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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in finance, accounting, or a business-related field; or equivalent amount of experience.
• 4-6 years of experience in commercial credit analysis, commercial lending, or bank examination.
• Working knowledge of commercial loan documentation, including credit agreements, notes, and corporate organizational documents.
• Advanced working knowledge of commercial loan documentation, structural risk mitigation, and structural credit mechanics.
• Understanding of financial accounting principles and advanced three-statement financial modeling.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with a proven ability to present complex credit narratives to loan committees and mentor junior staff.
• Above-average organizational and time management habits, with a demonstrated ability to independently manage a heavy workflow, balance competing deadlines, and drive projects to timely completion.
• High proficiency with spreadsheet software (Excel) and modern commercial banking/credit spreading platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive financial analysis, including cash flow modeling, leverage, liquidity, and capital structure evaluation for complex borrowers and transactions
• Develop clear, well-supported credit recommendations, articulating key risks, mitigants, and approval rationale
• Evaluate sponsor support, industry dynamics, and enterprise valuation where applicable
• Guide preparation of credit memoranda, loan presentations, and credit reviews with decision-ready insights.
• Prepare high quality loan presentations for the loan committee.
• Partner with deal teams to structure capital finance transactions, including advance rates, borrowing base design, and covenant frameworks.
• Assess collateral quality, liquidation profiles, and concentration risks to inform structure and pricing.
• Influence transaction terms to optimize risk-adjusted returns while maintaining alignment with credit policy.
• Provide subject matter expertise on asset-based and structured lending mechanics.
• Oversee ongoing portfolio performance, including financial trend analysis, covenant compliance, and borrowing base activity.
• Proactively identify emerging risks and drive recommended actions, including modifications, downgrades, or enhanced monitoring.
• Evaluate collateral performance and eligibility to ensure integrity of borrowing base structures.
• Support management of higher-risk or stressed credits, including development of action plans and risk mitigation strategies.
• Know and live Bell Bank’s values, bottom line, customer service standards, Golden Rules, and LOCBUTN by building personal connections with customers and employees and using their names as often as possible.
• Conduct activities consistent with established Bell Bank policies, procedures and systems, the Code of Conduct, the Bank Secrecy Act and all applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
• All employees are responsible for information security, including compliance with policies and standards which protect sensitive information.
• Prompt and reliable attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.