Manager Credit Risk Analysis
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 1 mo ago
On-siteFinance$126k–$221k/yrFull-time
About the role
The Manager, Credit Analysis will oversee the depository and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) credit team. The team consists of two additional analysts.
Responsibilities
- Closes a critical management gap in depository/CDFI credit risk oversight, enabling faster risk rating decisions and stronger analyst development.
- Frees senior leadership capacity for board, regulatory, and strategic priorities by shifting day-to-day team management and brief oversight to a dedicated manager.
- Strengthens succession and bench depth, pairing an experienced SME manager with existing analysts to accelerate their leadership readiness.
- Perform analysis on and recommend approval for new and/or continuing borrowers.
- Lead team through quarterly credit analysis and risk rating of borrowers.
- Recommend credit and collateral terms for depositories and CDFIs.
- Work with Relationship Managers and borrowers on risk mitigation strategies and structures.
- Develop and manage internal models for assessing credit risk and assigning risk ratings.
- Develop and implement credit underwriting standards for borrowers.
- Maintain and develop credit models to support the analytics regime supporting the Credit risk rating process.
- Foster collaborative relationship with our Sales team to support of our financial institution members and counterparties.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Management, Economics or other business-related discipline.
- MBA or other Master’s level degree preferred.
- 5-10 years of experience in credit underwriting of financial institutions.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills (written, oral, and listening) are required.
- Strong analytic abilities, including credit underwriting experience, the ability to manipulate large data sets, and robust modeling skills.
- At ease working within a team-based environment.
- Time management and an ability to display initiative are necessary.
- Must be self-directed with high energy level.
Qualifications
- MS Office products.
- Tableau, VBA, R, S&P CapIQ, and Bloomberg experience is a preferred.
Benefits
Our retirement program includes a 401(k) and pension plan. Our wellbeing program supports employees at work and in their personal lives: Our PTO plan provides five weeks of vacation for new employees and 11 paid holidays per year; our Lifestyle Spending Account provides an annual stipend for employees to support wellbeing activities; and our central downtown location at the Old Post Office provides easy access to public transportation and breathtaking views from our award-winning rooftop.
Pay
$125,825.00 - $221,275.00
Schedule
N/A