About the Role
A member of the Commercial Credit team that partners with senior team members supporting the duties of underwriting and the on-going monitoring of a portfolio of credit relationships. Responsible for performing supporting analysis, identifying risk issues, and completing sections of credit analysis, as needed, to assess the creditworthiness of commercial clients.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate the credit needs of customers by analyzing 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.
- Review all pertinent credit and financial information, including 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.
- Identify suspicious activity and activity that may be contrary to customer’s interest.
- Partner proactively with relationship managers (RM) and be involved throughout the credit process.
- Spread financial statements and prepare financial / projection models.
- Enter complete and accurate data into Bank systems.
- Attend client/prospect calls with RMs to gain a thorough understanding of the client/prospect and their business.
- Present analysis or address questions during credit request discussions or committee presentations.
- Assist in monitoring credit policy compliance by verifying adherence to the Commercial Credit Policy.
- Understand and adhere to applicable compliance/operational risk controls.
- Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
- Maintain M&T internal control standards.
- Complete other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field and a minimum of one year’s work experience in commercial credit, public accounting, financial statement preparation/analysis or other financial analysis, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 5 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including of one year work experience in commercial credit, public accounting, financial statement preparation/analysis or other financial analysis.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical ability.
- 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.
Skills
- Capital IQ
- FactSet
- Bloomberg
- nCino
Location
- Radnor, PA
- New York, NY
- Buffalo, NY
- Buffalo, New York, United States of America
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1 year of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field
Salary/Compensations
- $62,200.00 - $103,600.00 (USD)
About the Company
- Commercial Credit is responsible for the credit delivery of the Bank's commercial clients throughout the credit lifecycle.
- Credit assessments range from initial analyses of new relationships to the Bank to material modifications or restructurings of long-term relationships and ongoing monitoring through the life of the loan.
- Commercial Credit is also responsible for ensuring the accurate completion of the Bank's risk rating scorecards and financial statement spreads.
- The work completed in this capacity is used to make credit decisions for new or renewed or amended credit transactions.
- Contacts are primarily internal such as credit officers and other bank personnel.
- The position interacts with commercial banking relationship managers throughout the bank’s footprint and industry verticals.
- Customer interaction is expected.
- Works independently under general supervision.
