About The Position

This is a Fixed Term Contract position for a Senior Credit Manager, Real Estate, located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The role involves assessing the financial position of special loans, preparing recommendations for credit restructuring, and developing unique restructuring options. The position requires authorizing legal actions for recovering classified loans, negotiating settlements, and interacting with internal and external contacts to acquire industry knowledge. The Senior Credit Manager may also provide oversight and coaching to less senior staff, work closely with business origination on risk aspects of new transactions, and oversee the preparation of risk ratings. Daily monitoring of financial and industry information is crucial, along with continuously reviewing internal borrower risk ratings. The role also involves providing effective challenge to product partners to ensure decisions align with Risk Appetite. The Senior Credit Manager is recognized as a top-level expert within the company, providing advisory services to executives and business segment leaders, and integrating enterprise strategy into program design and policy formulation. This role requires innovative thinking to develop new solutions and impacts the technical or functional direction and resource allocation of parts of the enterprise. The Senior Credit Manager will engage stakeholders, provide expert advice, influence change, and lead problem resolution for complex project/program requirements.

Requirements

  • Undergraduate degree or technical certificate and/or 10+ years relevant experience
  • Fixed Term Duration - 4 months

Responsibilities

  • Assess financial position of special loans through cash flow projection, asset valuation, credit histories and other financial measures
  • Prepare recommendations for credit restructuring, additional assets where the loan may be recoverable and returned to acceptable status
  • Develop unique restructuring options to suit the circumstances of the account
  • Authorize any legal actions necessary in recovering classified loans and monitor the resolution of such actions
  • Where necessary take steps to recover assets or negotiate settlement to minimize the losses to the Bank
  • Interact primarily with internal/external contacts including account managers, economists and research analysts and trade associations to acquire relevant industry knowledge
  • May provide oversight/overview and coaching to less senior staff within Risk Management
  • Work closely with business origination on risk aspects of new transactions under consideration and provides direction and guidance to ensure the deal structure adequately mitigates key risk concerns
  • Oversee and prepare risk ratings in a timely manner to identify and evaluate the major risks and recommend appropriate internal borrower risk ratings to meet business needs and CDIC/OSFI requirements
  • Actively follow business and financial performance through daily monitoring of financial and industry information.
  • Continuously review internal borrower risk ratings for assigned borrowers
  • May provide effective challenge to the product partners to ensure all decisions are within Risk Appetite
  • Adhere to enterprise frameworks or methodologies that relate to activities for our business area
  • Ensure respective programs/policies/practices are well managed, meets business needs, complies with internal and external requirements, and aligns with business priorities
  • Consistently exercise discretion in managing correspondence, information and all matters of confidentiality; escalate issues where appropriate
  • Ensure business operations are in compliance with applicable internal and external requirements ( e.g. financial controls, segregation of duties, transaction approvals and physical control of assets)
  • Participate in cross-functional / enterprise / initiatives as a subject matter expert helping to identify risk / provide guidance for complex situations
  • Conduct internal and external research projects; support the development/ delivery of presentations / communications to management or broader audience
  • Conduct meaningful analysis at the functional or enterprise level using results to draw conclusions, make recommendations, assess the effectiveness of programs/ policies/ practices
  • Monitor service, productivity and assess efficiency levels within own function and implement continuous process / performance improvements where opportunities exists
  • Lead / facilitate and/or implement actions / remediation plans to address performance / risk /governance issues
  • Actively manage relationships within and across various business lines, corporate and/or control functions and ensure alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements
  • Keep abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts
  • Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite
  • Participate fully as a member of the team, support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues/ points of interest
  • Provide thought leadership and/ or industry knowledge for own area of expertise in own area and participate in knowledge transfer within the team and business unit
  • Keep current on emerging trends/ developments and grow knowledge of the business, related tools and techniques
  • Participate in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team
  • Keep others informed and up-to-date about the status / progress of projects and / or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities
  • Contribute to team development of skills and capabilities through mentorship of others, by sharing knowledge and experiences and leveraging best practices.
  • Lead, motivate and develop relationships with internal and external business partners / stakeholders to develop productive working relationships.
  • Contribute to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports a diverse workforce
  • Act as a brand ambassador for your business area/function and the bank, both internally and/or externally

Benefits

  • health and well-being benefits
  • savings and retirement programs
  • paid time off
  • banking benefits and discounts
  • career development
  • reward and recognition programs
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