Senior Portfolio Manager, Commercial - Orland Park or Northwest

Position: Senior Portfolio Manager, Commercial - Orland Park or Northwest, IN
Wintrust provides community and commercial banking, specialty finance and wealth management services through its 16 bank charters and nine non-bank businesses. Wintrust delivers the sophisticated solutions of a large bank while staying true to the relationship-focused, personalized service of our community banking roots. We serve clients in all 50 states with more than 200 branch banking locations in Illinois, southwestern Florida, northwestern Indiana, west Michigan and southern Wisconsin and commercial banking offices in Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Mich.,

and in key branch banking locations throughout Illinois. Our people are the heart of our business and we are proud to rank consistently as a top place to work. Wintrust is a $66 billion financial institution based in Rosemont, Illinois, and listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “WTFC.”Why join us?

An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 12 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)
Competitive pay and annual discretionary bonus eligible

Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company matches and tuition reimbursement to name a few Family-friendly work hours

Promote from within culture

The Senior Portfolio Manager, Commercial supports the Middle Market Commercial Banking team, analyzing commercial business financial statements ranging from $20MM to $500M in revenue and calculating critical credit metrics such as cash flow, leverage, working capital, and collateral coverage. In this role, you will be the point of contact for client relations and maintain a high level of client responsiveness.

What You’ll DoManage an assigned portfolio of commercial customers in partnership with the relationship manager

Provide support and oversight of reporting for portfolio management (delinquency, problem loans, exceptions, tickler tracking, etc.) as designated by the CCOCoordinate collection and review of financial statements, tax returns, covenant compliance certificates, and/or borrowing bases to comply with customers’ reporting requirements

Monitor assigned portfolio for early warning signs of financial weakness or other risks and work with borrowers to develop and execute an appropriate plan to mitigate risk and/or transfer to Special Assets Group Prepare credit packages for annual reviews, renewals, loan requests, portfolio reviews and criticized asset reviews

Structure and underwrite complex commercial loan transactions in an assigned portfolio and new business transactions

Provide credit recommendations to the appropriate level of credit administration

Review and negotiate loan documentation in consultation with legal counsel and ensure renewals and modifications are properly closed

Serve as contact for, provide support of and responses to internal audits, loan review, compliance reviews and regulatory exams for the bank Comply with all bank policies and procedures as well as applicable state and federal regulations

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, accounting, or related discipline

Minimum 7 years’ commercial credit experience including experience in one of the following sectors: corporate banking, middle market or CRE; leveraged lending experience preferred

Thorough understanding of risk management and credit mitigants

Knowledge risk ratings analysis, corporate finance and/or research

Strong analytical and financial modeling abilities

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

Strong interpersonal skills with a proven ability establishing client relationships

Proficiency using Microsoft Office products including advanced Excel modeling skills

Familiarity with Moody's analytics

Benefits

Medical Insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment
• Short-term and long-term Disability Insurance
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
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