Senior Credit Officer

Old National Bank • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

Old National Bank has been serving clients and communities since 1834. With over $70 billion in total assets, we are a regional powerhouse deeply rooted in the communities we serve. As a trusted partner, we thrive on helping our clients achieve their goals and dreams, and we are committed to social responsibility and investing in our communities through volunteering and charitable giving.
We continually seek highly motivated and talented individuals as our people are critical to our success. In return, we offer competitive compensation with our salary and incentive program, in addition to medical, dental, and vision insurance. 401K, continuing education opportunities and an employee assistance program are also included in our benefit suite. Old National also offers a variety of Impact Network Groups led by team members who are passionate about driving engagement, creating awareness of diverse backgrounds and experiences, and building inclusion across the organization. We offer a unique opportunity to join a growing, community and client-focused company that is firmly rooted in its core values.
The Senior Credit Officer is a senior-level credit professional responsible for maintaining a high-quality commercial loan portfolio. As an expert in credit, this individual will assess, structure, and approve complex credit transactions while ensuring adherence to the bank’s risk policies and regulatory standards. The Senior Credit officer will be responsible for maintaining an efficient workflow while promoting a collaborative experience between the segment underwriters. Relationship Managers, segment leadership, and other internal support areas. This individual will provide guidance and recommendations throughout all activities of the underwriting process, which will include oversight of all analyst tasks and functions necessary to analyze, decision, and manage credit relationships in the Commercial portfolio, along with credit risk administration duties and orderly flow of credit approvals through the analysis process. Responsible to maintain loss ratios, accurately assess risk and assign the appropriate risk rating in an efficient manner following established underwriting guidelines and procedures. This position requires strong communication, leadership and critical thinking skills, thorough knowledge of industry and bank underwriting standards, and the confidence to make and support loan decisions

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related area or equivalent experience; Master’s degree preferred
• 15 or more years of experience in Commercial Credit with 10 or more years of experience in the Large Corporate, Mid-Corporate and/or Sponsor Finance segment
• 7 or more years of experience decisioning credit
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial statements and understand complex accounting principles
• Thorough knowledge of risks associated with all types of industries
• Thorough knowledge of Enterprise Value lending is required
• Thorough knowledge of loan structuring, borrowing causes and lending standards to ensure loan applications are evaluated efficiently, effectively, and in accordance with regulations
• Must possess (or willing to possess in short order) a deep understanding of ONB’s Credit culture, loan policies, and loan guidelines and procedures with ability to property mitigate exceptions when granted.
• Demonstrated proficiency and attention to analysis utilizing qualitative and quantitative detail

Responsibilities

• Ensure credit quality targets for the loan portfolio are met
• Ensure analyses of underwriters are appropriate and asset quality ratings are accurate
• Engage with Credit Strategy to leverage portfolio data and industry/market trends to provide administrative oversight of the Commercial loan portfolio
• Ensure compliance with established corporate standards for Commercial portfolio
• Understand the state of the loan portfolio, identifying areas of potential concern and growth opportunities
• Maintain an environment that is collaborative, controlled, monitored, and efficient
• Contribute to the growth and development of the Commercial Underwriters through continual feedback and guidance to ensure analysis on credit approval memorandum is accurate, factually correct and meets bank requirements to make fully informed credit decisions.
• Collaborate with production peers while executing the Bank’s Commercial Strateg
• Empower underwriters to engage with Commercial Relationship Managers, CBU Agents, and Documentation Specialists as applications progress through internal commercial lending processes and deploy problem solving and critical thinking skills as needed
• Complete special projects at the direction of the Bank’s credit administrators, which may include action and responses to OCC exams, internal audits, and loan review reports.

Benefits

• competitive compensation with our salary and incentive program, in addition to medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K, continuing education opportunities and an employee assistance program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees