Portfolio Manager I

Univest Financial Corp; Allentown (Lehigh County); Hybrid; USD 63.000 - 77.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health Insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Paid Time Off 15 days annually

Life Insurance (company paid)

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness programs and fitness perks

Discounts on loan products

Professional development trainings

Zusammenfassung

Univest Financial Corp. is seeking a detail-oriented Portfolio Manager I to support its Commercial Lending team across Allentown and Souderton. The role involves analyzing financial information, managing portfolios, and coordinating due diligence and loan closings.

The position requires strong analytical and relationship-building skills, with a focus on compliance and client service in a dynamic banking environment.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in finance or related area.
• Minimum four years of comparable industry experience as a financial analyst.
• Ability to independently assess financial information and underwriting needs.
• Experience with loan covenants, collateral analysis, and risk monitoring.

Aufgaben

• Prepare loan approval packages with Relationship Manager for new and renewed loans.
• Analyze customer financial information for loan requests and covenant tests.
• Perform financial and covenant analyses to support underwriting decisions.
• Assist in due diligence, appraisals, environmental reports, and title work.
• Support loan closings and post-closing activities and risk monitoring.

Kenntnisse

Communication/Relationship-Builder

Detail-Oriented

Financial Analysis

Risk Management

Self-Management

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in finance and/or equivalent experience

Trained Financial Analyst with 4+ years of experience

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Video Conferencing

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

SharePoint

Jobbeschreibung

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

Univest Financial Corp

Portfolio Manager I

US-PA-Allentown

Job ID: 7099

Type: Full Time

# of Openings: 1

Category: Commercial Banking

Univest Financial Corporation - Lehigh Valley Regional Office

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

• 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 prep aration 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

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Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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.