AVP, Wholesale Credit Administrator in Bromley

Job Description:

Job Title: Wholesale Credit Administrator

Corporate Title: Officer / AVP

Location: Chester/Bromley

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

The Team:

The EMEA team is based in 2 core locations, London and Chester and has a supportive and nurturing environment, employee satisfaction is a top priority. The team of 25 is part of a global team of 123 people and will provide opportunities to connect with global team members. You will have on the job training plus opportunities to further banking knowledge for career development.

Role Description:

You will be joining a front-line unit and part of Global Banking & Markets (GBAM) that supports GBAM credit risk underwriters. You will be trusted with a portfolio of institutional corporate clients from a credit administration perspective including key metric deliverables related to credit facilities and data quality. You will work closely with credit and operational business partners and learn about clients, industries, and risk management to help simplify and improve our processes.

Responsibilities:

• Support and assist Credit Officers daily in the management of their portfolios, including the review of global credit facilities.
• Creation of credit approval documents for new, renewed and amended loan, trading and GPS facilities, and the processing of these through the bank systems of record.
• Review approved credit approval documents to ensure compliance with bank policy and procedures.
• Identify and resolve facility data discrepancies.
• Respond to enquiries from credit officers and other business partners. Investigate and resolve incoming queries relating to the portfolio.
• Monitor and resolve facility document exceptions.
• Create, maintain, and monitor credit and financial events and manage exceptions.
• Maintain accurate document records.
• Help simplify and improve our processes – active discussion

What we are looking for:

• You can communicate effectively across various lines of business and levels.
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment and responsibilities
• Quickly learns and understand processes, systems, and products
• Functions under pressure to meet deadlines, proficient at multi-tasking and competing priorities
• Identifying and executing practical solutions
• Shares information/ideas and consistently identifies best practices

Skills that will help:

• University graduate or equivalent and/or relevant experience
• Institutional banking experience and knowledge of lending products an advantage
• PC literate and systems oriented with proficiency in all Microsoft applications

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

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• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.