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Commercial Lender in Dubuque

Date Posted: 14 October 2026

Job Snapshot

Job Description

A community bank in Dubuque is confidentially looking for a self-motivated Commercial Lender to grow and manage business relationships across Dubuque County and eastern Iowa. You'll handle business development, underwriting, structuring, closing, and servicing for owner-operated companies and commercial real estate investors.

Responsibilities:

  • Assess each client's goals and match them with the right loan and deposit products
  • Cross-sell treasury management and other bank services
  • Manage and expand an existing book of commercial relationships
  • Hit loan and deposit growth targets
  • Open and onboard new business accounts
  • Review creditworthiness and prepare loan write-ups and closing documents

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree preferred
  • Commercial lending background with direct client contact
  • Confident communicator and presenter
  • Hands-on experience with loan proposals and underwriting
  • Strong organization and the ability to balance multiple deals
  • Ties to the Dubuque business community are a plus

Competitive salary and bonus.

I work with banks throughout Iowa and the Midwest and get to know their hiring plans before openings go public. If this position doesn't quite fit, contact me anyway, and we can talk confidentially about other roles that might be a better match.

How to apply: No cover letter needed. Just send your resume, or text/call me at 605-705-3077 or email logan.hovland@gogpac.com.

Logan Hovland (Search Consultant with GPAC)

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, age, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations. GPAC (Growing People and Companies) is an award-winning search firm specializing in placing quality professionals within multiple industries across the United States since 1990. We are extremely competitive, client-focused and realize that our value is in our ability to deliver the right solutions at the right time.

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