Special Assets & Lending Assistant

Blue Sky Bank is seeking a Special Assets & Lending Assistant in Tulsa, Oklahoma!

Special Assets: This position assists the Managing Director Special Assets in all bank collection efforts including minimizing losses, monitoring loans, negotiating repayment terms, and maximizing recovery efforts.

Loan Coordination: This position is a critical role that facilitates loan closings and loan servicing for the Private Banking Officer. This position requires knowledge of loans with pending closing dates, organizing required documentation, and monitoring ongoing requirements of all open loans. This position promotes business for the bank by providing exceptional customer service and referring and cross-selling appropriate bank products and services.

• Assists the Managing Director Special Assets in monitoring loan repayment plans and schedules.
• Communicates directly with borrowers to support collection efforts and obtain financial statements.
• Analyzes financial statements and spreads financials.
• Prepares reports for management on collection efforts.
• Negotiates repayment terms with customers to minimize bank losses.
• Supports early warning monitoring by tracking past-due accounts and participating in quarterly asset quality review meetings.
• Gathers historical documents related to a customer’s file, including financial statements, loan documents, legal documents, and correspondence.
• Attends legal proceedings with the Managing Director Special Assets.
• Monitors OREO property conditions, taxes, valuations, title work, and insurance.

• Partners with the Co-Lead Portfolio Managers for all training, support, and guidance.
• Assists the Co-Lead Portfolio Managers with compiling documentation for audits.
• Assists the Loan Operations Team with monitoring the receipt and recording of recordables for the Private Banking Officer as well as researching and obtaining payments for title searches ordered for Private Banking Officer that were not collected at closing, etc. as needed.
• Assists the Loan Operations Team with tracking recordables and title searches as needed.
• Acts as the initial point of contact for customer inquiries and closings for the Private Banking Officer.
• Acts as a liaison between the Private Banking Officer and the Loan Operations Team.
• Processes applications for commercial and private banking customers.
• Inputs applicants’ information into credit routing system to include Borrowers, Guarantors, and all signers.
• Completes Red Flag and CIP information.
• Coordinates loan closings with the Private Banking Officer and Loan Operations Team to include, but is not limited to ordering credit bureau reports, ordering flood certificates, ordering title work, ordering appraisals, requesting loan documents, collecting loan closing fees, etc.
• Performs UCC searches.
• Processes, compiles, and sends loan documents to Loan Operations Team for funding/closing.
• Processes loan advances per loan policy guidelines and coordinates loan payment processing as requested by the Private Banking Officer.
• Monitors loan and credit exceptions:
  Reviews exception reports and requests updated information from the Borrower and/or Private Banking Officer. Submits documentation to Loan Operations Team for processing.
• Monitors daily overdrafts and coordinates with the Private Banking Officer on how to answer each overdraft.
• Monitors other loan reporting (including but not limited to past due and coming due loans).
• Demonstrates an understanding of financial spreads, modeling, and monitoring.
• Establishes, builds, develops, grows, and maintains professional banking relationships with customers.
• Assists customers with all account and loan payment inquiries.
• Participates in and/or independently executes the sales process when necessary.

• Meets or exceeds assigned performance goals.
• Represents the Bank embodying the Bank’s mission, vision, and core values.
• Demonstrates a professional business image and demeanor.
• Provides consistent, distinctive service to all customers when delivering the Bank service experience.
• Recognizes red flags, scams, fraud, phishing, etc.
• Practices safe and…