Regional Credit Officer

Position Summary The Regional Credit Officer (RCO) oversees commercial credit underwriting and portfolio management for designated markets and lines of business, playing a critical role in developing sound borrower relationships, monitoring portfolio performance, and identifying and managing associated credit risks.

Duties & Responsibilities Responsibilities:

Manage a team of Commercial Credit Officers, Commercial Underwriters and Credit Analysts, including hiring, training, mentoring, and on-going professional development

Ensure that timely underwriting is being achieved through regular communication with your team. Additionally communicate with Regional/Market leadership to ensure awareness of priorities for workflow

Use financial data such as cash flow, liquidity, profitability, and leverage to determine and minimize the overall risk of extending credit to businesses and individuals

Review the prospective loan grade of each approval to ensure it aligns with regulatory and policy definitions

Assist with Portfolio Management duties that include reviewing financial covenants, annual/quarterly portfolio reviews, sensitive asset reports, exceptions reporting and monitoring borrowing bases

Assist Commercial Relationship Managers with structuring loan opportunities through the preparation and review of opportunity memos, including establishing appropriate financial covenant structures, for new and existing relationships

Maintain a working knowledge of the Commercial Banking Loan Policy, playbook and commercial lending technology platform

Assist in the sales process, including accompanying Relationship Managers on customer and prospect calls

Approve loans that are within defined authority levels; recommend loans for approval that are in excess of defined authority levels

Participate in pipeline meetings to develop knowledge of prospective opportunities as well as upcoming renewals

Communicate upstream with the Senior RCO and other Regional/Market leadership regularly to maintain an open dialogue regarding personnel matters, pipeline updates, credit migration/deterioration, including raising potential solutions to identified issues

Serve as the Subject Matter Expert on Commercial & Industrial (C&I) borrowers and prospects for the Northern Illinois region.

Assist with other duties or special projects as assigned

Education & Experience Knowledge of:

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Strong interpersonal, organizational, analytical, presentation, and critical thinking skills

Comprehensive knowledge of the overall departmental function, including expert knowledge in Busey’s Commercial/Credit line of business

Ability to:

Provide accurate and timely Commercial Analysis and Approval Take independent action within established options and develops new procedures and approaches to problems when necessary

Analyze situations and solve problems

Perform duties and make decisions under frequent time pressures

Education and Training:

Requires Bachelor’s degree with a concentration in Business or Finance Requires 10 or more years of Commercial Credit experience with prior single signature approval authority

Requires 5 or more years experience in a progressive management/leadership role Requires 5 or more years of prior experience with middle market-sized businesses with loan relationships of $10-$100 million

Requires proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Compensation and Benefits Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance.(Base Pay Range: $160,000-$190,000/year)
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