Job Description

Why Stifel

Stifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first: a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole.

Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success

What You'll Be Doing

The Sr. Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Manager is responsible for the management and support of an existing corporate borrower portfolio. This position will include some origination activity on both existing and new borrowers. The Sr. Portfolio Manager is responsible for ensuring that all lending decisions, actions, and recommendations are based on an accurate and thorough understanding of each borrower's financial needs and conditions and comply with all laws, regulations, and Stifel Bank policy.

What We're Looking For

• Manage borrowers through the lending process and present loan and other borrower related requests and renewals to Senior Management and Loan Committees.
• Analyze borrower specific and related industry risks as part of underwriting process.
• Analyze borrower financial statements and projection models in support of borrower's ability to support financial obligations.
• Partner with Credit Analysts on credit evaluations, preparing quarterly trend analyses, risk rating memos, annual reviews, and other amendment memos.
• Monitor the financial performance of an existing portfolio to ensure financial statements, compliance certificates, and other required reports are up to date in order to identify any borrower issues at an early stage.
• Ensure adherence to credit policy, guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
• Manage the overall documentation process and negotiate Credit Agreements to facilitate closing of approved loans.
• Assist with overarching Corporate Banking projects.
• Lead, mentor, and train less experienced credit analysts and portfolio managers.

What You'll Bring

• Self-motivated with strong work ethic.
• Knowledge in credit analysis and credit portfolio management.
• Knowledge of the loan market and various industry (OCC and FDIC) regulations.
• Ability to effectively communicate (written and oral) with prospective borrowers, partner banks, investment bankers, equity research analysts, and executive management.
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of a borrower.
• Ability to work collaboratively and cross functionally.
• Ability to multi-task and work under a heavy workload with changing priorities.
• Strong ability to produce high quality work products independently and as part of a collegial team.

Education & Experience

• Minimum Required: Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, or equivalent experience
• Minimum Required: 7-10 years of related experience in corporate/commercial lending, debt capital markets, finance, or accounting

Licenses & Credentials

• Minimum Required: None

Systems & Technology

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

About Stifel

Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.

While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.

Stifel’s bank and trust companies are equal opportunity employers. All candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. If you would like more information regarding Equal Employment Opportunity rights and protections, please review the following information: Know Your Rights.

Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.