What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Equipment Finance Underwriter position at Wells Fargo?
About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Equipment Finance Underwriter to support our Vendor Ag and Golf&Turf group.
In this role, you will:
- Lead or participate in research and underwrite the creditworthiness of moderately complex commercial or business loan and lease requests within Equipment Finance Underwriting functional area
- Review and research moderately complex commercial or business loan and lease requests that require an in-depth evaluation
- Perform periodic reviews on assigned portfolio credits
- Maintain risk ratings and other relevant data on systems of record
- Approve loans or leases within delegated credit authority and recommend transactions in excess of that authority
- Collaborate and consult with Equipment Finance Underwriting peers, colleagues, and middle level managers and achieve business objectives
- Work with internal and external business partners to gather information to make appropriate decisions
Required Qualifications, US:
- 4 years of Equipment Finance Underwriting experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Desired Qualifications:
- Ag underwriting experience preferred
- BA degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or Economics
- Commercial credit experience across diversified customer base.
- Good knowledge of financial statements for various industries with ability to ascertain trends, ratios and call out key risks when compared to benchmarks (historical and industry performance).
- Experience in assessing credit worthiness of customer based on various qualitative and quantitative factors.
- Excellent communication skills, with special focus on business writing skills for credit reports.
- Ability to read, comprehend and synthesize data regarding over credit portfolio.
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