Senior Underwriter/Underwriter - Commercial Real Estate Banking

Overview

San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington

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Job Description

This position can be filled as a CREB Originations Senior Underwriter (SUW) or a CREB Originations Underwriter (UW), depending upon the candidate’s experience level. The SUW/UW is responsible for performing deal analysis, preparation of supporting justification, and processing approvals. The SUW has understanding of key policies and regulations for applicability/impact to a transaction. The SUW/UW is a senior member of the CREB market team, is aligned to Line of Business region/market, working with the Credit Officer in a specific market and is assigned a portfolio of clients. The SUW/UW is typically an individual contributor who reports to a CREB Senior Credit Product Manager. However, the SUW/UW pairs with a Credit Officer based on assigned relationships and they work as a team to jointly originate new credit transactions as well as perform material modification to existing facilities. Successful candidates will possess functional expertise and will have demonstrated strong performance with a focus on collaboration, driving operational excellence and the ability to influence leaders, peers and clients. Credit products include, but not limited to, CRE secured construction/term/bridge, subscription, unsecured, traded product exposure.

Responsibilities

• Assess and analyze New/Modification Credit exposures, including analysis of Collateral, Market, Sponsor/Guarantor to support proposal to extend Credit.
• Support Credit Officer on screening memos and term sheets.
• Data capture for new originations.
• Prepare approval documents and manage closing due diligence.
• Activities associated with origination, renewal, modification and extension of existing facilities where terms are being changed (i.e. extensions beyond final maturity, commitment increases, material covenant changes), including risk rating scorecard preparation and profitability modeling.
• Process formal Credit Action through the approval system.

Required Qualifications

• 1+ years of Commercial Real Estate Credit Experience for the Underwriter, and 3+ years of Commercial Real Estate Credit Experience for the Senior Underwriter.
• Must be comfortable with financial analysis skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, with clear, concise, and conclusionary statements.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and the ability to master new technologies.

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Prior Money Center Bank or Regional Banking Experience

Skills

• Credit and Risk Assessment
• Customer and Client Focus
• Analytical Thinking
• Attention to Detail
• Oral Communications
• Interpret Relevant Laws, Rules, and Regulations

Age requirement: Must at least be 18 years of age.

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