Credit Officer-Special Assets

MidFirst Bank; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

MidFirst Bank seeks a Commercial Special Assets Credit Analyst to support lending officers in managing a high-risk commercial loan portfolio. The role involves analyzing borrower and guarantor financials, assisting risk assessments, and preparing department reporting.

Candidates should have a strong CRE/C&I background, advanced analytical skills, and experience with credit documentation, tax returns, and financial statements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, Accounting/Finance/Business/Economics preferred
• 5+ years in financial institution in a similar role
• Experience with income-producing CRE and operating company lending
• Experience completing spreads and credit analyses
• Strong understanding of financial statements and tax returns
• Proficient with MS Office; Excel/Word; finance software a plus

Responsibilities

• Analyze borrower and guarantor financial information and assist with risk assessments
• Support asset resolution strategies and periodic departmental reporting
• Review financial statements, tax returns, rent rolls, appraisals, and aging reports
• Conduct research on borrowers, guarantors, affiliates, and collateral from public and internal sources
• Provide administrative support: minutes, reports, files, and tracking logs
• Contact bank customers to gather information for exception management

Skills

Financial analysis

Credit risk assessment

CRE and C&I knowledge

Analytical thinking

Organizational skills

Communication of findings

Research and data gathering

MS Office (Excel/Word)

Education

Bachelor's degree (Accounting/Finance/Business/Economics)

Tools

Moody’s Risk Analyst

IBS Insight

OnBase

BankerInsight

Job description

Commercial Special Assets Credit Analyst

The Commercial Special Assets Department Credit Analyst supports Commercial Special Assets Lending Officers with the management of a portfolio of adversely rated, criticized, classified, and other high-risk commercial loans managed by the Commercial Special Assets Department.

• Responsible for analyzing borrower and guarantor financial information, assisting with credit risk assessments, supporting asset resolution strategies, and preparing periodic departmental reporting.
• A working knowledge of both Commercial Real Estate (CRE) and Commercial & Industrial (C&I) credits, strong analytical and organizational skills, and the ability to manage a blend of credit, operational, reporting, research, and administrative responsibilities.
• Review and analyze financial statements, tax returns, rent rolls, borrowing base reports, appraisals, aging reports, and other credit-related documentation while identifying key credit issues, emerging risks, and trends within the portfolio and communicate findings to Special Assets Lending Officers and Senior Management.
• Complete research requests related to borrowers, guarantors, affiliates, and collateral – tasks will include gathering and summarizing information from public records, internal systems, and third-party sources regarding litigation, bankruptcies, judgments, liens/UCC filings, real estate ownership, business entity records, collateral positions, other relevant financial or legal matters.
• Provide administrative support to the department including: taking and distributing meeting minutes, data entry for departmental reports and tracking logs, preparing and mailing letters or other correspondence, maintaining electronic and physical credit files, monitoring follow-up items and due dates, Assist with departmental workflow coordination and ensure records are complete and properly maintained.
• Contacting bank customers to gather information and/or follow-up on requested items and required financial reporting necessary for exception management.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree is required with preference to Accounting, Finance, Business or Economics
• Professional experience with a financial institution in a similar role for at least 5 years. Experience with both income-producing real estate credits and operating company/business lending structures.
• Experience with completing spreads and written credit analysis reports on borrowers and guarantors.
• A solid understanding of Financial Statements and Tax Returns, including General Accepted Accounting Practices.
• Computer: Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and Word. Experience with any of the following a bonus: Moody’s Risk Analyst, Fidelity Information Services’ IBS Insight, Hyland Software’s OnBase and Metavante’s BankerInsight
• To be considered must reside in Oklahoma City or Plano