Vice President, Lender Finance, Underwriting

COMPANY

DESCRIPTION:

Forbright is a nationwide full-service bank and commercial lender focused on helping to build a brighter futurefor our clients and the communities we serve.

• Participate in meetings with private equity sponsors and borrowers to develop an understanding of a company
• Review materials including confidential investment memorandums, management/lender presentations, and other documents
• Evaluate senior financing requests to determine credit quality of opportunities and appropriate loan structures.
• Identify specific merits, risks, and mitigants for each transaction and perform market, industry, and sponsor due diligence
• Lead due diligence on loan and investment opportunities working closely with a Managing Director
• Create an investment thesis (go / no go decision) for each transaction and make investment recommendations to the Managing Director
• Advocate for and present deals for approval to the Bank's Officers Loan Committee
• Construct and maintain detailed financial models and develop sensitivity analyses and generate internal approval memoranda and draft term sheets
• Assist in all aspects of origination activity leading to the closing of new transactions
• Proactively monitor and enforce the terms of the loan agreement for lending relationships in conjunction with the portfolio management team
• Maintain continuing dialogue with borrowing clients to promote sticky positive working relationships
• Coordinate investment closings with the Bank's operations team
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Associate's Degree required;
  Bachelor's Degree preferred
• 8 years minimum of overall relevant financial services, investment banking or lending experience required; 5-6 years of Fund/Lender Finance experience strongly preferred
• Minimum of 1 year in a manager role preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Outstanding problem-solving and time management skills
• Self-motivated, self-directed, and results-oriented
• Adaptable and able to multitask in a fast-paced environment
• Can work independently and within a team; solution-oriented with a collaborative approach
• Outstanding quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, including financial modeling in lender/structured finance
• Strong financial statement analysis skills with a firm grasp of accounting and finance matters