Investment Officer

Manulife • Chicago, IL

1d • $122,325 - $212,030 • Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting to the AVP, the Investment Officer is responsible for the origination and management of profitable commercial mortgage loan investments within the Company’s established risk and return parameters. This role involves marketing mortgage products to source high-quality lending opportunities with yields aligned to underlying liabilities. The Investment Officer leads the full transaction lifecycle, including sourcing, structuring, underwriting, and recommending investments for approval, while also supporting portfolio management activities to protect asset quality and minimize losses. Additional responsibilities include portfolio oversight, annual loan reviews, and collaboration with internal teams on loan administration and problem resolution.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of commercial mortgage loan experience with a background in origination, portfolio, and asset management.
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Strong knowledge of mortgage lending, including documentation, credit standards, and underwriting principles.
• Knowledge of forms of mortgage loan documentation, the ability to analyze cash flows/complete spreadsheet-based financial modeling, an understanding of commercial real estate market conditions, loan rating methodology, and appraisal techniques.
• Solid understanding of real estate law, lease structures, and loan documentation.
• Strong organizational, time management, and communication skills (written and verbal).
• General understanding of macroeconomic trends, capital markets, AI concepts and use cases, and financial analysis.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience with a life insurance company, bank or credit role is a plus.
• advanced degree in business, finance, economics, commercial real estate, or related field preferred.
• Additional skills include deal sourcing, marketing, relationship management, loan document negotiation, due diligence coordination and financial statement analysis.

Responsibilities

• Originate, analyze, negotiate, underwrite, and close commercial mortgage investments that meet established yield and portfolio objectives. This includes market analysis, collateral appraisal, underwriting, and structuring.
• Marketing and placement of commercial mortgage loans with borrowers, correspondents, and brokers
• Present and recommend targeted loan opportunities for approval to Credit Team and senior management.
• Conduct annual loan reviews with financial, market and security analysis, to update the credit rating for each mortgage in our portfolio.
• Collaborate with Branch staff, key partners across offices (including Boston and Toronto home offices) as well as Loan Administration and Collateral Review Teams on mortgage loans in the portfolio, as directed by the regional AVP.
• Structure transactions, negotiate loan terms, and develop pricing strategies consistent with Company standards.
• Support mortgage portfolio administration, including: Monitoring and addressing problem loans (arrears, restructurings/workouts), Coordinating with Collateral Review and legal teams, Conducting annual property inspections, Renewing and retaining high-quality performing loans
• Engage with the Closing Team to facilitate loan closings and with the Post-Closing Team to address borrower requests during the life of loans

Benefits

• health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans.
• various retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) savings plans and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources.
• up to 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days, 150 hours of vacation, and 40 hours of sick time (or more where required by law) each year
• full range of statutory leaves of absence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level