Job Description:

Lead Industry Analyst - Animal Protein Industries

Job Locations

US-CO-Greenwood Village

Benefits Overview

A career at CoBank can offer you the opportunity to make a personal impact on the people and communities where we do business. When you choose a career with CoBank, you make a difference by standing for something that matters. In order to be the best, we hire the best!

Remarkable Benefits offered by CoBank

Careers with a purpose- stand for something!
• Competitive Compensation & Incentive


• Benefits Packages, including: Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance


• CoBank University robust curriculum -associate training and development, including higher education tuition reimbursement


• Outstanding 401k - up to 9% matching!


• Time-Off Packages - Vacation 15+ days, 10 Paid Sick Days, and 10 Paid Holidays


• Community Impact - United Way Angel Day, Volunteer Day and Associate Directed Contribution


• Associate Resource Groups - creating a culture of diversity and inclusion


• Recognize a fellow associate with "GEM" awards, including a monetary value


• Remote day(s) available.

Job Description

Develops and maintains a deep and broad understanding and expertise of key assigned industries in the CoBank lending portfolio, and translates industry knowledge into forward-looking insights for CoBank. Delivers timely, high-quality, and customized industry and economic research reports, videos, webinars, and presentations for internal decision makers, customers, and business partners. Works closely with other CoBank professionals with a shared industry interest to identify trends and key industry issues. This position will be considered as a possible remote opportunity, or in our Denver corporate headquarters or one of our banking center locations.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in economics, business, finance, or other relevant discipline.


• Seven (7) or more years of experience as an industry or economic analyst; or an appropriate combination of education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD preferred.


• In-depth knowledge of animal production, processing and marketing industries.


• Proven experience as an economic analyst focused on animal protein production, processing and marketing industries.


• Exceptional analytical skills, with demonstrated market knowledge and expertise in addition to broad-based business sense and acumen.


• Sufficient knowledge and experience to apply to the animal protein production, processing and marketing industries.


• Proven ability to write and synthesize information into meaning conclusions.


• Ability to work with large amounts of data in a fast-paced multi-task environment, and to provide written and verbal summaries to key bank decision makers.


• Solid understanding and ability to implement project management concepts. Proven ability to initiate and complete research projects in field(s) of expertise.


• Strong attention to detail and customer service orientation.


• Excellent verbal, written, presentation and public speaking skills.


• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of associates, management, internal customers and other stakeholders.


• Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to deliver commitments while juggling multiple projects and competing priorities.


• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment.


• Experience within the Farm Credit System preferred.


• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel).


• Travel -up to 25% (post-pandemic)

About CoBank

CoBank stands strong as a $135 billion enterprise dedicated to the financial needs of rural America. As a national cooperative bank and a proud member of the Farm Credit System it is our mission to serve as a relevant and dependable provider of credit and other value-added financial services. From our headquarters in Denver, Colorado and our regional banking centers across the US, CoBank provides loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers in all 50 states.

CoBank will not sponsor a work visa (e.g. H1B, etc.) to fill this position.

CoBank is an Equal Opportunity Employer.