Senior Credit Underwriter Custom Lending Global Wealth & Investment Management

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Job Description:

This job is responsible for performing risk assessment and repayment capacity analysis (i.e. financial borrower industry etc.) and preparing transaction justification for moderately complex/complex transactions with limited oversight. Key responsibilities include documenting credit analysis independently assessing historic and projected borrower financial information evaluating adherence to policy and procedure providing loan structure analysis and recommendations and monitoring portfolio performance.

The Senior Credit Underwriter (SCU) partners closely with the Credit Advisor (CA) to develop and expand custom lending relationships with strategic wealth clients. This role supports responsible and profitable loan and revenue growth while also managing a portfolio of existing credit relationships. The SCU is responsible for performing and documenting comprehensive financial analysis to support credit decisions for ultrahighnetworth clientsincluding individuals family offices trusts and specialized wealth entitiesensuring full adherence to applicable policies procedures and GWIM underwriting standards and guidelines.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluates credit worthiness and provides analysis and decisioning on whether a client should receive a credit facility
• Partners with Credit Officers Relationship Management and Risk teammates to assess and deliver credit solutions
• Monitors the clients operating performance and financial condition proactively identifying issues and opportunities
• Delivers financial modeling loan structure industry economic and other analysis to team members to support the loan decision-making process
• Ensures adherence to credit policies guidelines procedures and applicable regulatory requirements

Necessary Activities (Includes but not limited to):

• Complete Credit Approval Memos (CAMs) and modifications to secure credit approval for complex custom loan products including marketable securities commercial real estate fine art hedge fund yacht unsecured insurance private equity and subscriptionfinance facilities
• Synthesize comprehensive financial information to assess liquidity leverage cash flow key risks/mitigants and legal structures (trusts special wealth vehicles etc.) applying sound judgment to support appropriate credit decisions
• Distill complex issues to their core components and document findings clearly concisely and accurately
• Consistently apply established policies procedures and underwriting practices including accurate financial spreading risk rating financial modeling and required approvals.
• Provide lending guidance structural recommendations and policy expertise during upfront deal discussions with partners
• Review negotiate and refine loan structures and covenants during the documentation process based on borrower creditworthiness collateral and overall risk appetite.
• Proactively manage deal pipeline and ensure timely progression of new and existing transactions
• Oversee daytoday management of assigned loan portfolio ensuring timely and accurate execution of collateral releases SER preparation renewals covenant resolution riskrating updates loan modifications/waivers and pastdue remediation
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows and recommend process improvements.
• Mentor and develop Credit Underwriters supporting skill growth and consistent underwriting quality

Required Qualifications:

• Strong financial analysis accounting skills and deal structuring for borrowers with complex balance sheets and income streams
• 10 years of commercial and/or private wealth management credit experience
• Strong negotiation and communication skills
• Proficiency in Word Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build business partnerships with risk services and client teams who may not be co-located

Desired Qualifications:

• Formal Credit Training and/or Commercial/Wealth Management credit experience preferred
• Bachelors degree in business administration finance accounting or economics preferred

Skills:

• Attention to Detail
• Credit and Risk Assessment
• Financial Analysis
• Underwriting
• Written Communications
• Analytical Thinking
• Credit Documentation Requirements
• Financial Forecasting and Modeling
• Recording/Organizing Information
• Business Acumen
• Collaboration
• Collateral Management
• Loan Structuring
• Prioritization
• Portfolio Management

Minimum Education Requirement: High School Diploma / GED / Secondary School or equivalent

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