Loan Officer III

Bank of Hope•Los Angeles, CA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The Loan Officer III is responsible for analyzing cash flow, liquidity, profitability, and leverage, preparing loan presentations, and recommending or denying loan requests in accordance with banking regulations and Bank policies. This role involves monitoring loan covenants, assisting with loan closings, analyzing collateral values, and collecting loan account information. The Loan Officer III will also meet with customers, conduct site visits, and ensure compliance with various regulatory requirements. Additionally, this position requires mentoring junior lending staff, occasional local travel for client meetings, and participation in community organizations to meet CRA objectives. The role also emphasizes understanding computer systems, safeguarding confidential data, and reporting suspicious activities.

Requirements

5+ years of commercial lending experience.
Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate effectively and project a professional image when giving and taking information in writing, in person, and over the phone.
Ability to respond effectively to customer complaints or other sensitive inquiries.
Ability to make effective presentations.
Excellent analytical skills including the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Strong Analytical/Math skills.
Effectively manage multiple deadlines and projects.
Knowledge of bank regulations affecting customer accounts.
Knowledge of lending operations, Note or International Dept policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

Keep abreast of industry changes, local economic, financial and legislative events which may have an impact on commercial lending activities.
Analyze cash flow, liquidity, profitability, leverage and other financial ratios and be able to come to various conclusions, including evaluation of collateral and other relevant credit information.
Prepare loan presentations that include all pertinent information associated with the overall risk of the loan, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of borrower’s surrounding credits.
Recommend or deny loan requests in conformance with banking regulations and Bank’s loan policies and procedures.
Gather documents to perfect the security interest in collateral, if applicable.
Detect early warning signs of problem loans and immediate notification to a supervisor, Chief Credit Administrator, Loan Review, or Loan Servicing.
Monitor loan covenants and conditions per loan agreement and report any violation to manager.
Assist in loan closing and funding including obtaining signatures on loan documents according to the Bank’s procedures.
Analyze collateral values and insurance coverage.
Collect loan accounts and overdraft information.
Submit reports of calls made and document customer contact.
Meet customers regularly and seek opportunities to grow relationship.
Conduct site visits and on-site interviews under the supervision of a portfolio manager.
Comply with regulatory requirements including but not limited to: Reg B, HMDA, Bank Secrecy Act, OFAC, and USA Patriot Act, CRA, Privacy, and Security.
Comply with the Bank’s security program, including but not limited to: Review and comply with the End-User Computing Agreement.
Acquire good knowledge on functions and usage of computer systems as related to the assigned job functions.
Be current and knowledgeable in industry’s trend in safeguarding the Bank against confidential data leak, identity theft, fraudulent activities, and computer security threats.
Reports suspicious activities to manager, Chief Risk Officer or Information Security Officer.
Mentor junior lending staff.
Occasional local travel is required, as may participate in client meetings with Relationship Managers.
Participate in community organizations and/or events to help the Bank meet its CRA Objectives.
All other reasonable duties as assigned.