Vice President or Senior Vice President, Portfolio Management (Industry Focus: Financial Institutions and Insurance)

Responsibilities

• Gather and analyze all relevant financial and industry data for high value clients or prospects, including collaborating with third party vendors to ensure accuracy of financial spreadsheets, analyzing historical performance, accurately calculating credit metrics, identifying risks and mitigants, assessing creditworthiness, etc., while effectively utilizing, and providing feedback to, third party resources.
• Model future financial performance of clients and prospects, including downside scenarios.
• Serve as a thought leader on the deal team, guiding Business Partners/Bankers/Relationship Managers in structuring transactions, especially when working with complex, multi-faced deal structures. Viewed as a critical financial advisor/partner by the client/borrower and respected by Credit for a solid reputation managing risk.
• Perform enhanced leveraged cash flow due diligence, when appropriate (i.e., in specific Banking Group Portfolio Management, "BGPM" specialty groups).
• Prepare a thorough credit underwriting document, drawing on experience and deep industry expertise to proactively identify credit risks and mitigants, industry concerns, market share trends, financial trends, and other pertinent credit issues.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations including Know Your Customer (KYC), running MCA/Patriot Act/OFAC checks as well as certifying Beneficial Ownership.
• Lead the approval process for, often complex, lending commitments, amendments, waivers, and consents, including providing monitoring, reporting and/or making recommendations to Credit Executives as appropriate.
• Manage the approval process for, occasionally complex, lending commitments, amendments, waivers, and consents, including providing monitoring, reporting and/or making recommendations to Credit Executives as appropriate.
• Obtain and lead the analysis/review of all necessary documentation and business records including all credit agreements, guarantees, pledges and collateral agreements to assure that the documentation correctly reflects rates, terms, and special conditions. Work closely with outside counsel, as applicable.
• Review and properly maintain all necessary legal documentation including credit agreements, guarantees, security pledges, and collateral documentation to ensure that the documentation correctly reflects approval.
• Maintain strong client relationships and industry expertise. Attend management presentations, bank meetings and conduct plant/site visits as appropriate to proactively monitor business conditions and/or identify new underwriting, and/or additional bank product opportunities.
• Contribute to, or prepare white papers on assigned industry segments, as requested.
• Provide guidance and feedback to Analysts, Associates, and Vice Presidents as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, economics or business or equivalent work experience (required)
• Master's Degree /MBA (preferred)
• Minimum of 7 years commercial underwriting, credit, banking and/or financial services experience (required) for SVP PM level role; Minimum of 5 years of commercial underwriting, credit, banking, and/or financial services experience (required) for VP, PM level role.
• Certified in Microsoft Office and the ability to learn and effectively utilize other technology applications (required)
• Strong competence in financial analysis and modeling (required)
• Proficient in structuring meaningful and appropriate financial covenants for syndicated debt facilities (required) for SVP, PM role; Experience structuring meaningful and appropriate financial covenants for syndicated debt facilities (required) for VP, PM role.
• Experience managing the left lead /administrative agent role in complex syndicated deals (required) for SVP, PM role; Developing experience managing the left lead /administrative agent role in syndicated deals (required) for VP, PM role.
• Demonstrated ability to drive client discussions during negotiations and act as point person for running deal execution from start to finish (required) for SVP, PM role; Ability to lead discussions with clients during negotiations and act as primary lending representative on deal execution, leveraging senior leaders as appropriate (required) for VP, PM role.
• Knowledge of business and legal elements of credit agreements, and the ability to manage counsel and lead through document negotiations on agented transactions and/or assist lead syndicator in document negotiations (required) for SVP, PM role; Knowledge of business and legal elements of credit agreements, and the ability to work with counsel and collaborate through document negotiations on agented transactions and/or assist lead syndicator in document negotiations (required) for VP, PM role.
• Sophisticated understanding of banking and investment banking products and services and current market dynamics, trends, and terms (required) for SVP, PM role; Solid understanding of banking and investment banking products and services and current market dynamics, trends, and terms (required) for VP, PM role.
• Strong and well-polished presentation and communication skills, with the ability to collaboratively influence and challenge with impact (required) for SVP, PM role; Effective and polished presentation and communication skills, with the ability to collaboratively influence and challenge with impact (required) for VP, PM role.
• Ability to plan, multi-task, manage time effectively, and lead work and deal teams independently (required) for SVP, PM role; Ability to plan, multi-task, manage time effectively, and lead work independently with limited direction (required) for VP, PM role.