Commercial Portfolio Manager

Hancock Whitney Bank•New Orleans, LA

About The Position

The Equipment Finance (EF) Portfolio Manager 3 (PM3) provides credit underwriting and portfolio administration support to all EF product segments for intermediate transactions. The PM3 works with limited guidance and oversight to timely and accurately facilitate and contribute their initial credit risk assessment to the EF transaction review process; manages the subsequent credit screening process; performs detailed credit underwriting with clear and concise drafting of credit memorandums; clearly communicates their assessment with the EF Group Portfolio Manager, Relationship Managers, the Director of EF and Credit Officers; facilitates the loan/lease closing process and ongoing portfolio administration, monitoring and surveillance. Mentor to and trainer of Junior EF PMs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or a related field.
5+ years of credit analysis experience; working with Credit Analysts/ Underwriters, Relationship Managers or bankers, with the understanding of Bank risk tolerances and recommendations on transaction viability and credit worthiness.
Experience assisting Senior Bank Officers with a variety of intermediate to complex transactions.
Ability to interpret personal and business tax returns and financial statements.
Ability to use sound logic to solve problems with effective solutions.
Strong written and verbal communication and ability to prioritize effectively.
Intermediate knowledge of equipment finance and commercial lending services, documentation, underwriting and regulatory guidelines.
Advanced understanding of financial ratios and business principles, and strong analytical skills with an ability to question assumptions.
Intermediate knowledge of credit analysis and lending/leasing functions.
Intermediate knowledge of typical equipment finance and bank products and services.
Developing knowledge of Debt Capital Markets and the Macro Economic drivers.
Ability to travel if required to perform the essential job functions.
Ability to work under stress and meet deadlines.
Ability to operate related equipment to perform the essential job functions.
Ability to read and interpret a document if required to perform the essential job functions.
Ability to lift/move/carry approximately 10 pounds if required to perform the essential job functions.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree, CPA Preferred.
Successful completion of a formal credit training or certificate program and experience underwriting and closing tax-exempt transactions preferred.

Responsibilities

Works in conjunction with deal team (Relationship Manager, credit officer, Asset Manager, EF credit team, Director of EF) to screen deals for viability, credit structure, business issues, pricing, asset risk, residual risk, documentation, legal, and other relevant issues in order to recommend credit opportunities and proposals.
Ability to underwrite and manage credit relationships greater than or equal to $25MM with complex structures, capital stacks that are growing in complexity, and risk profiles that are growing in complexity.
Ability to manage a portfolio of in excess of $300MM across (approximately) 30+ relationships.
Pre-Underwriting to synthesize and address key risks (credit, repayment, structure, asset support, documentation, adequate return for risk, execution, and reputational risk).
Supports the potential originate to syndicate transactions, sell side opportunities, and Corporate Credit Profile Relationships.
Prepares confidential information memorandums to help support sell down transactions and originate to syndicate transactions.
Underwrites new buy side loan and lease transactions accurately and timely for credit approval
Underwrites or provides underwriting support for transactions for EF transactions in Bank markets, providing EF specialty and consulting as needed and for transactions that have defined capital markets sell side and syndication potential.
Works directly with EF Relationship Managers to obtain all necessary financial statements and transaction information in order to analyze credit requests.
Assists in the review and approval of lease and loan documentation, whether internally or externally prepared, to ensure accuracy and completion in accordance with loan approval.
Assists in ordering equipment and collateral valuations and reviews Collateral Gap Analyses.
Track Loan and Lease Agreement compliance ensuring that relationships within the EF portfolio are monitored per the terms of the Loan Agreement and bank policy.
Monitors and works with Relationship Manager and other EF teammates to clear payment Past Dues.
Performs annual reviews to assess obligor and guarantor performance and risks associated with the transaction.
Tracks and resolves document exceptions related to closing and ongoing exceptions.
Monitor credit status and quality of loans and leases on a regularly scheduled basis, including assessment of current risk rating.
Keeps informed of current economic conditions and legislation, which may affect customer relationships and the Commercial Line of Business.
Tests obligor and guarantor operating performance against original underwriting and projections upon receipt of required reporting information (i.e. monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual financial statements, etc.).
Assists and mentors junior EF Portfolio Managers.
Supports and assists other EF teammates as workload and ad hoc project load dictates.
Works in conjunction with direct supervision of the EF Portfolio Group Manager and partners with other Relationship Managers.