CRE Sr. Credit Analyst
About the role
Job Description
Responsibilities will include but are not limited to
- Overseeing accurate and consistent financial statements spreads, quarterly trend analyses, quarterly monitoring reports and covenant tests in accordance with bank spreading standards and credit policies.
- Analyzing financial data and preparing comprehensive written analyses, analyzing portfolio credit quality and assisting with industry sector reviews, assisting Portfolio Managers in preparing and presenting credit requests for Credit Approval.
- Maintaining a compliance monitoring and financial statistic database that tracks credit agreement requirements, receipt of customer's financial reporting requirements, and credit metric trends.
- Proactively identify and communicate emerging risks, mitigants, and other issues at the transaction and portfolio level
Transaction & Deal Support
- Support both existing property transactions (including refinancings) and ground‑up construction projects, including budget monitoring and monthly construction draw reviews through project completion
- Assist with new deal originations, evaluating opportunities with typical transaction sizes of $50MM-$100MM, with select transactions up to $750MM
- Participate in the preparation and negotiation of term sheets, as applicable.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
- Three to five years of experience in a finance/analytical related role
Preferred Skills & Experience
- Strong foundation in CRE underwriting across multiple property types (cash flow, valuation, sponsor analysis, structure, and covenants).
- Experience authoring credit memoranda and presenting key risks, mitigants, and recommendations to approval committees
- Strong analytical and technical writing skills; able to translate complex sponsor/tenant/technical diligence into clear credit narratives
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across origination, portfolio management, credit risk, and technical advisors
- Comfort operating with accountability - independently driving analyses while partnering closely with Relationship Managers, Portfolio Managers, and Credit Approvers
- Ability to execute straight forward credit requests for existing clients, author credit analyses and work with Credit Approvers within the bank
- Ability to independently participate in client bank meetings if necessary
- Familiarity with banking credit policy, loan documentation concepts, and CRE underwriting processes (construction, bridge, term, and portfolio facilities)
- Experience with nCino, CoStar, and/or other CRE research platforms preferred
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (cash flow modeling and scenario analysis) and the broader Microsoft Office Suite
Location expectations
Benefits
Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members' whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:
- Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
- Basic term and optional term life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Pregnancy disability and parental leave
- 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
- Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
- Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
- Adoption assistance
- Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
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U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.
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