Position Summary
The Credit and Audit Review Analyst IV is responsible for assessing, identifying, and reporting on credit risks and the overall quality of the Bank's loan portfolio through loan file and portfolio examinations, stress testing, and timely submission of reports to the Director of Loan Review.Duties & Responsibilities- Support 3rd party review consultants - project set-up; requesting system/hardware access; providing system training and request materials; researching questions & requests related to financials & documentation; and perform quality control review of financial exception reporting
- Preparation of monthly/quarterly loan reports that supplement testing and analytics
- Participate in risk grade change meetings with Commercial Lending and Credit Administration
- Collaborate with various committees or special project groups as needed
- Develop training programs/materials, provide training for new Credit/Audit Review Analysts, and provide mentoring to Credit/Audit Review Analysts
- Provide process and procedural improvement recommendations to the Director
- Completing scheduled reviews for any size borrowers with a focus on the largest borrowers/relationships and complex transactions with limited support from the Director
- Perform 1st level quality control reviews for 3rd party reviews to assess reasonableness of conclusion and provide feedback on quality of review to the Director prior to the Director's quality control review
- Perform project management tasks include sample selection and/or assignment and monitoring and reporting project status
- Perform quality control reviews to provide detailed feedback and support to Credit/Audit Review Analysts I through III
- Facilitate risk grade change meetings with Commercial Lending and Credit Administration
- Prepare and present management summary reports for Loan Review or special projects
- Attend & present at quarterly management meetings
- Develop training programs/materials, provide training for new Credit & Audit Review Analysts, and provide mentoring to other Credit/Audit Review Analysts II and III
- Perform due diligence reviews for potential acquisitions
- Loan Review System administration
Knowledge of:
- Basic accounting skills
- Basic understanding of financial statements
- Credit fundamentals including loan structures and credit analytic ratios (i.e. balance sheet, cash flow, and other performance ratios/metrics)
- General loan & collateral documentation
- Basic Microsoft Office skills - focused on Word and Excel
Education and Training:
- Bachelors degree in finance, accounting, or economics
- 10+ years of commercial loan review and/or credit analysis experience including training/supervising junior
Every day, our associates live Busey’s core values, doing better business, building stronger relationships and creating thriving communities—while delivering meaningful value to shareholders.
Compensation and Benefits
Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance.
(Base Pay Range: $98,000 - $125,000/year)
Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well-being—now and in the years to come—are important to us. Busey’s Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance and long-term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre-tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Visit Busey Total Rewards for more information.
Equal Opportunity
Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey’s commitment of delivering extraordinary excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets. Visit Busey.com/Careers to learn more about Busey’s Equal Opportunity Employment.
Unsolicited Resumes
Busey Bank, and its subsidiaries, does not accept any liability for fees for resumes from recruiters or employment agencies ("Agency"), without a binding, written recruitment agreement between Busey and Agency describing the services and specific job openings ("Agreement"). Busey may consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the Agency, unless an Agreement is in place. Any email or verbal contact with any Busey associate is inadequate to create a binding agreement. Agencies without an Agreement are requested not to contact any associates of Busey with recruiting inquiries or resumes. Busey respectfully requests no phone calls or emails.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or economics
- 10+ years of commercial loan review and/or credit analysis experience
- Experience training or supervising junior analysts
- Basic accounting skills
- Basic understanding of financial statements
- Knowledge of credit fundamentals, including loan structures and credit analytics ratios
- Knowledge of loan and collateral documentation
- Basic Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word and Excel
Busey Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Busey and has not been reviewed or approved by Busey.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company match alongside a profit‑sharing plan, creating multiple employer‑supported savings channels. This structure strengthens long‑term financial security beyond base pay.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan is available, adding an ownership pathway that complements traditional retirement benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and volunteer time off are included, supporting time away for family and community. Flexible scheduling features in some materials further support practical use of time off.
Busey Insights
What We Do
As of September 30, 2023, First Busey Corporation (Nasdaq: BUSE) was a $12.26 billion financial holding company headquartered in Champaign, Illinois. Busey Bank, a wholly-owned bank subsidiary of First Busey Corporation, had total assets of $12.23 billion as of September 30, 2023, and is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois. Busey Bank currently has 46 banking centers serving Illinois, eight banking centers serving Missouri, three banking centers serving southwest Florida, and one banking center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Through Busey’s Wealth Management division, the Company provides asset management, investment, and fiduciary services to individuals, businesses, and foundations. Assets under care totaled $11.55 billion as of September 30, 2023. Busey Bank’s wholly-owned subsidiary, FirsTech, specializes in the evolving financial technology needs of small and medium-sized businesses, highly regulated enterprise industries, and financial institutions. FirsTech provides comprehensive and innovative payment technology solutions including online, mobile, and voice-recognition bill payments; money and data movement; merchant services; direct debit services; lockbox remittance processing for payments made by mail; and walk-in payments at retail agents. More information about FirsTech can be found at firstechpayments.com. Busey Bank is honored to be named among America’s Best Banks by Forbes magazine for the second consecutive year. Ranked 26th overall in 2023, compared to 52nd in last year's rankings. Busey was named among DiversityInc’s Top Regional Companies. The DiversityInc Top 50 survey is the external validator for large U.S. employers that model fairness in their talent strategy, workplace and supplier diversity practices, and philanthropic engagement. We are honored to be consistently recognized nationally and locally for our engaged culture of integrity and commitment to community development. For more information about us, visit busey.com.








