Managing Director, Senior Credit Manager

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 and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.
We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:
This job is responsible for leading a group of managers who drive the client credit relationship, including the full credit process and leading parts of the credit deal lifecycle such as application, structuring, approval, due diligence, documentation, closing, and monitoring. Key responsibilities include partnering with business teams, providing credit expertise, and ensuring policy compliance, data accuracy, and timely execution. Job expectations include managing Senior Credit Specialists and Analysts.

This job is for a Senior Credit Manager of large cap Power & Utility clients, responsible for leading a group of Credit professionals who support the client credit relationship, including the full credit process and leading parts of the credit deal lifecycle such as underwriting, structuring, approval, documentation, closing, and monitoring. Key responsibilities include partnering with business teams, providing credit expertise, and ensuring policy compliance, data accuracy, and timely execution.

Job expectations include credit-focused client management responsibilities, independent thought leadership, strong leadership and managerial skills and driving team engagement.

Responsibilities:

• Models an inclusive environment for employees and clients, aligned to company Great Place to Work goals
• Demonstrates deep process knowledge, operational excellence and innovation through a focus on simplicity, data-based decision making and continuous improvement
• Communicates enterprise decisions, purpose, and results, and connects to team strategy, priorities and contributions
• Ensures proper risk discipline, controls and culture are in place to identify, escalate and debate issues
• Provides inspection, coaching and feedback to motivate, differentiate and improve performance, while assessing talent and building bench strength for roles across the organization
• Actively manages expenses and budgets in alignment with objectives, making sound financial decisions
• Delivers results by effectively prioritizing, inspecting and appropriately delegating teamwork
• Partnering with Corporate and Investment Banking, Syndications, Leasing, Treasury, Sales & Trading both on deal specific needs as well as broader initiatives
• Leads loan structure conversations and negotiates loan documentation with clients and internal/external legal partners
• Drives credit and risk approval processes for new credit originations, renewals, increases, and modifications
• Leads ongoing monitoring efforts for a portfolio of clients in compliance with regulations, policy and procedure
• Drives the growth of funded loans and revenue while mitigating risks, maintaining asset quality and adhering to regulatory requirements
• Serves as an escalation point for complex credit transactions
• Oversees and assesses the credit worthiness of borrowers based on due diligence findings, financial statement analysis, forecasting, analysis of company and industry risks, terms and conditions, and relationship profitability to provide high quality credit approval to Corporate Banking, Investment Banking, Global Markets, and Treasury
• Exercises Delegated Approval Authority using sound judgment and expertise to make approval decisions for the business including new lending limits, structuring and negotiating deal terms, credit worthiness, annual reviews and renewals, risk ratings, and breach actions
• Leads new credit originations in coordination and collaboration with the coverage teams including Relationship Managers, Risk, Syndications, Treasury, and all other product partners

Managerial Responsibilities:

This position will 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: Breaks down barriers to create a more inclusive environment that supports company Great Place to Work goals.
• Manager of Process & Data: Challenges end-to-end process efficiency and effectiveness, champion data driven decision-making and removes obstacles to optimize operations.
• Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: Contributes to enterprise strategy and influence messaging to connect team contributions to business purpose, results, and success.
• Risk Manager: Inspects and challenges risk controls, governance and culture to ensure the timely identification, escalation, debate and remediation of risk across the organization.
• People Manager & Coach: Coaches to sustain and elevates organizational performance while differentiating to ensure pay for performance. Finds innovative ways to foster engagement and support a positive, cohesive environment.
• Financial Steward: Efficiently allocates and manages resources across the organization to drive short and long term profitability.
• Enterprise Talent Leader: Inspects and manages the health of the bench to ensure succession for the organization, while supporting enterprise talent needs.
• Driver of Business Outcomes: Mobilizes organizational resources to deliver the full range of the bank’s capabilities to meet client needs and to gain competitive advantage.

Required Qualifications:

• 15+ years Corporate/Commercial credit experience
• Strong understanding of accounting and corporate finance
• Strong understanding of legal credit agreements
• Strong knowledge of ancillary bank products (treasury, cash management, derivatives)
• Strong business writing skills
• Experience managing junior teammates

Desired Qualifications:

• Specific experience within Power or Energy related industries
• Bachelor’s degree in finance or equivalent experience

Skills:

• Credit Documentation Requirements
• Decision Making
• Executive Presence
• Loan Structuring
• Risk Management
• Analytical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Oral Communications
• Prioritization
• Underwriting
• Business Acumen
• Client Solutions Advisory
• Coaching
• Hiring and Onboarding
• Written Communications
• Attention to detail
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Forecasting and Modeling
• Research Analysis
• Stakeholder Management

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