Job Description
Job Summary
• To objectively appraise loans and to ensure compliance with established Credit Policies and Procedures as well as extant Government laws and regulations. • To also proactively identify early warning signals that would lead to delinquent credits for quick remediation.
Job Details
- Performs regular loan portfolio reviews based on risk and/or size of all credit types.
- Ensures acceptable credit standards are maintained (verifies lien perfection, repayment capacity and collateral adequacy etc.)
- Ensures Risk Asset creation conforms to the bank’s lending policies and procedures. Also, ensure compliance with relevant State and Federal laws and regulations
- Ensures the creditworthiness of the loan portfolio, identify and report anomalies/ emerging risks that merit the review of the lending practices and/or adverse asset classification.
- Identify problem loans and work to ensure quick remediation
- Reviews bank’s processes (loan approvals, policy exception reporting, supervisory loan to value limits, underwriting, covenants, reporting, etc.)
- Determines if proper approval procedures and loan authorities were adhered to before disbursement
- Do periodic performance review to ascertain that loans are meeting expectations
- Verify the quality, completeness and accuracy of supporting loan documentation and analysis
- Periodically reviews files for appraisals, deeds of trust, perfection on liens, collateral evaluations, and valuations etc.
Requirements
- Good knowledge of Core Banking Application – Finacle and Windows based PC (MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook/ Power BI) Working Conditions.
- Knowledge of Credit/Lending laws and regulations
- Strong analytical, technical and statistical skills
- Sound working knowledge of accounting principles and financial statements
- Strong report writing skills
- Capability to effectively present information and respond to enquiries.
- Strong integrity in all areas, adhering to policies, regulations and utmost ethical and legal standards
- Uphold confidentiality and privacy of findings in all situations
- Interact and communicate effectively with personnel at various levels of the organization
PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in business related field with emphasis in quantitative background e.g. finance, accounting, Business Administration or Statistics
- Professional qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, ACIB, CFA etc. will be added advantage
- A minimum of two-year experience in Loan Review or Credit and marketing functions.