Credit VP – REITs and Non-Recourse Lending

Mizuho•New York City, NY

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Real Estate team is responsible for credit analysis conducted in connection with approval of credit transactions and ongoing monitoring of real estate related industries, including REIT, home building, and non-recourse finance. Clients are diversified across multiple sub-sectors and niche markets. This position provides (i) a great opportunity to cover challenging credits in the real estate space, (ii) strong visibility with senior and executive management, and (iii) exciting career growth prospects. This position requires an individual who is open minded to new skills and potential new industries, can skillfully serve as a linchpin between the various stakeholders within the branches, agencies and other credit departments. The Credit Officer must possess in-depth industry knowledge and have his/her finger on the pulse of market trend in order to make accurate recommendations to senior management approval, denial or counter of credit requests. Responsibilities also include monitoring performance of credits in the portfolio and ensuring credits are rated appropriately.

Requirements

Proven credit analysis skills and related analytical skills/knowledge/abilities:
Demonstrates basic industry knowledge and information on key industry players within the real estate, home building, and non-recourse industries.
Exhibits a capacity to analyze the underlying credit trends, including the competence to accurately assess credit migration trends and default possibility of the borrowers.
Demonstrates credit skills/ability to accurately identify and evaluate underlying risk elements of the borrowers.
Aptitude to write well organized, accurate and in-depth reports based on information gathered and thoughtful cash flow projections.
Strong multitasking ability to proactively monitor on an on-going basis the pool of credits to detect potential credit problems at an early stage.
Advanced knowledge of Excel and experience with building comprehensive cash flow projection model.
Strong leadership skill and ability to work with junior officers.
6+ years of credit-related experience – banking experience in non-recourse financing preferred.
Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Business, Finance or Economics or strong quantitative background.
Solid time management skills with the ability to plan and schedule work to meet both long-term and short-term time frames.
Consistently demonstrates effective negotiation, verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to present credit opinion to decision makers.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
An open mind, willing to learn new skills and unfamiliar industries.
Capable of working well independently and as part of the team.
Effectively analyzes and solves problems/issues.
Proficiency with Capital IQ, Bloomberg, MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Formalized credit training from an accredited financial institution and proficient financial modeling skills.

Responsibilities

Reviews/assesses credit applications from branches/agencies.
Provides effective analysis of credit including creditworthiness of applicant, loan structure, risk return, the applicant’s operating, financial and industry profiles including historical profit and loss performance, financial condition and cash flow.
Creates various types of projection/enterprise valuation/recovery/other financial models, commenting on the reasonableness of assumptions in both management’s and Mizuho’s sensitivity cases.
Compares the prospective borrower to its peers and summarize industry trends.
Prepares accurate, clear, well-organized and complete written summary/analysis (Credit Opinion) with recommendations for approval, decline, or counter.
Discusses with branches/agencies potential changes to credit structure or other conditions for which we would grant credit approval.
Through a careful analysis, recommend appropriate risk rating for each customer/transaction as required.
Conduct comprehensive annual review of each customer and quarterly review as needed.
Directly engages in external meetings/presentations/events with syndicate banks, rating agencies, clients, law firms and other related parties, in co-ordination with coverage bankers, other product partners and Mizuho affiliates.
Proactively monitors and assesses assigned borrowers/industries including market data such as share price, EDF, CDS or loan secondary price or other appropriate indices and reports the information and its impact on credits/industries to senior officers in a timely manner.
Complies with credit standards, policies, objectives and requirements.
Plays strong management role with branches/agencies to ensure they understand and comply with the policies.
Acts as liaison between, gathers information (especially on problem customers) from and exchanges views with branches/agencies/other Credit Departments and senior management regarding issues related to credit applications, monitoring, analysis, standards and policies.