Credit Analyst - Equipment Lending

Canon Financial Services; Burlington (NJ); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Canon Financial Services in Burlington, NJ seeks a Credit Analyst - Equipment Lending to make sound credit decisions using data from credit bureaus and internal resources. You will analyze financials, structure approvals, and support sales and operations in a hybrid work setting.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, 3–5 years of experience in equipment financing, and strong modeling capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 3–5 years of related experience.
• Experience with lease/loan decisioning.
• Equipment financing experience.
• Strong automated credit scoring and financial modeling knowledge.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Knowledge of lease accounting systems.
• Team player with proactive mindset.
• Experience supporting multi-territory operations across East, Central, and West zones.

Responsibilities

• Review credit scoring metrics and risk ratings to identify material strengths and weaknesses for timely decisions.
• Support credit decisions with scoring models and data from credit agencies and external resources.
• Accurately spread and analyze financial statements and incorporate metrics into reviews.
• Review and approve transactions within authority; advise on higher-risk cases.
• Monitor credit lines and renewals to maintain risk controls.
• Document and structure credit approvals per guidelines.
• Advise sales on pended applications and collect necessary financials.
• Update system comments to reflect status of credit applications.
• Collaborate with IT for scoring model maintenance and upgrades.
• Develop strong relationships with inside/outside sales and end users.

Skills

Credit analysis

Automated credit scoring

Financial modeling

Lease/loan decisioning

Negotiation

Communication

Team player

Fast-paced environment

Multiterritory support

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Google Docs

Google Sheets

Google Slides

Job description

Credit Analyst - Equipment Lending

Location: US-NJ-Burlington

Company: Canon Financial Services

• Requisition ID: 34971
• Category: Risk Management
• Position Type: Full-Time
• Workstyle: Hybrid

About the Role

Canon Financial Services in Burlington, NJ is currently seeking a Credit Analyst - Equipment Lending (Analyst, Risk). The Credit Analyst - Equipment Lending is responsible for making sound credit decisions within required turnaround times, investigating and decisioning credit requests using all available credit resources. Required competencies include strong analytical, communication, negotiation, and creative thinking skills, with a thorough understanding of automated credit scoring and risk rating analytics. Team player regularly collaborating with other Risk Analysts and inside and outside sales representatives. Regularly communicates with originations, documentation, and collections/portfolio management departments to resolve risk management issues within appropriate guidelines. Supports automated credit scoring model maintenance and upgrades, as needed, by facilitating credit scoring enhancements in collaboration with the IT department.

This position is full time and offers a hybrid work schedule requiring you to be in the office Wednesday and Thursday and an option to work from home the remainder of the week (unless a specific business need arises requiring in office attendance on other days). Note that work schedules and office reporting requirements may change from time to time based on business needs.

Your Impact

• Reviews and analyzes credit scoring metrics and risk ratings and quickly identifies material credit strengths and weaknesses to provide timely credit decisions
• Supports credit decisions with scoring model and supplementary data from commercial and personal credit reporting agencies and various web resources including, but not limited to, D&B, Experian, Moody's, S&P, Fitch, A.M. Best, NAIC, AHD and SEC and FDIC filings
• Accurately spreads and analyzes financial statements and incorporates relevant financial metrics into credit reviews
• Reviews and decisions transactions within assigned authority, including recommendations from junior Analysts, and makes recommendations on transactions in excess of assigned authority
• Monitors credit lines and completes credit line renewals in a timely fashion
• Structures and appropriately documents credit approvals consistent with risk management guidelines
• Reviews and approves changes to contract terms and conditions within assigned authority
• Advises sales team on pended applications and facilitates the process of obtaining credit and financial information to decision pended transactions
• Regularly updates system comments to keep all parties informed of the status of all credit applications
• Ensures that dealer and customer concerns are resolved in a timely and appropriate manner without undermining risk management standards
• Develops and maintains effective working relationships with inside and outside sales teams and end user customers
• Negotiates complex credits to obtain favorable lease structures that win business without compromising credit standards
• Completes assigned training on or before the due date with required level of proficiency
• Other responsibilities as assigned
• Contributes to attaining team and individual goals, as defined or modified, including:
• Individual and Team Application Turnaround Goals
• Team Approval Ratios
• Delinquency and charge off goals
• Proactively following up on pended applications to facilitate timely credit decisions
• Resolving appeals in a timely manner
• Facilitating credit scoring maintenance and updates, as needed, in collaboration with IT department

About You: The Skills & Expertise You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience required, plus 3 to 5 years of related experience
• Decisioning lease/loan requests experience is required
• Equipment financing experience is required
• Bank credit training or other formal credit training a plus
• Strong working knowledge of automated credit scoring and financial modeling, including business and consumer scoring model development, adjustments, and maintenance
• Ability to effectively negotiate and close structured approvals for challenging credits
• Clear understanding of equipment lease operations
• Ability to communicate effectively to resolve issues in a professional and congenial manner
• Working knowledge of lease accounting systems
• Team player and self-starter with high energy, positive outlook, and professional demeanor
• Career oriented, with a focus on career growth in the equipment finance business
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and accurately complete assignments within expected time frames in a high volume environment
• Working knowledge of Google, including Docs, Sheets and Slides
• Strong interpersonal skills, including rapport building, listening, and questioning skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment supporting all territories as needed, including East, Central, and West zones
• Complete special projects as assigned
• Inventory Finance and/or Hard Asset underwriting experience, and Broker experience are a plus

We are providing the anticipated salary range for this role: $62,400 - $81,550 annually

Company Overview

About our Company - Canon Financial Services, Inc. (CFS) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc. Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $30.3 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S. patents granted in 2022 and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2022. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on Twitter @CanonUSA. For media inquiries, please contact [e-mail].

Canon Financial Services offers a competitive compensation package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) Savings Plan, discretionary profit sharing, discretionary success sharing, educational assistance, recognition programs, vacation, and much more. https://www.usa.canon.com/about-us/life-at-canon/benefits-and-compensation

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We comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations, orders and mandates, including those we may be required to follow as a federal government contractor/subcontractor.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Workstyle Description

Hybrid - This position offers a hybrid work schedule requiring you to be in the office Tuesdays and Wednesdays and an option to work from home the remainder of the week (unless a specific business need arises requiring in-office attendance on other days). Note that work schedules and office reporting requirements may change from time to time based on business needs. Beginning July 2026, our in office days will change to Wednesday and Thursday.