Business Banking Underwriter - Denver, CO

Business Banking Underwriter - Denver, CO

At Vectra Bank, the Rocky Mountain region is a part of who we are, and we understand why families and businesses choose to live, grow, and play here. Consistently recognized as a Top Workplace by The Denver Post, we offer our customers and employees the best of both worlds: broad reach and depth of financial resources alongside unparalleled personal attention. At Vectra, we think creatively of shaping custom financial solutions for those raising a family or creating the next great local business.

We are as passionate about business as we are about success.

At Vectra, we’re committed to making our company a great place to work and grow your career. We seek dedicated employees whose diversity, talent, drive, and innovative ideas add value to our customers, our colleagues and to our communities. At Vectra, we actively listen to our employees and our customers, initiate contact, provide solutions, and proactively focus on building relationships – not increasing transactions.

We do this by offering technology and resources typically only found within larger banks and combining those resources with an exceptional level of service more commonly associated with community banks and smaller financial institutions. We personify this difference through our tagline:
Big Enough to Count / Small Enough to Care.

With benefits starting on day one, over 11 bank holidays, and a company committed to career growth and advancement, Vectra is dedicated to being an employer of choice in our industry and community. At Vectra Bank, the possibilities are endless – come for a job, stay for a career.

We are looking for a Business Underwriter to provide top notch customer service to our clients and customers at our Thornton
branch
. If you are passionate about being part of a community, being a team player, and helping others reach their financial goals, then we are interested in speaking with you!

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for compilation of data as it relates to preparation of credit packages (or pre-screens) incorporating spreads, cash flow, value of related collateral, appraisals, audits and other data.
• Interprets outcome of analysis and prepares summary, recommendations and may make joint presentations with Relationship Manager (RM) to Credit Approvers on renewals and new loans submitted.
• Responsible for evaluating, analyzing and forming opinions for the approving or denying of commercial, commercial RE, and/or business banking loan applications.
• Responsible for spreading financial statements, identifying credit strengths and weaknesses, providing detailed and documented analysis of credit worthiness.
• Ensures credit requests are processed in accordance with bank policies, banking regulations and laws.
• Identify risk and mitigating factors related to conducting a thorough credit analysis for approval.
• Responds to internal and external customer inquiries. Recommends exceptions based on find

Qualifications:

• Requires a Bachelor's in Finance, Business, Accounting or a related field and 4+ years commercial, commercial real estate credit or business banking underwriting, spread analysis, lending, underwriting concepts, practices and procedures or other directly related experience. A combination of education and experience may meet qualifications.
• Working knowledge of commercial, commercial RE and/or business banking credit underwriting, spread analysis, lending, underwriting concepts, practices and procedures.
• Working knowledge of Business Banking, C&I and CRE loan requirements with the ability to identify risk and mitigating factors related to conducting a thorough credit analysis for approval.
• Good working knowledge of balance sheets, income and cash flow statements.
• Solid understanding of commercial and/or business banking lending policies and procedures and general banking laws and regulations.
• Ability to analysis and research financial statements, business plans, credit reports, debt ratios and loan to value information.
• Possess solid judgment, ability to make sound decisions.
• Ability to accept responsibility and handle confidential information.
• Must have strong customer relations and…