Bank of America Corporation

Credit Officer II

Bank of America Corporation$137K — $175K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of solid Commercial Banking Underwriting experience
  • Experience in financial analysis, structuring, underwriting and portfolio management
  • Analytical/technical skills, including financial accounting, modeling and loan structuring
  • Strong communication skills for vertical, horizontal, and external communication
  • Industry knowledge across multiple sectors

Responsibilities

  • Evaluates credit worthiness and decisioning on credit facilities
  • Collaborates with Client Management teams for credit opportunity analysis
  • Manages client and prospect originations through underwriting and legal documentation
  • Ensures data accuracy and quality in compliance with policies
  • Monitors client performance and proactively identifies issues
  • Addresses risks in assigned client loan portfolios with Analysts
  • Escalates deteriorating assets in collaboration with special asset groups
  • Participates in Regional and Market meetings to share best practices

Benefits

  • Access to paid time off
  • Industry-leading benefits package
  • Resources and support for employee impact
  • Opportunities to contribute to sustainable business growth
  • Involvement in community service initiatives
Full Job Description

Job Description:

The local markets Credit Officer II role is a highly skilled resource, providing expert level advisory guidance in the most complex, integrated debt capital solutions for commercial banking clients.  Products include lines of credit, term loans, real estate loans, and syndicated loans.  The CO manages all of the ancillary credit exposure to clients. The CO maintains knowledge of other BofA products including Investment Banking and Treasury Management that have credit exposure, and leverages product expertise to deliver the best possible and optimally integrated strategic solution for the client or prospect. This job includes responsibilities for structuring, negotiating, documenting credit analysis, independently assessing historic and projected borrower financial information, evaluating adherence to policy and procedure, providing loan structure analysis and recommendations, and monitoring portfolio performance.  This role reports to the Commercial Credit Executive that supports the market.

Responsibilities:

  • Evaluates credit worthiness and provides analysis and decisioning on whether a client should receive a credit facility
  • Collaborates with Client Management teams to perform analysis of credit opportunities and prospects at the bank
  • Manages client and prospect originations including initial credit structuring, underwriting, legal documentation review, and deal closing
  • Delivers on data accuracy and quality of underwriting metrics in compliance with internal policies and procedures
  • Monitors the client's operating performance and financial condition, proactively identifying issues and opportunities
  • Monitors assigned portfolios of client loan maturities and collaborates with Analysts to continuously recognize and address risks in a timely manner
  • Escalates and debates deteriorating assets in partnership with the Special Assets Group and Risk as appropriate
  • Participates in Regional and Market meetings to communicate credit delivery best practices and results

 

Skills:

  • Collaboration
  • Decision Making
  • Loan Structuring
  • Underwriting
  • Written Communications
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Attention to Detail
  • Credit Documentation Requirements
  • Interpret Relevant Laws, Rules, and Regulations
  • Mentoring
  • Issue Management
  • Negotiation
  • Oral Communications
  • Prioritization
  • Risk Management

 

Required Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of solid Commercial Banking Underwriting experience
  • Experience in financial analysis, structuring, underwriting and portfolio management
  • Analytical/technical skills, including financial accounting, modeling and loan structuring
  • Strong communication skills; ability to communicate vertically, horizontally, and externally
  • Industry knowledge across multiple sectors     

Minimum Education Requirement: BA/BS Degree Desired

 

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Pay Transparency details

US - CT - Hartford - 185 ASYLUM ST - CITY PLACE 1 (CT2500), US - MA - Boston - 100 Federal St - 100 Federal St Lp (MA5100), US - NJ - Iselin - 194 WOOD AVE S (NJ7550), US - NY - New York - 115 W 42nd St - BANK OF AMERICA TOWER AT ONE BRYANT PARK (NY5362), US - RI - Providence - 1 Financial Plz - 1 Financial Plaza (RI1537)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$137,500.00 - $175,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

About Bank of America Corporation

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is the corporate and investment banking division of Bank of America. It provides services in mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets, lending, trading, risk management, research, and liquidity and payments management. It was formed through the combination of the corporate and investment banking activities of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch following the acquisition of the latter by the former in January 2009. Bank of America completed the acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co on 1 January 2009. Bank of America began rebranding all of its corporate and investment banking activities under the Bank of America Merrill Lynch name in September 2009. In April 2010, Bank of America Merrill Lynch appointed Christian Meissner as head of investment banking for Europe, Middle East and Africa. In April 2011, Bank of America Merrill Lynch integrated its corporate and investment banking operations into a single division. In October 2013, Bank of America Merrill Lynch was recognised as the Most Innovative Investment Bank of the Year in The Banker's Investment Banking Awards.

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Learn more about Bank of America Corporation
Size
208,000 employees
Market Cap
$260.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$17.8 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
-1.4%
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