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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

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