Commercial Loan Officer in Training

The Commercial Loan Officer in Training develops the credit, relationship-management, and business-development skills needed to serve the lending needs of locally owned businesses, professionals, real estate investors, and other community members. Working closely with experienced lenders and credit staff, the trainee gains hands‑on experience in prospecting, credit analysis, loan structuring, documentation, closing, and portfolio administration. The role supports the Bank’s relationship-banking approach by delivering responsive, personalized service, building long‑term customer relationships, participating in the community, and balancing local decision‑making with sound credit and risk‑management practices.

• Job shadowing, mentoring, and rotational experiences in commercial lending, credit administration, loan operations, and other community-bank functions.

• Learn the Bank’s markets, customers, products, credit culture, and relationship‑banking philosophy.

• Support calling efforts to develop relationships with local businesses, professionals, real estate investors, nonprofit organizations, and community partners.

• Participate in chambers of commerce, civic organizations, business associations, networking events, and Bank‑sponsored community activities as assigned.

• Assist with identifying customer needs and coordinating appropriate lending, deposit, and other Bank solutions through internal referrals.

• Gather and review borrower, guarantor, collateral, industry, and local market information.

• Analyze business and personal financial statements, tax returns, cash flow, debt‑service capacity, collateral, repayment sources, and other credit factors under supervision.

• Prepare accurate credit presentations, loan requests, annual reviews, renewals, and related memoranda for review and approval.

• Learn to recommend practical loan structures, terms, pricing, covenants, collateral, and risk controls that meet customer needs while remaining consistent with Bank policy and delegated authority.

• Coordinate directly with customers and internal partners to support documentation, closing, booking, funding, and post‑closing follow‑up.

• Monitor assigned credits for financial reporting, covenant compliance, payment performance, collateral requirements, documentation exceptions, and emerging risks, including changes affecting the local market or borrower.

• Maintain regular contact with customers, respond promptly to questions, and help resolve service issues through a high‑touch, relationship‑based approach.

• Maintain complete and accurate customer, prospect, and loan records in designated systems.

• Follow all applicable Bank policies and procedures, including requirements related to lending, fair lending, privacy, information security, Bank Secrecy Act, anti‑money laundering, and customer identification.

• Escalate credit concerns, policy exceptions, suspicious activity, customer complaints, and operational issues promptly to the appropriate manager.

• Work collaboratively with branch, credit, operations, deposit, and senior leadership teams to provide coordinated service and support Bank goals.

• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

• Demonstrate progressive proficiency in credit analysis, loan policy, documentation, relationship management, portfolio monitoring, and the Bank’s products and services.

• Seek and apply feedback from mentors, managers, credit personnel, branch staff, operations partners, and experienced lenders.

• Build a professional network and demonstrate increasing confidence in customer calls, community events, and referral conversations.

• Assume increasing responsibility for smaller or less complex customer…