Commercial Banking - Credit Support Analyst

Job Summary:

As a Credit Monitoring Analyst for Commercial Bank, you will be responsible assessing compliance with credit agreement terms for an assigned portfolio of borrowers. In this role, you will interpret financial and other covenants included in credit agreements to determine whether borrowers are meeting the terms of the credit agreements or in default. The credit agreements cover syndicated loans and bilateral agreements.  

Job Responsibilities

• Determine whether corporate borrowers have breached covenants, and as a result, have defaulted on the terms of their credit agreements


• Interpret credit agreements and other legal documents to determine which co-borrowers, guarantors and other parties to the agreements require set up in bank’s system of record for future covenant compliance evaluation


• Perform credit analysis, review documentation and monitor ongoing compliance with financial covenants within an assigned portfolio of borrowers


• Independently calculate cash flow and leverage ratios in accordance with specific terms laid out in credit agreements 


• Develop strong knowledge of secured lending products including borrowing base credit facilities 


• Determine the grid-based performance pricing that applies to borrower so the bank gets adequately compensated for credit risk 


• Adhere to the quality control standards that have been set for the process and to service level agreements WLS has with its internal business partners

Required Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Business/Accounting preferred


• 3 or more years of experience in banking and/or doing financial analysis


• Ability to identify and summarize key points in written reviews of credit-related transactions


• Understanding of loan products, including documentation, for revolving lines of credit, term loans, borrowing bases, etc..  


• Desire to develop matter expertise in assessing credit risk of real estate developers, investors, real estate operating companies and opportunity and investment fund is a plus


• Strong verbal & written communication to effectively communicate with various stakeholders and across levels


• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision including demonstration of good time management


• High proficiency in using MS Office tools including MS Excel