Loan Review Officer- Credit Risk - Pelham Berkeley Search

High Profile Bank in Manhattan seeks a commercial lending Loan Review Officer with a strong credit risk background.

Tremendous full-time direct hire career opportunity with International Organization that offers a great work environment, interesting projects and competitive compensation (90-100K+ bonus).

In this role you will perform independent loan reviews to evaluate the creditworthiness of the obligor and/or credit facility and to assign a risk rating to provide an independent periodic and objective assessment of the underlying credit by analyzing financial statements and other external data obtained from external sources.

You will also assist with the development of the quantitative analysis to assess credit risk at the portfolio level for the Bank, this will involve consulting with other areas in the development and maintenance of quantitative analysis process.

Other responsibilities include:

• Maintain an advanced level of understanding of credit risk policies/requirements, regulatory expectations and contribute to improving effectiveness and efficiency of the credit risk analysis processes/methodologies
• Perform ad hoc risk analysis

Requirements include:

• 3+ years of commercial lending credit risk analysis or review experience including syndicated leveraged loans and project financing.
• College degree with Finance, Business, Economics, or a related course of study preferred; MBA or CFA candidates or CFA charter holders or FRM certificate holders welcome to apply.
• Strong knowledge of financial statement analysis.
• Good understanding of other risk areas such as Market Risk and Operational Risk.
• Hands on experience with excel and other analytical tools.