First Horizon National Corporation

Senior Credit Analyst

Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years in Financial Services, Banking, Credit Analysis, or similar field
  • Experience with corporate credit products and financial data analysis
  • Solid understanding of bank operations and commercial lending processes
  • Strong computer skills, particularly in Access, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel
  • Familiarity with Salesforce or nCino applications is advantageous
  • Excellent communication skills for interactions with diverse stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Interpret financial statements for underwriting complex C&I loans, focusing on medical practices and service companies
  • Proactively prioritize production tasks to ensure timely completion of financial analyses
  • Engage in transaction structuring and relationship strategy discussions with management and credit partners
  • Prepare complex credit approval documentation in the commercial loan system
  • Collaborate with Portfolio Managers to monitor assigned commercial loan portfolios
  • Involve in internal credit discussions and external meetings with clients and prospects
  • Lead or participate in special projects and meet additional assigned duties

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with wellness incentives
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with company match
  • Generous maternity and parental leave policies
  • Tuition reimbursement for continued education
  • Mentorship program fostering professional growth
  • 401(k) plan with 6% company match
Full Job Description
Location: On site at location(s) listed on job posting.

Summary

The Credit Analyst, Sr position provides high level analytical support in underwriting/analyzing commercial credit facilities and assisting Portfolio Managers and Relationship Managers in managing customer relationships. A Senior CA will be expected to provide credit analysis support for assigned lending relationships. The position also provides mentoring and guidance to Client Specialists and other Credit Analysts as it relates to lending guidelines, and underwriting standards. The ideal candidate works well in a team-focused setting and is comfortable balancing competing priorities in a deadline driven environment.

Key Responsibilities Include
  • Interpret financial statements and provide financial analysis support utilized in underwriting complex C&I loans with a focus on Medical Practices, service companies and commercial private client ventures.
  • Work proactively to ensure production is prioritized appropriately and completed in a timely manner. Specific tasks include: financial statement spreading; completing financial analysis documents; updating and creating new requests, modifications, renewals and annual reviews in the Bank's commercial loan system; tracking and completing covenant monitoring, completing industry research and developing a strong understanding of the Bank's commercial loan policy.
  • Participate in transaction structuring and relationship strategy meetings with management and credit partners to justify and explain information in the analysis when warranted.
  • Analyze and prepare complex credit approval documentation in FHB's commercial loan system. The senior analyst is responsible for accurately reflecting all loan terms, collateral, covenants, loan grade inputs, policy exceptions, and calculating credit exposure for a given relationship in the commercial loan system.
  • Partner with Portfolio Managers to monitor and manage assigned commercial loan portfolios. This responsibility includes tracking covenants, recording financial statements, and monitoring company performance against expectations. Credit Analyst is responsible not only for accurate calculations and inputs but also for thoughtful implementation of policies, procedures, and guidelines.
  • Participate in internal credit conversations with PM's, RM's Credit Risk Managers and senior management and in external meetings with clients and prospects.
  • Participate in or lead special projects and assignments and performs other duties assigned.
  • The successful candidate will demonstrate consistently high level of ownership of personal performance metrics and team initiatives, flexibility in responding to RM/PM/senior management and client deadlines, extreme level of detail and follow-through, and independence within the framework of the role in assisting in achieving business goals.
  • Identify and report material changes or trends in the financial statements of borrowers or guarantors observed in the preparation of credit approval presentations

Qualifications Include
  • Bachelor's degree (B.A.), preferably in Accounting, Finance or Business or equivalent in specific work experience
  • 5 or more years of related experience in Financial Services, Banking, Credit Analysis, Loan Review or similar background preferred
  • Familiarity with corporate credit products and the processes used to analyze financial data
  • Good fundamental understanding of general bank operations and the commercial lending process
  • Strong computer skills required with the following programs: Access, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and highly proficient skills with Excel
  • Experience with Salesforce or nCino applications is a plus
  • Ability to read and listen, understand and communicate information and ideas in a clear and understandable manner, both orally and in writing with senior executives, business unit management and staff, state and federal regulators and officials and significant business partners
  • Ability to read, analyze and interpret financial reports and legal documents; performs simple to complex calculations; effectively researches, analyzes and evaluates information to make decisions, solve problems and achieve goals

Benefit Highlights
• Medical with wellness incentives, dental, and vision
• HSA with company match
• Maternity and parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mentor program
• 401(k) with 6% match
• More -- FirstHorizon.com/First-Horizon-National-Corporation/Careers/Our-Benefits

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About First Horizon National Corporation

First Horizon National Corporation is a bank holding company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. First Horizon National Corporation operates as a financial services company, providing banking services, wealth management, and capital markets services. First Horizon National Corporation operates through its subsidiary, First Horizon Bank, which has locations in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida. First Horizon National Corporation is committed to providing high-quality financial services to its customers and to supporting the communities in which it operates.
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Size
7,676 employees
Market Cap
$13.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$845 million
5 Year Trend
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