MIM - Associate - Mortgage Origination

The Opportunity

Based in Whippany, New Jersey, Met Life Investment Management (MIM) is one of the largest institutional investors and asset managers in the world, with nearly $740 billion in combined managed assets. MIM has been ranked a "Best Places to Work in Money Management" by Pensions & Investments for five consecutive years and has consistently generated superior returns for both policyholders and shareholders.

The enterprise has more than 1,100 dedicated professionals with extensive experience and expertise in all asset classes, with a strength in public and private fixed income and private assets, including real estate. Visit us at [1]  to learn more.

MIM’s Global Real Estate and Agricultural Investments maintains a portfolio invested in commercial real estate and agricultural mortgages, as well as real estate equities. In addition to sourcing and managing these investments, the groups are responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with key industry contacts and referral sources. The mortgage portfolio and equity portfolio units are organized according to specialty, and they actively manage Met Life’s portfolio of mortgage loans and equity investments in agricultural, office, apartment, retail, industrial, and hotel properties.

The portfolio units are responsible for overall portfolio strategy, pricing, transaction approval and credit approval on new loans, as well as the active management of the overall mortgage and equity portfolios. Real Estate Investments sources and manages commercial real estate investments through seven regional field offices in the U.S. and International field offices in London, Tokyo, Mexico City and Santiago.

Met Life Investment Management seeks an extremely resourceful Associate to work for the Regional Director and support the Southern Regional Office. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Associate who is dependable, responsible and demonstrates a positive work ethic in a professional, time sensitive corporate environment.

• Support and assist the production staff with agricultural loan underwriting, including gathering, organizing, and validating borrower financial statements, tax returns, and operating data.

• Perform credit analysis on farm, ranch, and agribusiness borrowers, and prepare underwriting financial spreads, commentaries, exhibits, and supporting information for credit approval packages.

• Review and prepare collateral documentation, including land and improvement descriptions, plat maps, and summaries related to appraisals, surveys, leases, property types and uses, and water rights.

• Assist with and prepare servicing requests related to credit and collateral actions for approval.

• Support annual and periodic portfolio maintenance activities related to credit reviews, re-valuations, and reporting and financial covenant monitoring.

• Facilitate and assist with internal and external communications to initiate and drive the progress of loan origination, loan servicing, and portfolio maintenance matters.

• Maintain working knowledge of agricultural lending practices, land values, commodity markets, and rural real estate trends.

• Travel to borrower locations and/or MIM Agricultural Finance offices may be required.

• Support the regional office in the development of creative and unique regional marketing campaigns.

• Coordinate and complete special projects as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as Business, Finance, Accounting, Agriculture, or a comparable discipline.

• 5+ years of experience in agricultural finance, commercial real estate lending, or related lending activities.

• Experience supporting lending activities including underwriting, servicing, portfolio management, and commercial credit portfolio administration.

• Demonstrated experience in commercial credit analysis and decision‑making, including use of financial projection models.

• Exposure to loan documentation, collateral review, and preparation of credit approval packages, annual reviews, and portfolio reports.

• Strong portfolio and relationship management skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective customer and peer…