Commercial Loan Portfolio Manager
Location: Bowling Green, KY / Lexington, KY / Brentwood, TN (On-Site) • Full-Time, Salary Exempt
About the role
If you're a strategic, detail-focused professional with a passion for credit management and portfolio oversight, this is your opportunity to contribute to a high-performing commercial lending team. As a Commercial Loan Portfolio Manager, you’ll play a critical role in supporting business relationships, ensuring credit compliance, and streamlining internal processes. You'll work closely with senior lenders and gain exposure to complex credit structuring and portfolio strategy in a collaborative, relationship-driven environment.
Responsibilities
- Partner with commercial lenders to manage new and existing commercial loan relationships.
- Complete annual reviews and monitor term loan performance, including covenant tracking and compliance.
- Manage the receipt and delivery of financial statements to credit analysts and internal systems.
- Work with internal teams to clear financial, insurance, and post-closing audit exceptions.
- Collaborate with credit analysts to ensure financial spreads are completed and properly filed.
- Order credit reports, UCC searches, appraisals, flood determinations, and other pre-closing items.
- Fulfill client needs for amortization schedules, loan documentation, and other post-closing inquiries.
- Track maturity dates to ensure timely financial collection and loan renewals.
- Work cross-functionally to support efficient portfolio operations and maintain compliance.
- Support leadership with special initiatives and reporting as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field preferred.
- 5–10 years of commercial lending or credit administration experience required.
- Strong knowledge of credit principles and commercial loan documentation.
- Excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and work collaboratively within a team.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and Word.
- High attention to detail and commitment to delivering accurate, timely work.
- Ability occasionally to work at various locations within driving distance.
- Ability to remain in a stationary position for up to 75% of an eight (8) hour workday.
- Ability to review information and details at close range (within a few feet).
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance.
- 401(k) match.
- Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP).
- Banking benefits.
- Paid time off, including 11 Federal Reserve bank holidays.
- Tuition assistance and professional development programs.
About the company
First Financial Bank is a dynamic financial institution with over $6+ billion in assets and a proud history dating back to 1834. With more than 75 banking centers across five states, we are committed to empowering our clients, fostering personal growth, and building community. Joining First Financial Bank means becoming part of a legacy where your work directly contributes to the stability and growth of the communities we serve. Here, you are more than an employee; you are an essential member of a team dedicated to living out the values of "One First" every day.