Jr. Underwriter

About the Job:

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Analyze business, industry, financial data and other supporting credit information concerning an applicant’s credit request; presents facts to, and collaborates with, CSMs and Relationship Managers to identify key business and financial risks allowing CSMs and Relationship Manager to derive conclusions, structure loans and support the credit recommendation. 
• Prepare timely, concise, and accurate credit recommendations, with normal level of supervision. Includes: (1) quantitative components within the underwriting narrative documenting the credit analysis; (2) accurate use of risk rating scoring models (aka Dual Risk Rating), both quantitative and qualitative rating elements, to ensure customers and loans are properly risk-rated; (3) accurate identification and mitigation of all exceptions to Bank tracked policies exceptions (TPE), tracked guidelines exceptions (TGE), procedures and compliance regulations; and (4) accurate loan coding consistent with nature of the borrowing relationship and terms of the credit(s). 
• Monitor borrower financial performance in line with commercial and/or real estate loan documents; spread financial statements and/or ensures required financial statements are spread in accordance with Bank Guidelines and resulting covenant calculations are accurate, complete and adhere to approval conditions and loan documentation. You are to collaborate with CSM to ensure borrower notifications are sent and approvals are obtained to resolve any violations in a timely manner. 
• Partner with CSMs and Relationship Managers in customer and prospect calls as appropriate; offers insight into customer financial needs, including opportunities identified using Line of Business-approved relationship expansion tools. 
• Partner with CSMs or Relationship Managers to follow up with customers to obtain all necessary information and clarification on financial analysis materials and resources; ensures customer is approved for all ancillary products. 
• Demonstrate compliance with all bank regulations that apply to your position and keep up to date on regulation changes. 
• Maintain working knowledge of our policies and procedures regarding the Bank Secrecy Act, Regulation CC, Regulation E, Bank Security, and other regulations that apply to your position 
• May be asked to coach, mentor, or train others and teach coursework as subject matter expert. 

Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Demonstrate acceptable completion of Intermediate Accounting classes acquired through an accredited university or college and/or completion of bank credit underwriting training. 
• Proven ability to spread company and personal financial statements, including income tax returns, using Moody’s Risk Analyst or other comparable spreading tool; includes knowledge about financial statement structure and business entity types. 
• Basic experience analyzing and monitoring commercial lines of credit and term loans (both secured and unsecured), as well as income property real estate, non-profit lending, or other specialty lending types. 
• Ability to work effectively with individuals and groups across the company to manage internal and external customer relationships. 
• Possess excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, including documenting effective presentations using Excel, Word, or other related software/business tools. 
• Experience working with bank credit policies, procedures, practices, and documentation. 
• 2-4 years of commercial credit analysis or underwriting experience or the equivalent, required. 
• Bachelor’s Degree in business, accounting, finance, related field, or the equivalent in experience, required. 

Compensation & Benefits

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