Director, Portfolio Management

Banque Nationale du Canada; Coquitlam; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Employee Share Ownership Plan

Employee assistance program

Flexible benefits

Community involvement

Job summary

National Bank is seeking a Director of Portfolio Management within its Commercial Banking team in the Tri-Cities area. The role focuses on strategic leadership, portfolio growth, and sound risk management through commercial credit expertise and team leadership.

You will guide underwriting decisions, strengthen credit quality, and support commercial partners with well-structured financing solutions. The role reports to the AVP & Market Lead and offers a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics or related field.
• Extensive experience in commercial banking and credit underwriting.
• Proven ability to lead, develop and support high-performing underwriting teams.
• Strong expertise in financial analysis, credit structuring and risk assessment.
• Experience reviewing and approving complex credit transactions.
• Proven ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders in a matrix environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of underwriting professionals with coaching and development.
• Oversee analysis and structuring of commercial credit transactions for current and prospective clients.
• Review credit applications to ensure quality of financial analysis and risk mitigation.
• Contribute to complex transactions by supporting deal structuring and credit applications as needed.
• Collaborate with Market Lead, Commercial Account Managers and Credit Risk teams to drive portfolio growth and sound decisions.
• Monitor loan portfolio to ensure adherence to internal parameters and credit quality.

Skills

Leadership

Underwriting

Portfolio management

Financial analysis

Credit risk management

Team development

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics

Job description

Area(s) of interest:

Advisory services, Commercial banking

Location(s):

Coquitlam

A career as a Director, Portfolio Management in the Commercial Banking team at National Bank means acting as a strategic leader who balances portfolio growth with sound risk management. This role allows you to have a meaningful impact on the organization by leveraging your expertise in commercial credit, portfolio oversight, and team leadership while supporting sustainable business development.

You play a central role in guiding underwriting decisions, strengthening credit quality, and supporting commercial partners with well-structured financing solutions. Your ability to combine judgment, rigor, and collaboration helps ensure positive outcomes for clients, teams, and theBank.

• Lead a team of underwriting specialists by providing coaching, feedback and development opportunities that enhance their expertise.
• Oversee the analysis and structuring of commercial credit transactions for current and prospective clients, ensuring that recommendations are well-supported and in line with risk appetite.
• Review credit applications to ensure the quality of financial analysis, risk identification and proposed mitigation measures.
• Contribute to complex transactions by supporting their deal structuring and preparing, when required, credit applications.
• Collaborate with the Market Lead, Commercial Account Managers, and Credit Risk Management teams to support portfolio growth and sound decision-making.
• Monitor the loan portfolio to ensure continued adherence to internal parameters and credit quality expectations.

Your team:

The Commercial Banking sector brings together professionals who support commercial clients through tailored financial solutions and strong advisory expertise. You work within an ecosystem of specialists who collaborate closely to meet client needs and drive responsible growth.

You will lead a team of four underwriting professionals who report directly to you. In this role, you will work closely with your team, the Market Lead, Sales Leader, Commercial Account Managers, and other internal partners to support disciplined credit execution, strong portfolio management, and client-focused solutions. This position reports directly to the AVP & Market Lead for the Tri Cities District.

The Bank values continuous development and internal mobility. Our personalized training programs, based on learning in action, allow you to master your craft and develop new areas of expertise. Tools such as the Data Academy, language training, the Harvard Learning Center, and coaching and mentoring support are available to you at all times.

Requirements

• Hold a bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related field, combined with significant experience in commercial banking
• Demonstrate extensive experience in commercial credit underwriting and portfolio management
• Have proven experience leading, developing, and supporting high-performing underwriting teams
• Show strong expertise in financial analysis, credit structuring, and risk assessment
• Possess experience reviewing and approving complex credit transactions
• Be comfortable working closely with multiple stakeholders in a matrix environment

Languages:

In addition to competitive compensation, upon hiring you'll be eligible for a wide range of flexible benefits to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family such as:

• Health and wellness program, including many options
• Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Employee and family assistance program
• Preferential banking services
• Involvement in community initiatives
• Virtual sleep clinic

We have an offer that keeps up with trends as well as your needs and those of your family.

Our dynamic work environments and cutting-edge collaboration tools foster a positive employee experience. We value employees' ideas. Whether through our surveys or programs, regular feedback and ongoing communication are encouraged.

Making a bold move in a people-first environment

We're a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people. Our mission is to have a positive impact on people's lives. Our core values of partnership, agility, and empowerment inspire us, and inclusion is central to our commitments. We aim, wherever possible, to provide a barrier-free and accessible environment to all employees.

We strive to provide accessibility measures throughout the recruitment process within the limits of our available resources. If you require accommodations, feel free to let us know during our initial conversations.

Why work at National Bank?

For an environment that supports your career path

There are many varied opportunities for you to progress and develop, and move ahead in your career. This includes on-the-job learning and training, co-development and pairing with other employees, professional support and mentoring, internal career days or discussion forums with our leaders.

For an inclusive and diverse environment

We foster inclusion in an environment where each person's unique qualities, whether visible or invisible, are celebrated and valued.