Credit Manager

Cherry Bekaert Recruiting & Staffing Services; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive bonus

Excellent benefits

Free lunch program

Job summary

Cherry Bekaert Recruiting & Staffing Services is seeking a Credit Manager for a growing real estate client in Northern VA. The role supports initial and ongoing credit underwriting, training, and best practices in a dynamic environment.

Hybrid role requiring four days in the Northern VA office. You will evaluate credit risk, maintain underwriting standards, and coordinate with lenders, CC, IC, and portfolio management while leveraging AI tools to enhance credit processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial real estate credit underwriting.
• Strong accounting foundation and financial acumen.
• Ability to communicate macro industry trends and risks.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, manage, and communicate credit risk of the portfolio.
• Maintain credit analysis standards for CC & IC memos.
• Oversee quarterly credit reviews and enhanced reviews.
• Monitor portfolio for lease covenant compliance.
• Serve as Credit Subject Matter Expert.
• Coordinate credit matters across departments.

Skills

Credit underwriting

Credit risk management

Financial analysis

Portfolio reporting

Training and recruiting support

AI in credit processes

Tools

Crowe Portfolio Analyzer

Salesforce

Job description

We are engaged in a search for a Credit Manager with one of our growing real estate clients in Northern VA. This newly created position requires an excellent mix of accounting foundation along with commercial credit experience. This role will be key to support initial and ongoing credit underwriting, training and best practices in a dynamic, entrepreneurial company!

Hybrid role, 4 days in the Northern VA office.

Manage the company’s credit processes and resources that support initial and ongoing credit underwriting, training, and best practices. Identify, report on, and mitigate the company’s overall portfolio credit risk. Understand and communicate macro industry trends.

• Evaluate, manage, and communicate the credit risk of the portfolio
• Contribute to and maintain credit analysis standards for Credit Committee (CC) & Investment Committee (IC) memos
• Ensure effective and consistent management and execution of quarterly credit reviews (QCR) and enhanced credit reviews (ECR)
• Manage ongoing credit risk assessment including monitoring portfolio for compliance with lease covenants
• Serve as Credit Subject Matter Expert
• Facilitate communication and collaboration on credit matters between portfolio management, CC, IC, and other departments

Transaction Support

• Support the underwriting process on a transactional basis including deal structuring, development and execution of the credit underwriting strategy, and consultation on credit specific legal documentation
• Ensure consistency and accuracy of credit underwriting analysis
• Ad hoc support of pre-LOI credit underwriting

General Duties

• Participant in and serve as the administrator of CC
• Communicate pertinent information proactively to Portfolio Management Leadership
• Prepare quarterly and ad/hoc analysis for lenders and investors
• Enhance company credit related processes, procedures, and capabilities including leveraging use of AI
• Administer and maximize company utilization of Crowe Portfolio Analyzer for Lenders and Salesforce for portfolio credit reporting and credit risk management
• Training/Recruiting support as directed by PM team

This role comes with a generous incentive bonus, excellent benefits, free lunch program in a 4 day in office hybrid setting.