Lead Commercial Underwriter

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Chicago, IL
Hybrid
84K-131K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Financial Services
We’re boldly disrupting banking norms to do good for our members, employees and communities.
The Role
The Lead Commercial Underwriter analyzes commercial properties for loan opportunities, prepares detailed reports and presentations, and ensures compliance with financial policies.
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Job Summary
Analyze both investor-owned and owner-occupied commercial properties across asset types. Responsible to author detailed new loan opportunity memorandums, performing annual reviews, and assemble analytical reports as requested by management. Present portfolio management updates and new transactions to various committees. Interact with team members to validate and verify the accuracy of various deal aspects. Meet deadlines have a customer service mindset and serve as an expert to understand policies and standards.
Essential Responsibilities
  • Analyze new loan opportunities, focusing on both fully depicting the property's strengths and weaknesses and the financial health of the transaction's sponsors as determined by reviewing and reconciling credit reports, tax returns, financial data, market data, and appraisals.
  • Present findings to loan committees based on comprehensive underwriting in compliance with commercial loan policies and standards and credit risk parameters.
  • Ensure timely completion of annual reviews and other assessment reports and present recommendations to loan committees.
  • Provide Risk Rating adjustment recommendations due to covenant violations, changing economic and market conditions, collateral conditions and guarantor conditions.
  • Make process and policy change recommendations to departmental leadership.

Education
  • Minimum - High School or Equivalent
  • Preferred - 4 Year Bachelors Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or Related

Years of Experience
  • Minimum - 5 Years Investment banking, commercial real estate or related
  • Minimum - 3 Years Commercial underwriting

Compensation & Benefits:
Typical hiring range: $84,200 - $131,000 Annually. Actual compensation will be determined using factors such as experience, skills & knowledge.
Additional Compensation: Annual performance bonus
Benefits: Alliant provides a benefits package including health care, vision, dental, and 401k with employer match.
Additional Benefits:
  • Work from home up to 3 days a week
  • Paid parental leave
  • Employee discount programs
  • Time off including paid personal and sick days
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Education reimbursement

*Note that eligibility and cost of benefits can vary depending on the number of regularly scheduled hours, and job status such as regular full-time, regular part-time, or temporary employment.
Adhere to and ensure compliance of all business transactions with policy and process of the Bank Secrecy Act. Ensures compliance with all applicable state and federal laws, company procedures and policies. Maintains integrity and ethics in all actions and conversations with or regarding credit union members and their accounts; complies with Privacy Act directives.
The responsibilities listed do not contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
906 Employees
Year Founded: 1935

What We Do

Alliant is unlike any other financial institution — a digital credit union that wows our members. We’re boldly disrupting banking norms to do good for our members, employees and communities.

With 90 years of history and more than $19 billion in assets, Alliant Credit Union is the largest credit union in Illinois and one of the largest in the U.S.

Our industry-leading financial products, seamless digital experiences and exceptional customer service make banking simpler for our 900,000+ members.

Fully digital, fully human and full of possibility, we work to provide our members with experiences that redefine the financial industry, challenge the status quo and unleash brilliance.

Why Work With Us

Our employees enjoy a hybrid schedule, allowing for flexible remote work and purpose-driven, outcome-focused onsite opportunities. Driven by Alliant's guiding principles and values, employees across all teams build together to provide our members with industry-leading financial products, seamless digital experiences & exceptional customer service.

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Alliant Credit Union Offices

Hybrid Workspace

Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Alliant offers a purpose-driven, outcome-focused hybrid workplace model.

Typical time on-site: Flexible
HQChicago, IL
We are located near O'Hare. We have plenty of parking space available.

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