuring concepts, and receivables monetization
• Demonstrated success leading change, improving processes, or modernizing established ways of working within a credit, finance, or risk function
• Experience identifying opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate processes to improve efficiency, consistency, and risk visibility
• Demonstrated ability to challenge the status quo constructively, introduce new ideas credibly, and lead teams through change

What You'll Get:

• Purpose-Driven Work – Make an impact as part of a global team feeding the future and support farmers locally and around the world 
• Excellent Benefits – Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, plus a retirement program with generous employer matching for your future 
• Grow Your Career – Tuition assistance for future education and ongoing learning and training opportunities for career advancement pathways across the organization 
• Support When it Matters – Employee Assistance Programs, inclusive leaves, and paid time for holidays, volunteering, vacation, and wellness 
• Thrive in a Strong Culture – Guided by our core values we put safety first, act with integrity, are stronger together, and deliver with excellence in a collaborative, high-performing environment