First Federal Lakewood · 5 months ago
Loan Credit Analyst
First Federal Lakewood is seeking a Loan Credit Analyst to join their team. The role involves analyzing financial statements, conducting credit analysis, and ensuring compliance with loan requirements while working closely with borrowers and loan officers.
BankingConsultingFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Contacts borrowers and tracks receipt of annual financial information as required by the loan documents; analyzes financial statements of all levels of quality to develop an initial assessment by identifying strengths and weaknesses as pertaining to a borrower’s historical and current operating performance
Completes and reviews existing bank commercial loans and completes risk rating analysis on portions of the portfolio; reviews loan documentation for completeness and accuracy; indicates any missing documentation; prepares and reviews in depth written analyses for relationships of all sizes and all levels of complexity; ensures compliance testing of loan requirements
Researches industry specific information from outside sources, including conversations with the borrower, industry publications, area libraries, references from other banks, credit agencies, as well as accessing information through the internet; assists loan officers with questions
Presents loan reviews to committee, including risk rating recommendation and the analysis and merits behind the rating; articulates reasoning behind the rating and defends recommendation if needed
Creates and maintains credit files; performs credit analysis; analyzes customer financial information; generate reports based on commercial loan portfolio
Performs credit loan review due diligence, quantitative analysis; conducts risk ratings on credits or credit analysis; monitors financial statements; requests financials and letters of credit; performs compliance testing of loan requirements
Prepares credit risk reviews for annual audit
Attends training and works with experienced credit analysts to develop credit analyst skill set and technique and builds banking knowledge
Keeps up to date and complies with all bank policies/procedures as well as applicable banking laws and regulations, including, but not limited to the Bank Secrecy Act, USA Patriot Act, and related anti-money laundering statutes, and federal consumer protection legislation and regulations
Other Duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
0 to 2 years of banking or financial services experience is required
Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required
High School Diploma or equivalent is required
3 to 5 years of experience in financial analysis or credit analysis is required
Bachelor's degree or commensurate experience is required
7-10 Years or experience in financial analysis or credit analyst is required
Experience leading teams, supervising or mentoring is required
Preferred
Experience in financial analysis or credit analysis is preferred
EasyLender, Cleartouch, OnBase, various government and investor software/web portals is preferred
CreditQuest is preferred
Bachelor's degree is preferred
Experience in financial services or banking is preferred
Company
First Federal Lakewood
First Federal Lakewood is a banking firm based in Ohio.
Funding
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2025-10-29
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