Risk Management - Lead Credit Officer Vice President

Testing Site - JPMC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase is seeking a Lead Credit Officer (Vice President) on the Specialty Finance Risk Team in Chicago. You will manage risk across a national portfolio spanning residential mortgage originations, consumer/fintech, and related sectors, coordinating with securitized products, bankers, and traders to structure and approve credit exposures.

Responsibilities include leading due diligence, financial analysis, monitoring risk grades, and negotiating documentation.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in a quantitative discipline.
• Typically a minimum of 6+ years of Commercial / Corporate banking experience including credit, structuring, and marketing.
• Completion of a major corporate bank credit/analyst training program or equivalent experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee ongoing risk management of the portfolio with deep understanding of clients’ businesses.
• Lead due diligence meetings, virtual or on-site with clients.
• Perform financial analysis to assess counterparty strength and risk.
• Monitor portfolio to ensure accurate internal risk grades and mitigate deterioration.
• Engage with bankers to develop structures aligned with risk profiles.
• Review and negotiate transaction and trading legal documentation.
• Oversee written credit analysis and present recommendations to senior officers.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Multi-tasking

Education

BA/BS in quantitative discipline

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Financial modeling

Job description

Bring your expertise to JPMorgan Chase. As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class.

As a Lead Credit Officer (Vice President) on the Specialty Finance Risk Team, you would be responsible for the risk management of a national portfolio of non-bank financial entities which are focused on residential mortgage originations, commercial/consumer finance, fintech, and other financial service industries. You will partner with Securitized Products, Corporate and Investment Bankers, Treasury Services, and Traders to analyze, structure, risk grade, and approve credit exposures. You will be an instrumental member of the team that will drive deal documentation negotiations and have responsibility for the on-going risk management.

Job Responsibilities:

• Oversee the ongoing risk management of their portfolio which includes maintaining a broad and deep understanding of your clients’ businesses, as well as a current and forward-looking view of the portfolio
• Develop a keen understanding of the residential mortgage finance and other specialty finance markets including key risk and structures and work collaboratively with junior resources and product bankers to develop solutions to the benefit the client and JPMorgan
• Lead due diligence meetings, which may be virtual or at the client's office
• Perform financial analysis to assess the strength of the corporate counterparty and identification of key risks.
• Monitor the portfolio to ensure internal risk grades remain accurate and appropriate action is taken to mitigate risk for deteriorating clients
• Engage with coverage bankers and product partners to develop structures appropriate for the risk profile of the client and/or assets to be financed.
• Work with business colleagues to assess stress or downside credit scenarios including validating cash flow models (typically Excel-based)
• Review and assist in the negotiation of transaction and trading legal documentation
• Oversee written credit analysis and present recommendations to senior credit officers for approval
• Mentor/guide junior resources and manage workloads, delegate with appropriate guidance and ensure deadlines are understood and met, and where needed, confidently escape to senior managers
• Lead other ad-hoc projects, as needed

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• BA/BS degree in a quantitative discipline
• Typically a minimum of 6+ years of Commercial / Corporate banking/lending, Asset Based Lending (ABL), or Structured Finance experience including credit, structuring, and marketing
• Completion of a major corporate bank credit/analyst training program or equivalent experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Outstanding organizational and project management skills to balance portfolio management and deal execution responsibilities
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills to collaborate with teammates, bankers, product partners, senior management, and clients
• Strong work ethic with an ability to meet deadlines while multi-tasking

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:

• Strong credit, documentation, and transaction experience a plus
• Excellent Excel, PowerPoint, and financial modeling skills
• Residential mortgage, specialty finance and/or securitization experience a plus
• Knowledge of credit, JPMC, and similar bank policies
• Ability to perform well under pressure in a demanding environment