Strategic Specialty Finance Portfolio Manager

First National Bank; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

First National Bank is seeking a Specialty Finance Underwriting Portfolio Manager 2 in Pittsburgh. You will manage a designated Commercial loan portfolio across Asset Based Lending, Equipment Finance, and Capital Markets, performing credit underwriting and portfolio management to uphold bank and regulatory standards.

You will mentor junior team members, collaborate with Relationship Managers to optimize client relations, and lead complex transactions while ensuring timely risk identification and

Qualifications

• Excellent project management skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to use a personal computer and job-related software.
• MS Word - Basic Level.
• MS Excel - Intermediate Level.
• MS PowerPoint - Basic Level.
• Knowledge of a wide range of Commercial lending and underwriting practices, and banking practices, specifically ABL, Equipment Finance, and Capital Markets lines of business.

Responsibilities

• Underwrite, monitor and analyze assigned Commercial portfolio, ensuring timely risk identification and quality.
• Lead complex transactions including syndications and multi-level capital structures while ensuring policy compliance.
• Monitor portfolio KPIs/KRIs and maintain accurate underwriting standards.
• Support Relationship Managers in managing client relationships and optimize customer interactions.
• Ensure regulator, auditor, and loan review compliance with depth of underwriting and policy adherence.
• Collaborate on group-wide process improvements and mentor junior Portfolio Managers.
• Present proposed credit actions in written analyses and, when needed, verbally to committees.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Organizational skills

Analytical thinking

Interpersonal skills

Customer service

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Commercial lending practices

Credit underwriting

Education

BA or BS

Job description

First National Bank is seeking a Specialty Finance Underwriting Portfolio Manager 2 in Pittsburgh. You will manage a designated Commercial loan portfolio across Asset Based Lending, Equipment Finance, and Capital Markets, performing credit underwriting and portfolio management to uphold bank and regulatory standards.

You will mentor junior team members, collaborate with Relationship Managers to optimize client relations, and lead complex transactions while ensuring timely risk identification and