Senior Credit Underwriter - Custom Lending - Global Wealth & Investment Management
About The Position
This job is responsible for performing risk assessment and repayment capacity analysis (i.e., financial, borrower, industry, etc.) and preparing transaction justification for moderately complex/complex transactions with limited oversight. Key responsibilities include documenting credit analysis, independently assessing historic and projected borrower financial information, evaluating adherence to policy and procedure, providing loan structure analysis and recommendations, and monitoring portfolio performance. The Senior Credit Underwriter (SCU) partners closely with the Credit Advisor (CA) to develop and expand custom lending relationships with strategic wealth clients. This role supports responsible and profitable loan and revenue growth while also managing a portfolio of existing credit relationships. The SCU is responsible for performing and documenting comprehensive financial analysis to support credit decisions for ultra‑high‑net‑worth clients—including individuals, family offices, trusts, and specialized wealth entities—ensuring full adherence to applicable policies, procedures, and GWIM underwriting standards and guidelines.
Requirements
- Strong financial analysis, accounting skills, and deal structuring for borrowers with complex balance sheets and income streams
- 10+ years of commercial and/or private wealth management credit experience
- Strong negotiation and communication skills
- Proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build business partnerships with risk, services and client teams who may not be co-located
Nice To Haves
- Formal Credit Training and/or Commercial/Wealth Management credit experience preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, accounting or economics preferred
Responsibilities
- Evaluates credit worthiness and provides analysis and decisioning on whether a client should receive a credit facility
- Partners with Credit Officers, Relationship Management, and Risk teammates to assess and deliver credit solutions
- Monitors the client's operating performance and financial condition, proactively identifying issues and opportunities
- Delivers financial modeling, loan structure, industry, economic, and other analysis to team members to support the loan decision-making process
- Ensures adherence to credit policies, guidelines, procedures, and applicable regulatory requirements
- Complete Credit Approval Memos (CAMs) and modifications to secure credit approval for complex, custom loan products, including marketable securities, commercial real estate, fine art, hedge fund, yacht, unsecured, insurance, private equity, and subscription‑finance facilities
- Synthesize comprehensive financial information to assess liquidity, leverage, cash flow, key risks/mitigants, and legal structures (trusts, special wealth vehicles, etc.), applying sound judgment to support appropriate credit decisions
- Distill complex issues to their core components and document findings clearly, concisely, and accurately
- Consistently apply established policies, procedures, and underwriting practices, including accurate financial spreading, risk rating, financial modeling, and required approvals.
- Provide lending guidance, structural recommendations, and policy expertise during upfront deal discussions with partners
- Review, negotiate, and refine loan structures and covenants during the documentation process based on borrower creditworthiness, collateral, and overall risk appetite.
- Proactively manage deal pipeline and ensure timely progression of new and existing transactions
- Oversee day‑to‑day management of assigned loan portfolio, ensuring timely and accurate execution of collateral releases, SER preparation, renewals, covenant resolution, risk‑rating updates, loan modifications/waivers, and past‑due remediation
- Identify opportunities to streamline workflows and recommend process improvements.
- Mentor and develop Credit Underwriters, supporting skill growth and consistent underwriting quality
Benefits
- Access to paid time off
- Resources and support to our employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
