Commercial Loan Underwriter

Community West Bank•Sacramento, CA

2h•$77,164 - $113,528•Hybrid

About The Position

Evaluate large commercial credit requests and prepare and recommend credit authorizations. This role involves assisting account officers with collecting and reviewing borrower financial information, credit reports, and collateral verification to underwrite conventional commercial and industrial loans and commercial real estate loans. The underwriter ensures all required documentation is complete and appropriate, analyzes financial data to assess repayment capacity, evaluates collateral, and analyzes borrower sensitivities and economic conditions. The position also involves determining borrower creditworthiness, recommending risk mitigation, assisting with Credit Authorization Memorandums (CAMs), presenting credit requests, and preparing problem loan reports. For Agricultural loans, specific analysis of budgets, profitability, water management, and cash flow is required.

Requirements

Knowledge of commercial credit products, concepts, processes, and functions.
Knowledge of business management and planning tools, including financial statements and ratios, budgets, inventory and accounts receivable turnover.
Ability to analyze and interpret financial statements, business reports and legal documents.
Knowledge of applicable federal/state banking regulations.
Comprehensive knowledge of commercial industries including building trades, service providers, non-profit businesses.
Effective math skills, including ratios, percentages, interest and amortization.
Good judgment, problem solving and decision-making skills.
Ability to review and critically evaluate information or data in order to identify areas of potential risk.
Strong attention to detail.
Effective knowledge of and ability to underwrite loan participations.
Effective credit quality analysis and risk grading skills.
Ability to adapt to changes and manage multiple priorities.
Ability to perform essential job functions under minimal supervision.
Professional demeanor, speaking, writing and presentation skills.
Personal computer proficiency, including internet browsers, and word-processing and spreadsheet applications.
Proficiency at speaking, reading and writing English.
Four-year degree in Business/ Accounting or equivalent training/experience.

Nice To Haves

Specialized underwriting proficiency in one of the following areas: agricultural lending, commercial & subdivision construction lending, and/or government guaranteed lending.
Commercial loan underwriting experience at a bank, preferred.
Experience underwriting SBA and/or agri-business credits, preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist account officers with collecting/reviewing borrower’s financial information, credit reports and collateral verification information (e.g. UCC filings, appraisals, etc.), in order to underwrite basic conventional commercial and industrial loans and commercial real estate loans.
Ensure that all required documentation is present, complete and appropriate to the credit request.
Analyze and interpret profitability, cash flow, credit reports and financial ratios to determine if they meet guidelines for adequate repayment capacity.
Evaluate and verify collateral.
Analyze borrower's competitive and economic sensitivities, general business conditions, and management.
Determine borrower credit worthiness/risk factors, and recommend risk mitigation measures.
Assist account officers with preparing Credit Authorization Memorandum (CAM) and recommend credit approval. Includes financial review report and opinion of credit risk.
Present credit requests and respond to credit administration questions.
Prepare problem loan reports, EAD and/or DCF analysis, as appropriate, and TDR assessments.
For Agricultural loans: Prepare and analyze ag budgets, and interpret profitability/crop margins, water management issues, cash flow, credit reports and financial ratios to determine if they meet guidelines for adequate repayment capacity.