General Industries Underwriter, Vice President

## For additional information, please review .Citi’s Commercial Bank (CCB) for the North American (NAM) region is a rapidly growing business, targeting emerging, mid- and larger-sized companies based in the United States or Canada, with annual revenue generally from $10 million to $2 billion. To facilitate the CCB’s wholesale lending activities, Commercial Lending Management (CLM) serves as an in-business credit risk function organized around our strategic industries and global target market approach.

CLM plays a critical role of the client delivery model for the CCB, translating thought-leadership, industry and product expertise, and an end-to-end ownership of the credit relationship into best-in-class lending solutions. We are seeking a dynamic and motivated credit professional to join a high growth team supporting clients with $1 million and less of credit exposure. The position will support all industries served within CCB which will
*** drive future career growth opportunities***.The CLM Vice President facilitates the end-to-end lending process for a covered industry vertical directly supporting the responsible Credit Officer. CLM is essential for the delivery of a wide range of financial solutions to Citi CCB clients, working in direct partnership with Relationship Managers and Independent Risk, to execute on the firm’s and client’s business objectives.

This can include working capital solutions, term loans, treasury and liquidity management services, foreign exchange, trade finance and interest rate derivatives. The primary responsibilities of CLM include credit underwriting, due diligence, structuring and documentation, and portfolio monitoring. As part of the business and in direct partnership with relationship coverage Relationship Managers, CLM teams provide thorough, objective analysis of the financial condition and credit worthiness of borrowers, including product/market conditions, as well as the appropriate credit structure based on various risk considerations.

The CLM Vice President is responsible for the underwriting and monitoring of credit risk associated with capital deployed across a variety of lending products appropriate for commercial banking relationships. The CLM Vice President provides critical support with driving internal analytical work product that serves to underpin credit approval decisions and maintains ongoing credit oversight of the lending portfolio relationships through quarterly and/or annual reviews along with covenant and other reporting monitoring, as applicable.

As this is a general industries position, the CLM Vice President should leverage internal expertise for each industry/specialty vertical to gain knowledge of the unique sector/product drivers and key performance indicators to make well-informed credit underwriting decisions and proactively manage the portfolio based on a dynamic environment.

The CLM Vice President plays an important role in meeting a high standard for owning the work product of their respective portfolio and represent their covered accounts in numerous highly visible forums. An Vice President in CLM can contribute to strategic projects for NAM or Global CLM initiatives and provide critical inputs that direct the future of credit formation within CCB.

Additionally, the CLM Vice President is expected to identify, create and deliver the necessary technical skills training to various teams across CCB to promote the development and application of credit skills, as well as mentoring of more junior and other support staff.
** Key Responsibilities
*** Facilitate the end-to-end lending process within the NAM CCB for the assigned relationships and portfolio
* Rapidly develop knowledge of assigned portfolio and related industries, and create well-supported analysis that effectively balances risk and business objectives
* Ensure appropriate regulatory classification and minimizing net credit losses for covered portfolio, as well as identify emerging areas of concerns that should be escalated
* Produce the underlying analysis and workflow supporting underwriting requests for new-to-bank and existing credit relationships, including…