Commercial Credit Senior Analyst

Commercial Credit Senior Analyst

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field and 2 years’ experience in commercial credit, public accounting, financial statement preparation/analysis or other financial analysis.
• In lieu of a degree, a combined minimum 6 years’ higher education and work experience to include 2 years’ experience in commercial credit, public accounting, financial statement preparation/analysis or other financial analysis.
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in financial modeling and analysis of credit metrics.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Attention to detail with a high level of accuracy.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently and as a part of a team.
• Customer focused with strong interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the credit needs of customers by underwriting new requests and material modifications from deal screen through approval and for the life of the loan.
• Manage the ongoing credit risk of existing loan portfolios through continuous credit monitoring (CCM) activities enabling the timely identification of emerging credit risk so that appropriate actions can be taken to manage the risk, minimize losses and assign an accurate risk rating.
• Review all pertinent credit and financial information, including but not limited to financial statements, tax returns, due diligence reports, credit bureaus, appraisals, internal credit information, industry research and peer data.
• Analyze financial information and related materials and complete the credit analyses for the Bank’s commercial transactions.
• Make appropriate structure recommendations based on an analysis and evaluation of scenarios including the company’s case, bank’s base case and a downside case.
• As part of managing the ongoing credit risk of existing portfolios, identify suspicious activity and activity that may be contrary to customer’s interest.
• Partner proactively with relationship managers (RM) and be intimately involved throughout the deal process, from deal screen through approval and for the life of the loan to maintain timely and accurate risk ratings for a portfolio of commercial credits.
• Prepare cash flow, collateral schedules, covenant sensitivity calculations, financial models, and guarantor statement analysis as appropriate.
• Attend client/prospect calls with RMs to gain a thorough understanding of the client/prospect and their business to effectively analyze and underwrite the proposed transaction.
• Prepare summary, present facts, and offers opinions concerning credit-worthiness.
• Present analysis or address questions during credit request discussions or committee presentations.
• Ensure credit policy compliance by verifying adherence of underwriting to the Commercial Credit Policy and commenting on any risk associated with non-compliance.
• Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite.
• Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Capital IQ, FactSet, and Bloomberg preferred.
• Large Corporate Banking experience.