Commercial Lender

Eastman Credit UnionKingsport, TN

About The Position

Eastman Credit Union is now hiring a Commercial Lender! Our ideal candidate will conduct themselves in a way that reflects our high standards of professionalism and customer service. These standards include excellent communication skills, leadership ability, self-awareness, and flexibility. We search for candidates that reflect integrity, loyalty, and dedication in everything they do. Eastman Credit Union offers competitive pay and benefits, promotional opportunities, and a culture that is hard to beat! We have high expectations for performance and want employees who can rise to the challenge.

Requirements

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Leadership ability
  • Self-awareness
  • Flexibility
  • Integrity
  • Loyalty
  • Dedication
  • Ability to conduct credit reviews on assigned MBL portfolio.
  • Ability to prepare and present loan Credit Memorandums.
  • Ability to make written and oral reports to loan committee(s).
  • Ability to formulate and articulate loan recommendations.
  • Ability to interpret ambiguous and complex data using independent judgment and discretion.
  • Ability to ensure sound analysis and adherence to prudent lending practices, procedures, guidelines, policies, regulations, and laws.
  • Ability to grade loan requests appropriately in accordance with guidelines.
  • Ability to issue commitment letters in conformity with loan approval conditions and ECU lending standards.
  • Ability to oversee the loan process from application through closing.
  • Ability to interact with service providers to facilitate loan process.
  • Ability to maintain, monitor, and manage all assigned loans and take action on any delinquencies.
  • Ability to request continued documents such as financial statements from the business member in a timely manner.
  • Ability to consistently review portfolio to assure all loans are graded appropriately at all times to mitigate risk.
  • Ability to conduct timely annual credit reviews on assigned portfolio.
  • Ability to monitor delinquencies and charge-offs to understand and eliminate controllable contributing factors.
  • Ability to keep abreast of changes/trends in the industry as well as the national and local economy.
  • Ability to interact with employees and members to ensure service excellence.
  • Ability to make regular calls to businesses and business contacts to establish relationships and to increase awareness of services provided by ECU.
  • Ability to develop standards for operating efficiencies, identify and correct any internal control deficiencies.
  • Ability to assist in business services training for staff.
  • Ability to coordinate and assist with projects as requested.
  • Ability to maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant regulations (including BSA, Reg CC, Reg X, Reg Z, and OFAC)
  • Ability to identify and manage risks within the department.
  • Ability to present and track required reports as directed by the Manager.
  • Ability to perform other duties or projects as directed by Manager.

Nice To Haves

  • Larger and more complex borrowing structures with discretion from manager.
  • Minimum total credit relationship over Business Loan Committee limit.

Responsibilities

  • Promote credit union services to current and potential business/commercial members.
  • Advise and assist business members to develop commercial and investment financial strategies.
  • Assist in the growth of deposits and a quality member business loan (MBL) portfolio by ensuring excellent service for existing members and actively soliciting new business.
  • Maintain accurate risk ratings, up to date financial reporting and conduct credit reviews on assigned MBL portfolio.
  • Promote ECU services to existing and potential business members.
  • Develop ECU's business loan portfolio. Solicit new business.
  • Consult present and potential members on ECU business loans, deposits, treasury management services, and merchant services.
  • Evaluate and determine opportunities for referrals to other areas of ECU such as residential mortgage lending, consumer lending, personal deposits, and asset management.
  • Determine appropriate product, rate, fee, and loan structure needs.
  • Systematically gather, evaluate, and interpret data. Spread financial statements as needed. Project cash flows and interpret financial information from present and potential business.
  • Prepare and present loan Credit Memorandums. This would include making written and oral reports to loan committee(s) as required.
  • Formulate and articulate loan recommendations. Must be able to interpret ambiguous and complex data using independent judgment and discretion.
  • Ensure sound analysis and adherence to prudent lending practices, procedures, guidelines, policies, regulations, and laws.
  • Grade loan requests appropriately in accordance with guidelines.
  • Issue commitment letters in conformity with loan approval conditions and ECU lending standards.
  • Oversee the loan process from application through closing. Interact with service providers to facilitate loan process.
  • Responsible for ongoing serving and credit administration functions related to assigned loan portfolio.
  • Maintain, monitor, and manage all assigned loans and take action on any delinquencies.
  • Request continued documents such as financial statements from the business member in a timely manner.
  • Consistently review portfolio to assure all loans are graded appropriately at all times to mitigate risk.
  • Conduct timely annual credit reviews on assigned portfolio.
  • Monitor delinquencies and charge-offs to understand and eliminate controllable contributing factors.
  • Keep abreast of changes/trends in the industry as well as the national and local economy.
  • Interact with employees and members to ensure service excellence.
  • Make regular calls to businesses and business contacts to establish relationships and to increase awareness of services provided by ECU.
  • Develop standards for operating efficiencies, identify and correct any internal control deficiencies.
  • Assist in business services training for staff.
  • Coordinate and assist with projects as requested.
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant regulations (including BSA, Reg CC, Reg X, Reg Z, and OFAC)
  • Identify and manage risks within the department.
  • Present and track required reports as directed by the Manager.
  • Perform other duties or projects as directed by Manager.

Benefits

  • Competitive pay
  • Benefits
  • Promotional opportunities
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