Senior Underwriter, Humble

Job Description Job Description Position Summary:
Responsible for underwriting new and existing loans for the Corporate Banking team.
Assist teams in portfolio management activities.
Ensures portfolio achieves soundness, profitability, and growth objectives.
Skills and Experience:
2+ years' credit and work experience related to various aspects of middle market banking
Must be able to spread, analyze, and interpret complex financial statements
Must be able to prepare stress projection models and analyze relevant financial and covenant ratios
Must be able to identify and address strengths and weaknesses and risk and mitigants embedded in loan requests
Must be able to prepare credit memos/reports as part of the credit approval process
Proficient knowledge of credit policy, banking regulations, and loan documentation issues is required
Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Must be able to verbally communicate effectively one-to-one and in groups
Must be able to write clearly and effectively
Must be able to develop and maintain cohesive, cooperative working relationship with co-workers
Must have good personal organization and time management skills
Must understand and work effectively within the credit culture of the company
Must allocate time effectively and independently prioritize workload to meet timelines
Good mathematics, reading comprehension and writing skills
Participate in all required compliance training, including Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering training, as well as internal and external training programs, online training, meetings, and seminars/conferences, etc.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Support Corporate Bankers in managing existing and developing new client relationships
Assist the team in qualifying new loan requests with early-stage due diligence activities
Assist in the underwriting process for new clients (analytics, valuation models, industry research)
Lead the underwriting of existing client renewals, loan modifications and periodic credit reviews
Prepare credit approval memos and related documents for use in the credit approval process
Assist in monitoring individual client accounts to include loan covenant validation, trend analysis
Assist in training and coaching new underwriters and new team members
Continue to grow in understanding complex transactions and related risk (credit, market, operations, legal/compliance, etc.)
Special projects as needed
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field
Minimum of two (2) years of credit and underwriting experience, preferably in Middle Market
Ability to respond to common inquiries from internal clients, regulatory agencies, and employees
Advanced knowledge of related state/federal banking compliance regulations, and other Bank operational policies
Intermediate skills in computer terminal and personal computer operation, including use of word, excel, and office
Advanced math skills
Effective verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to deal with difficult problems involving multiple facets and variables in non-standardized situations.
Effective organizational and time management skills
Position Type:
This position is a full-time, exempt position.
Typical work hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm.
Direct Reports:
None
Travel:
Some travel between Third Coast Bank offices may be required.