Senior Commercial Credit Analyst

Community Financial System, Inc.

$72K — $124K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field with specialized credit analysis education.
  • Over 8 years of experience in commercial credit analysis, underwriting, or credit risk roles.
  • Strong knowledge of financial statement analysis, loan structuring, and relevant laws and regulations.
  • High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word; well-developed project management skills.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal relations, and ability to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze and underwrite complex commercial credit relationships independently.
  • Prepare comprehensive credit memoranda for various credit requests and reviews.
  • Conduct advanced financial and risk analysis to assess creditworthiness.
  • Identify risks and weaknesses, articulating recommendations for mitigants.
  • Monitor portfolio segments for performance trends and emerging risks.
  • Participate in deal discussions, influencing credit decisions through in-depth analysis.
  • Support higher-risk credit evaluations and structuring of action plans.

Benefits

  • 11 paid holidays and paid vacation.
  • Medical, Vision & Dental insurance.
  • 401K plan with a generous match.
  • Pension plan and tuition reimbursement.
  • Banking discounts and additional perks.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Advanced Credit Analysis & Risk Assessment
  • Independently analyze and underwrite the Bank's most complex commercial credit relationships, including multi-entity borrowers, multiple guarantors, layered debt structures, and non-standard repayment sources.
  • Prepare high-quality, final or near-final credit memoranda for new credit requests, renewals, modifications, and annual reviews.
  • Perform advanced financial analysis, including global cash flow, stress analysis, sensitivity analysis, and forward-looking risk assessment.
  • Identify elevated risks, structural weaknesses, and emerging concerns, clearly articulating conclusions and recommended mitigants.
  • Evaluate appropriateness of credit structure, covenants, collateral, and guarantor support.

Credit Leadership & Analytical Influence
  • Serve as a senior analytical resource to Credit Officers and relationship managers on complex or higher-risk transactions.
  • Provide effective and constructive challenge to assumptions, structures, and risk assessments presented in credit requests.
  • Influence credit decisions through depth of analysis, sound judgment, and professional credibility.
  • Participate in complex deal discussions, internal credit reviews, and portfolio-level risk conversations.

Portfolio Oversight & Relationship Engagement
  • Monitor assigned portfolio segments for performance trends, concentrations, and emerging risk.
  • Assist with risk rating assignments and ongoing assessment of rating accuracy.
  • Identify early warning signals of deterioration and escalate concerns appropriately.
  • Support portfolio analytics, trend reviews, and targeted risk assessments.
  • Accompany relationship managers on customer calls, as appropriate, to support financial discussions, clarify credit considerations, assess borrower operations and management, and enhance overall credit understanding.

Problem Credit & Elevated Risk Support
  • Provide senior-level analytical support for criticized and classified commercial credits.
  • Assist with analysis related to renewals, restructures, modifications, workouts, and exit strategies.
  • Support monitoring and action plans for higher-risk or deteriorating relationships.

Professional Contribution & Project Work
  • Contribute to enhancements in credit processes, analytical tools, and underwriting consistency.
  • Support implementation or refinement of credit systems, reporting, or workflows.
  • Undertake special projects related to the job function, as determined by credit management.
  • Maintain current knowledge of commercial credit practices, borrower industries, and financial analysis techniques.

Ancillary Duties:

As an integral member of the Credit Department, this position is also responsible to provide assistance wherever necessary to help the Credit Department and the Bank in achieving their goals.

Qualifications

Education, Training and Requirements:
  • BS or BA degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field plus specialized education in credit analysis and commercial lending.
  • All applicants must be 18 years of age or older.

Skills:
  • Proficient reading, writing, grammar and mathematics skills; proficient interpersonal relations and communications skills; a thorough knowledge of: financial statement analysis, loan structuring, current laws/regulations applicable to commercial lending, and loan policies and procedures of the Bank; demonstrated management, supervisory and training skills. Well-developed project management skills; accomplish stated goals and must be able to work productively with varying levels of management and staff. Requires a high degree of initiative and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Demonstrated experience evaluating complex, cash-flow-based commercial credit relationships. High proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word.

Experience:
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in commercial credit analysis, underwriting, or credit risk roles.


Other Job Information

Compensation: Commensurate with experience plus potential for annual merit increase. In addition to your competitive salary, you will be rewarded benefits including: 11 paid holidays, paid vacation, Medical, Vision & Dental insurance, 401K with generous match, Pension, Tuition Reimbursement, Banking discounts and the list goes on!

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to stand, walk or sit. Use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands or arms, and speak and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to lift and or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and the ability to focus.

Minimum

USD $72,000.00/Yr.
Maximum

USD $124,686.00/Yr.

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