Associate, Underwriting & Portfolio Management (Financial Institutions Group)

Job Description

Bethesda Metro Center (17049), United States of America, Bethesda, Maryland

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Associate, Underwriting & Portfolio Management (Financial Institutions Group)

The Underwriting and Portfolio Management organization is responsible for working with internal partners to underwrite new transactions and manage the existing portfolio of loans. Our Underwriters and Portfolio Managers balance supporting the Commercial’s Bank’s growth and ensuring we have a scalable, well-managed business. This role supports the Financial Institutions Group (FIG).

FIG is an industry specialized group supporting a national lender finance business with approximately $8B in commitments, which include Subscription Finance, Leveraged Loans, ABL, and Equipment Leasing.

The Portfolio Manager (PM) will work closely with senior members in portfolio management to monitor portfolio trends and identify, mitigate, manage and report risk in the portfolio. The PM will manage annual reviews, renewals, amendments, modifications and restructuring of existing credit facilities in the portfolio. Responsibilities also include ensuring that the collateral pledged meets the standards set forth by the related legal agreement and is appropriately valued for the risk and characteristics of the transaction. The PM will work closely with the origination, underwriting and legal teams in the approval, structuring and negotiation of borrowing terms and credit documents. The PM will work with clients and internal and external business partners and maintain ongoing responsibility for borrower performance monitoring, general loan compliance and risk assessment in accordance with Capital One Financial standards.

As an Associate, Underwriting & Portfolio Management, you have advanced beyond the fundamentals of credit risk management and are expected to perform most responsibilities with minimal oversight. In addition to identifying risks and mitigants, you begin to identify and escalate trends or anomalies on individual deals or within the portfolio.

Primary responsibilities may include :

• Demonstrate ownership of a portfolio of existing customers with minimal guidance; may take on more complex or higher volume of accounts
• Complete annual reviews and both material and non-material modifications independently and on time
• Monitor and determine upgrades or downgrades to risk ratings
• Ensure compliance with credit policies and procedures for existing accounts
• Respond to requests from all internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure portfolio data is accurate, timely, and complete to ensure strong quality and reporting capabilities
• Escalate and resolve problem accounts in partnership with other teams and specialists
• Perform due diligence on industry and company performance; synthesize research and begin to draw conclusions; may start to lead diligence calls
• Perform thorough financial analysis and identify disparities, risks, and creative ways to mitigate risk
• Prepare financial modeling inputs with little guidance; understand model mechanics and consider overrides or exceptions
• Analyze appropriate structuring options considering collateral and borrower valuation
• Write and prepare credit approval documents; provide meaningful contribution to internal meetings, including deal review and pipeline meetings
• Coordinate and complete closing process requirements
• Begin to shadow more senior underwriters on reviewing and negotiating legal documentation
• Communicate with all external constituents; exhibit a sense of urgency toward meeting client requests

Additional Responsibilities may include :

• Build relationships across function and business to foster collaboration between partner groups
• Mentor and train rotational analysts and new hires
• Participate in internal initiatives to ensure the business is well-managed and operates efficiently

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Military Experience
• At least 5 years of experience in credit underwriting or portfolio management or asset management

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or CPA
• Experience with Microsoft Office or Google Suite
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with external clients and internal associates

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

No agencies please. Capital One is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/assignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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