Job Description:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.
We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!
Job Description:
This job is responsible for managing clients and related credit products, partnering closely with relationship management, sales/trading, treasury management, operations and risk teams to support the client relationship. Key responsibilities include underwriting, monitoring, managing operational needs and/or client requests. Job expectations include credit-focused client management responsibilities, independent thought leadership, strong leadership skills, the ability to provide feedback to less experienced teammates and may also manage a team.
This job is responsible for serving as the primary credit relationship contact and maintaining ongoing relationships with credit clients. Key responsibilities include working with clients to design and execute credit solutions, leading new credit originations in collaboration with client management, credit risk, and syndications, and advising the Commercial Real Estate Banking portfolio group on any post closing credit actions as needed. Job expectations may include driving operational excellence and influencing leaders, peers, and client.
Responsibilities:
- Partners with relationship management and product partners to assess clients' credit needs and create solutions
- Leads loan structure conversations and negotiates loan documentation with clients and internal/external legal partners
- Drives credit and risk approval processes for new credit originations, renewals, increases, and modifications
- Leads ongoing monitoring efforts for a portfolio of clients in compliance with regulations, policy and procedure
- Drives the growth of funded loans and revenue while mitigating risks, maintaining asset quality and adhering to regulatory requirements
- Serves as an escalation point for complex credit transactions
- Mentors and supports associates
- Manages the underwriting of secured and unsecured transactions to Commercial Real Estate clients, including real estate secured construction and term debt, tax credit equity investments, unsecured corporate revolvers, bridge financing, commercial agency warehouse lines, and subscription lines
- Oversees the requisite due diligence once a credit opportunity is mandated, preparing the approval request documents, receiving final loan approval on a timely basis, and participating in the loan closing process
- Leads new credit originations and structures loans in collaboration with the relationship coverage team, products partners, Risk, Syndications, and Treasury
- Manages the end-to-end process for loan modifications and extensions on existing loans including structuring, due diligence, gaining approval, and closing
- Assists and advises the Commercial Real Estate Banking portfolio group on any post closing actions, as needed
Required Qualifications:- 5+ years of experience in Commercial Real Estate Underwriting
- Experienced with client negotiation, legal document negotiation, loan closings
Desired Qualfiications:- 10+ years of experience in Commercial Real Estate Underwriting
Skills:- Business Acumen
- Coaching
- Decision Making
- Hiring and Onboarding
- Loan Structuring
- Collaboration
- Credit Documentation Requirements
- Oral Communications
- Risk Management
- Written Communications
- Change Management
- Executive Presence
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Underwriting
Minimum Education Requirement: High School Diploma / GED / Secondary School or equivalent
Shift:1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week: 40
Pay Transparency detailsUS - NY - New York - ONE BRYANT PARK - BANK OF AMERICA TOWER (NY1100)
Pay and benefits information
Pay range
$151,000.00 - $200,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.
Discretionary incentive eligible
This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.
Benefits
This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.
