Credit Approval Officer

at  US Bank National Association

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Credit Approval Officer position within Credit Risk Management with responsibility for credit approval activities within the following portfolios: Equipment Finance (EF) and Asset Based Finance (ABF). The Credit Approval Officer will be responsible for review and approval of facilities, approving loans, leases and lines of credit in excess of business unit or credit officer authority levels. This includes responsibility for the analysis of deal structure and documents, collateral evaluation and due diligence, internal rating analysis, and stress testing. The candidate should be knowledgeable in assessing various risks in a transaction, such as credit, liquidity and regulatory.
In addition to overall credit approval responsibilities, this position will work collaboratively with the business lines to both maintain and ensure compliance with related policies and procedures, monitor and report on risk across the portfolios (including timely determination of risk ratings and ratings migration), ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, identify trends and potential risks and issues, and analyze new business prospects. The position will also work closely with all the business lines across Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (WCIB) to both serve as a subject matter expert on and provide guidance related to the businesses.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree, or equivalent work experience
• Typically more than 12 years of applicable experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Considerable understanding of applicable laws, regulations, financial services, and regulatory trends that impact their assigned line of business
• Considerable understanding of the business line’s operations, products/services, systems, and associated risks/controls
• Thorough knowledge of Risk/Compliance/Audit competencies
• Strong leadership and management skills of processes, projects and people
• Effective skills at managing stressful situations
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and negotiation skills
• Proficient computer skills, especially Microsoft Office applications
• Applicable professional certifications

This role is hybrid. Team members who are in a hybrid role typically spend three days a week at the listed U.S. Bank location(s), while having flexibility on their work location for the other working days.
If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

• 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 la