What are the responsibilities and job description for the Digital Appraisal Specialist position at Farm Credit Services of America?
AgCountry Farm Credit Services (AgCountry), Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) and Frontier Farm Credit are financial cooperatives that operate under shared management across eight states. While each association is owned by its local farmers and ranchers, they collaborate by pooling resources, expertise, and talent to provide affordable credit, crop insurance, and financial services.
Our associations are united by a common mission and commitment to serving rural America and supporting each other, which drives the success of the farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness we serve. We take pride in being a great place to work, and this enthusiasm is reflected in the relationships our team members foster with one another and with our customers.
Job Summary
We are seeking to hire a Digital Appraisal Specialist to join our team in our Eastern South Dakota region. We are searching for an individual with a high level of attention to detail as well as strong communication skills. These teammates will collect, verify, and analyze real estate market data for agricultural properties. In this role you will also be responsible for completing front-end processing Model and quality control for the Automated Valuation Model and real estate sales database including ensuring accurate legal descriptions and consistency for (determining) unimproved and improved inventories. Ensures real estate sales and Automated Valuation Model analyses are consistent with Association data standards, guidelines and expectations. Coordinates with the Appraisal Team to ensure adequate market data is available to support evaluation systems. Develops and maintains contacts and relationships with real estate professionals. Works in a team environment to accomplish goals and consistently provides a great customer experience.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Collect, verify and analyze agricultural real estate sales data with an emphasis on public auctions, Realtor listings, and those sales associated with an active evaluation request. Gather aerial imagery, soils, improvement information, and income analysis. Verify sales differentially according to Appraisal Team sales and data standards.
- Actively seek new data/technology for more efficient data collection and sales analysis.
- Complete the Automated Valuation Model process while ensuring accurate legal descriptions, aerial imagery, soils, land and building inventories are completed according to Appraisal Team data standards
- Coordinate with appraisers to ensure that adequate sales and market data is available to support the Associations’ evaluation systems. Assist appraisers in collection of cost, income data, and cash rents.
- Monitor the sales database to ensure sales are completed on a timely basis, including those needing appraiser input.
- Perform quality control on the sales database to ensure consistency of data across the Associations.
- Provide input and develop land value trends, income analysis, and presentations.
- Develop and maintain contacts and relationships with real estate professionals.
- Collaborate effectively and positively with appraisal team members in other roles to assure a positive and efficient team approach to meeting and exceeding the customer experience.
- Provide expertise to a wide geographic area to allow back-up to other Digital Specialists.
- Assist in the training of Lending, Credit, Risk teammates. Examples may include legal description training, AVM training, etc.
Education Requirements
- 4 Year / Bachelors Degree Preferred
Years of Experience
- 2 years related experience required with experience in real estate appraisal preferred.
About Us:
AgCountry has 45 offices, is based in Fargo, North Dakota and serves portions of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, FCSAmerica is based in Omaha, NE and has 42 local offices serves rural communities and agriculture in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Frontier Farm Credit has six offices serving eastern Kansas. Together, we support nearly 82,000 producers and agribusinesses, meeting the needs of today’s agricultural industry with our combined 2600 employees providing lending, risk management, technology, commodity marketing, and customer and employee education.
