Commercial Account Manager, Portfolio Management - Toronto, Canada - EQ Bank | Equitable Bank

EQ Bank | Equitable Bank

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Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Join a Challenger
Being a traditional bank just isn't our thing.

We are big believers in innovating the banking experience because we believe Canadians deserve better options, and we challenge ourselves and our teams to creatively transform what's possible in banking.

Our team is made up of inquisitive and agile minds that find smarter ways of doing things. If you're not afraid of taking on big challenges and redefining the future, you belong with us. You'll get to work with people who will encourage you to reach new heights. We like to keep things fun, ask questions and learn together.

We are a big (and growing) family.

Overall we serve more than 370,000 people across Canada through Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank, and have been around for more than 50 years.

Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than 5 million members.

Together we have over $100 billion in combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives.

Our EQ Bank platform ) has been named the top Schedule I Bank in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks 2023, 2022, and 2021 lists.

The Work

As part of a growing and dynamic Commercial Portfolio Management team, the Account Manager is responsible for underwriting renewals, assumptions, and annual reviews relating to all commercial mortgage product types.

The Account Manager must adhere to established policies and underwriting standards, meeting compliance and control requirements, while providing solutions to clients in a timely manner in order to achieve service goals, as well as annual retention targets.

Additional credit related and administrative duties are required, such as reporting, pipeline management, as well as managing relationships with external business partners and various staff within the Commercial Department & other internal departments.

The core parts of your role would be to:

On a daily basis, the incumbent will manage renewals, assumptions, annual reviews, and ad-hoc requests, in order to meet prescribed deadlines. Attention must be made to ensure that compliance with the Bank's established lending guidelines, risk appetite, and procedures are followed with recommendations submitted to the appropriate level of authority for approval. The incumbent is responsible to ensure all lending criteria, including maintaining acceptable ROE thresholds, have been satisfied on deals underwritten, and outstanding documentation or conditions, if any, are being met in a timely manner.
On a daily basis, the incumbent is responsible for ensuring superior customer service is being delivered.
On a daily basis, the incumbent will communicate with external contacts (partners, brokers, counsel, etc.) and internal contacts (management, funders, coordinators, etc.) to ensure all transactions and adhoc requests are meeting prescribed deadlines in a timely and efficient manner while delivering superior customer service.
On a daily basis, the incumbent will be responsible for contributing to special projects as assigned from time to time.

Let's Talk About You:

Proficient underwriting skills preferably with a minimum 35 years' commercial mortgage experience and/or SFR underwriting experience
Working knowledge of AML/ATF regulations and Corporate/Legal documentation for commercial real estate in multiple jurisdictions across Canada
Postsecondary education (diploma/degree) preferably in business or finance
Bilingualism (French/English) is considered an asset
Sound technical knowledge of commercial real estate underwriting, financial statement analysis and factors affective the commercial mortgage market
Good working knowledge of MS Office (primarily Word and Excel)
Effective analytical and problem solving skills
Strong organizational and time management skills
Ability to handle multiple competing priorities
Strong negotiation skills
Demonstrated ability to work independently to achieve goals
Highly developed verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate to Senior Management and Partners in a clear, concise and professional manner

Job Complexities / Thinking Challenges:

The position requires an individual to be a selfstarter and make sound underwriting decisions as efficiently as possible. The incumbent should be prepared to manage files of greater complexity at all times and shall possess strong cognitive skills, professional judgement and the ability to work independently with mínimal supervision to properly assess individual transactions and rely on past experiences to assist in mitigating risk. The incumbent is required to follow corporate policies, procedures and regulatory requirements in order to work through files and rationalize the recommendations or decisions made. In some cases, viability is assessed with limited access