Portfolio Manager I

Univest; Allentown (Lehigh County); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) Plan with up to 3% employer‑con

PTO: 15 days annually

Short Term Disability

11 paid holidays

Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Wellness programs

Discounts on loan products

Professional development trainings

Job summary

Univest seeks a Portfolio Manager to support the Commercial Lending team across Souderton and Allentown. You will work with Relationship Managers to analyze financial information, manage portfolios, and ensure policy compliance, while supporting loan origination, due diligence, and closings.

The role requires strong analytical abilities, relationship skills, and a collaborative mindset to move customers forward with confidence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance or equivalent experience required.
• Minimum four years as a Financial Analyst or related field.
• Experience with commercial lending processes a plus.
• Strong analytical and risk assessment capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist with Commercial Lending portfolio management and credit analysis.
• Prepare loan origination and renewal/modification packages.
• Perform financial analyses, covenant testing, and risk reviews.
• Support due diligence, appraisals, environmental reports, and closings.
• Monitor portfolio monthly reporting and compliance with policies.

Skills

Communication/Relationship-Builder

Detail-Oriented

Financial Analysis

Risk Management

Self-Management

MS Office Proficiency

Salesforce

nCino

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or related field

Four years as Financial Analyst or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce

nCino

Job description

Overview

At Univest, we’re looking for a detail-oriented and relationship-driven Portfolio Manager to support our Commercial Lending team in Souderton and Allentown. In this role, you’ll work between both locations while partnering closely with Relationship Managers and internal teams to manage portfolios, support commercial lending processes, analyze financial information, build strong client relationships, and ensure compliance with commercial lending policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. If you’re organized, analytical, and ready to grow your commercial banking career with a company that values collaboration, service, and helping customers move forward with confidence, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

Commercial Loan and Portfolio Support

• Prepare the approval package using a Loan Origination System in collaboration with the Relationship Manager to outline the structure, terms, and conditions of the loan facility for new loan origination and renewals/modifications of existing loans.
• Prepare memos for the credit file and underwriting approvals, when necessary.
• Analyze customer financial information in preparation for upcoming loan requests, covenant tests, or annual reviews.
• Ability to prepare financial performance analysis including but not limited to cash flow analysis and collateral analysis for deal screen preparation and underwriting purposes.
• Accountable for facilitating and/or completing covenant compliance testing.
• Review the customer’s risk profile through interpreting financial information, testing loan covenants, and evaluating other non-financial factors.
• Provide support to the loan origination process through independently assessing the due diligence required for every specific request.
• Facilitate ordering and reviewing all necessary due diligence searches, including but not limited to real estate searches, lien searches, credit reports, background checks, and OFAC reports.
• Provide support to the commercial loan process by ordering and reviewing appraisal and environmental reports.
• Provide support to the loan closing process, such as determining pre-close items required for loan settlement. This may include, but not be limited to obtaining insurance documentation, communicating directly with title companies, and being responsible for review and final approval of loan coding.
• Partner with Bank Counsel in preparation for loan closings.
• Accountable for reviewing loan documentation for accuracy.
• Provide post-closing support through follow-up with customers, Bank Counsel, and title companies, when necessary.
• Monitor and track monthly reporting including but not limited to maturing loans, annual reviews, and exception reporting.
• Partner with Relationship Managers, Administrators, and Customers in clearing exceptions.
• Provide support to Commercial Lending Team in satisfying requirements for construction advances.
• Lead the Audit Preparation for internal and external audits, including but not limited to reviewing files for completeness, file organization, evaluating loan coding accuracy, and preparing responses in collaboration with Relationship Manager.
• Accountable for compliance with laws and regulations that apply to this position including the Univest Code of Conduct.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Customer Service & Support

• Establish operational relationship with designated clients to handle routine daily operational issues and client requests.
• Support Relationship Managers in preparation and attendance at client meetings and loan closings.
• Communicate with Relationship Managers and Customers to gather required financial information needed from customers.

Qualifications

• Communication/Relationship-Builder: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Clearly communicate in a professional manner through verbal, nonverbal, and written communication. Engage with external customers and effectively communicate across all levels of the organization.
• Detail-Oriented: Maintain strong organization and effective time-management to handle multiple priorities at any given time. Focus on small details when completing tasks in a timely manner.
• Financial Analysis: Ability to independently assess customer’s financial information to determine repayment capacity, collateral coverage, and strength of balance sheet. Confidently prepare financial performance analysis for deal screen and underwriting purposes.
• Risk Management: Ability to monitor performance of existing portfolio through interpreting financial information, testing covenants, and evaluating other non-financial factors to assess the credit risk profile. Ensure customer compliance, portfolio performance, and asset quality remain strong. Collaborate with Relationship Manager and other partners in the organization to propose strategies and actions to limit risk and loss to the Bank.
• Self-Management: Maintain composure in high-pressure situations. Ability to handle most problems/exceptions in an independent manner. Exude a professional attitude and willingness to be collaborative.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance and/or equivalent experience in related area.
• Trained Financial Analyst with a minimum of four years of comparable industry experience.
• Software Proficiency: Microsoft Teams or equivalent, Video Conferencing, Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, PowerPoint and SharePoint

Experience/Skills Preferred

• Prior Salesforce and nCino experience
• Knowledge of commercial lending processes and procedures

Wage Range

The salary for this position ranges from $70,000+

Benefits Overview

• Health Insurance: Medical, dental and vision coverage (single or family; begins the first of the month following start date)
• Retirement Plan: Participation in 401(k) plan with up to a 3% employer match after 6 months of employment
• Paid Time Off (PTO): 15 days annually (prorated your first year)
• Short Term Disability: 12 weeks of sick time with a doctors note (prorated your first year)
• Holiday Time Off: 11 paid holidays
• We offer company paid life insurance: as well as other supplemental insurances
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Wellness programs: including fitness club discounts and fitness tracker discounts/ annual reimbursement
• Discounts: on loan products
• Professional development trainings

An Equal Opportunity Employer. Univest does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, disability or protected veteran status.