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Columbia Bank · 1 week ago

Senior Commercial Underwriter

Yakima, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$80K/yr - $140K/yr

7+ years exp

Columbia Bank is a financial institution seeking a Senior Commercial Underwriter to manage and analyze commercial credit requests. The role involves underwriting new and renewal credit requests, collaborating with team members, and ensuring compliance with bank regulations.

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Responsibilities

Underwrites new and renewal Commercial and Industrial (C&I) and Commercial Real Estate (CRE) credit requests comprised of working capital lines of credit, asset-based lines of credit, commercial real estate loans (Owner Occupied and Investor) and equipment financing; most often from moderate-to-complex enterprises with revenues generally greater than $5 million

Collaborates with team members, Commercial Portfolio Managers (CPM’s), Client Solutions Managers ("CSMs") and Commercial Relationship Managers to accurately present findings, including business rationale and risk mitigations, in order to obtain credit approval and meet customer needs

Analyze business, industry, financial data and other supporting credit information concerning an applicant’s credit request; identifies key business and financial risks that may impact the repayment prospects by the borrower; derives conclusions supporting the credit recommendation based on documented facts and/or sound judgement

Prepare timely, concise and accurate credit recommendations, with limited supervision or revision. Includes: (1) quantitative components within the underwriting narrative documenting the credit analysis; (2) accurate use of risk rating scoring models (aka Dual Risk Rating), both quantitative and qualitative rating elements, to ensure customers and loans are properly risk-rated; (3) accurate identification and mitigation of all exceptions to Bank tracked policies exceptions (TPE), tracked guidelines exceptions (TGE), procedures and compliance regulations; and (4) accurate loan coding consistent with nature of the borrowing relationship and terms of the credit(s)

Monitor borrower financial performance in line with commercial and/or real estate loan documents; spreads financial statement and/or ensures required financial statements are spread in accordance with Bank Guidelines and resulting covenant calculations are accurate, complete and adhere to approval conditions and loan documentation. Collaborates with team members to ensure borrower notifications are sent and approvals are obtained to resolve any violations in a timely manner

Partners with team members to offer insights into customer financial needs, including opportunities identified using Line of Business-approved relationship expansion tools. May also offer opinions related to a loan structure’s effectiveness to mitigate risks, appropriate to prevailing competitive market environment and Bank risk tolerances

Partners with team members in customer and prospect calls as appropriate. May shadow manage a portfolio as part of training and development, with Underwriting Manager and Market Director mutual approval

May oversee the work of other commercial underwriters or credit analysts, including the timely review of credit reports prepared by other underwriters to ensure a high level of report quality prior to submission for approval; findings to be captured via a standardized Quality Control (QC) Checklist and used to provide guidance and training to underwriters

Demonstrates compliance with all bank regulations for assigned job function and applies to designated job responsibilities – knowledge may be gained through coursework and on-the-job training. Keeps up to date on regulation changes

Follows all Bank policies and procedures, compliance regulations, and completes all required annual or job-specific training

Maintain a working knowledge of Bank's written policies and procedures regarding Bank Secrecy Act, Regulation CC, Regulation E, Bank Security and other regulations as applicable to this job description

May be asked to coach, mentor, or train others and teach coursework as subject matter expert

Actively learns, demonstrates, and fosters the Columbia corporate culture in all actions and words

Takes personal initiative and is a positive example for others to emulate

Embraces our vision to become “Business Bank of Choice”

May perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

Commercial underwriting experienceCredit analysis skillsFinancial statement spreadingAdvanced analytical skillsCredit policies knowledgeWordExcelPowerPointTime management skillsInterpersonal skillsPresentation skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, Accounting, or equivalent work experience

7-10 years of commercial underwriting/credit analysis experience or relevant lending experience

Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills

Advanced credit and credit quality skills including accounting, financial statement spreading, and cash flow analysis experience; ability to train and present to small and large audiences or has the interest in learning to train and present

Demonstrated time management skills, reflecting the ability to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously while delivering work product on time

Ability to work effectively with individuals and groups across the company to manage internal and external customer relationships

Possess excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and presentation skills

Advanced knowledge of credit policies, procedures, practices and documentation

Proficiency with personal computers and related software packages such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other business machines

Ability to train and present to small and large audiences or has the interest in learning to train and present