
Job Description:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!
Job Description:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.
Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.
Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!
Job Description:
Responsible for analysis to aid in the underwriting and monitoring of Asset Backed Securitization warehouse lines. Additional responsibilities include managing trading limits associated with interest rate hedging of these facilities. The Counterparty Credit Risk Specialist will primarily interface with the bankers/marketers and other risk and support groups. Incumbents typically have over five years of experience in credit risk management. Product knowledge and credit skills are necessary.
The role sits within the Global Markets Credit ("GMC") group within the Enterprise Credit organization.
Global Markets Credit ("GMC") is responsible for ensuring robust and consistent credit underwriting for Global Markets lending activities, which includes financing facilities secured by a range of financial and physical assets. Within GMC, the Vice President will assist with the credit underwriting and ongoing portfolio management functions for the US asset backed securitization finance ("ABSF") portfolio. The ABSF portfolio is comprised of warehouse and term loan positions with associated derivative trading lines secured by a variety of consumer and commercial assets including auto loans and leases, aircraft, railcar, and shipping container leases, student loans, credit card receivables, equipment loans and leases, and whole business securitizations.
The Vice President will work closely with both senior and junior team members within the GMC Specialty Finance team as well as other constituents within GMC. The role will coordinate closely with the ABS Banking team, the Rates trading team, and various Risk partners to help drive responsible loan growth. We also partner with other parts of Enterprise Credit to leverage industry-specific expertise.
Key responsibilities will include participation in the deal screening, term negotiation, diligence, and credit committee process. The Vice President will review and potentially challenge all elements of transactions including structure, collateral, and cashflow stress analysis. Post-close, the role will have responsibility for ongoing deal and portfolio monitoring and will exercise credit approval authority for amendment/waiver/renewal/extension acitivity. The Vice President will assist in the preparation and review of credit approval memos. The role will also assist with periodic reporting requirements, policy and procedure updates, risk rating scorecard maintenance, regulatory inquiries, limit requests, and other ad hoc projects.
Managerial Responsibilities:
This position may also have responsibilities for managing associates. At Bank of America, all managers at this level demonstrate the following responsibilities, in addition to those specific to the role, listed above.
Opportunity & Inclusion Champion: Models an inclusive environment for employees and clients, aligned to company Great Place to Work goals.
Manager of Process & Data: Demonstrates deep process knowledge, operational excellence and innovation through a focus on simplicity, data based decision making and continuous improvement.
Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: Communicates enterprise decisions, purpose, and results, and connects to team strategy, priorities and contributions.
Risk Manager: Ensures proper risk discipline, controls and culture are in place to identify, escalate and debate issues.
People Manager & Coach: Provides inspection, coaching and feedback to motivate, differentiate and improve performance.
Financial Steward: Actively manages expenses and budgets in alignment with objectives, making sound financial decisions.
Enterprise Talent Leader: Assesses talent and builds bench strength for roles across the organization.
Driver of Business Outcomes: Delivers results by effectively prioritizing, inspecting and appropriately delegating team work.
Skills:
Analytical Thinking
Coaching
Credit and Risk Assessment
Critical Thinking
Collaboration
Oral Communications
Portfolio Analysis
Presentation Skills
Written Communications
Issue Management
Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing
Regulatory Compliance
Technical Documentation
Trading Strategy
Required Skills:
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics majors preferred .
10+ years of experience in financial services. Relevant prior experience may include roles in: credit risk management, credit underwriting, structuring, loan origination, or public rating agencies
Familiarity with securitization structures and an understanding of macroeconomic drivers
The candidate will likely have had experience of reviewing lending or debt transactions including securitization or collateral based lending facilities and derivatives.
Candidate should exhibit strong analytical skills, personal drive, individual initiative, a sense of urgency, and responsiveness, with a desire to grow, learn, and take on increasing levels of responsibility
Strong organizational, oral, and written communication skills, with ability to communicate effectively with all levels of risk, support, and business partners
Candidate should be a strong team player, willing to support more junior members of the team as required.
Proficiency with Word, Excel and PowerPoint, along with ability to quickly learn new programs and applications
High level of attention to detail
Education:
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week:
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