Eqbank10mo ago

Commercial Account Manager, Portfolio Management

Toronto,TorontoFull Timemid

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Overview

Join a Challenger Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing, so we challenge ourselves to get creative in providing innovative banking solutions for Canadians. How do we get there? With a talented team of inquisitive and agile challengers that break through the status quo.

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Join a Challenger

Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing, so we challenge ourselves to get creative in providing innovative banking solutions for Canadians.

How do we get there? With a talented team of inquisitive and agile challengers that break through the status quo. So, if you’re passionate about redefining the future of banking—while having fun—this could be your next big opportunity.

Our company continues to grow, and today we serve more than 800,000 customers across Canada through Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™, and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than six million members. Together we have over $142 billion in combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives. Our customers have named our EQ Bank digital platform (eqbank.ca) one of the top banks in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks list since 2021.

The Work

As part of a growing and dynamic Commercial Portfolio Management team, the Account Manager is responsible for underwriting renewals, assumptions, and annual reviews relating to all commercial mortgage product types. The Account Manager must adhere to established policies and underwriting standards, meeting compliance and control requirements, while providing solutions to clients in a timely manner in order to achieve service goals, as well as annual retention targets. Additional credit related and administrative duties are required, such as reporting, pipeline management, as well as managing relationships with external business partners and various staff within the Commercial Department & other internal departments.

On a daily basis, the incumbent will manage renewals, assumptions, annual reviews, and ad-hoc requests, in order to meet prescribed deadlines. Attention must be made to ensure that compliance with the Bank’s established lending guidelines, risk appetite, and procedures are followed with recommendations submitted to the appropriate level of authority for approval. The incumbent is responsible to ensure all lending criteria, including maintaining acceptable ROE thresholds, have been satisfied on deals underwritten, and outstanding documentation or conditions, if any, are being met in a timely manner.

On a daily basis, the incumbent is responsible for ensuring superior customer service is being delivered.

On a daily basis, the incumbent will communicate with external contacts (partners, brokers, counsel, etc.) and internal contacts (management, funders, coordinators, etc.) to ensure all transactions and ad-hoc requests are meeting prescribed deadlines in a timely and efficient manner while delivering superior customer service.

On a daily basis, the incumbent will be responsible for contributing to special projects as assigned from time to time.

Proficient underwriting skills preferably with a minimum 3-5 years’ commercial mortgage experience and/or SFR underwriting experience

Working knowledge of AML/ATF regulations and Corporate/Legal documentation for commercial real estate in multiple jurisdictions across Canada

Post-secondary education (diploma/degree) preferably in business or finance

Bilingualism (French/English) is considered an asset

Sound technical knowledge of commercial real estate underwriting, financial statement analysis and factors affective the commercial mortgage market

Good working knowledge of MS Office (primarily Word and Excel)

Effective analytical and problem solving skills

Strong organizational and time management skills

Ability to handle multiple competing priorities

Strong negotiation skills

Demonstrated ability to work independently to achieve goals

Highly developed verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate to Senior Management and Partners in a clear, concise and professional manner

The position requires an individual to be a self-starter and make sound underwriting decisions as efficiently as possible. The incumbent should be prepared to manage files of greater complexity at all times and shall possess strong cognitive skills, professional judgement and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision to properly assess individual transactions and rely on past experiences to assist in mitigating risk. The incumbent is required to follow corporate policies, procedures and regulatory requirements in order to work through files and rationalize the recommendations or decisions made. In some cases, viability is assessed with limited access to information or documentation. As such, the incumbent must be able to draw on specific product/document knowledge to assess suitability.