Commercial Credit Officer
Lewis James Professional is a woman-owned staff augmentation, project consulting and direct hire search and placement firm. We are currently seeking a Commercial Credit Officer for a direct hire opportunity with a financial services client.
Responsibilities
- Deep understanding of SBA credit program and guidelines
- Experience within a preferred lender
- Support loan production while guaranteeing compliance with all applicable risk policies, procedures and mitigants
- Examine loan transactions and portfolios across the bank’s Small Business Banking lending groups
- Promote a collaborative process that aims to produce sound credit decisions and add appropriately structured loans to support the Bank’s growth and loan generation goals
- Approve credit requests within individual authority, adhering to Bank and regulatory guidelines (FDIC, SBA, and USDA)
- Support credit functions within the Credit Team
- Apply credit training, underwriting experience, and knowledge of lending policies to provide detailed loan transaction analysis
- Partner with departments involved in loan production to ensure smooth execution
- Collaborate with risk and portfolio management teams to monitor and maintain accurate risk ratings across the loan portfolio
- Assert a high standard of regulatory awareness including BSA, AML, CIP, and OFAC
Qualifications
- 5+ years of financial analysis including underwriting of commercial loan credits
- Travel required
- SBA 7(a) and SBA 504 experience preferred
- Commercial lending and sales experience preferred
For immediate consideration, please click “Apply” and use Job Code BHJOB11837_4343. You may also send a copy of your resume to: and enter only the following job code in the subject line: BHJOB11837_4343. Lewis James Professional is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V
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