Construction Portfolio Risk Officer

Overview

The Construction Portfolio Risk Officer is responsible for collaborating with team members to administer a diversified construction loan portfolio including multifamily apartments, retail, office, mixed-use, industrial, residential tract development, condominiums, owner-occupied, and single family investor and owner-occupied residential, including construction loan draw disbursement management and ensuring continuous workflow with minimal disruptions.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Review and process construction loan disbursement requests, including reviewing general contractor payment applications and related requests for disbursement of project hard costs, soft costs, contingency, loan interest, and retainage.

• Establish new loan disbursement files inclusive of all requisite documents reflected in department procedures.

• Verify requisite borrower equity has been contributed prior to loan funding.

• Reviews corresponding supporting documentation for disbursement requests.

• Determines eligibility for funding including but not limited to contract change orders and performs reconciliation of amount previously disbursed against loan balance.

• Analyze and update loan budgets to ensure loan sources/uses remain in balance

• Processes draw requests on assigned portfolio on a timely basis.

• Notifies supervisor and or relationship manager as appropriate of any material budget discrepancies including change orders and obtains approval for all requisite funding exceptions.

• Engage construction consulting engineer to provide plan & cost review reports and corresponding progress inspections, and reviews same for acceptability.

• Requests applicable title updates and title policy endorsements and alerts supervisor and or relationship manager of any title exceptions. Monitors receipt of original title policy endorsements.

• Monitors Notices to Owner, Partial Releases of Liens, and Final Releases of Lien throughout construction process as per requirements of corresponding construction loan agreement.

• Monitors evidence of flood insurance coverage and or builders risk coverage as appropriate.

• Processes loan advances based on line availability, ratios and other loan requirements.

• Compiles information and prepares draw request form for funding approval; as necessary.

• Maintains records and performs follow-up of pending documentation.

• Provide partial release price figures as applicable, prepares partial release documentation as needed, and processes receipt of partial release funds.

• Maintains frequent client contact and provide prompt response to requests for funding information.

• Collaborate with team members to compile requisite construction loan tracking information vital to the preparation of management reporting.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years experience in construction loan administration (Accounting, Operations, Customer Service), with extensive knowledge of residential and commercial loan documentation, construction requirements and terminology.

• Requires thorough knowledge of construction loan administration and complex portfolio.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance or related field.

Special Instructions to Candidates

• Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

• Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here.

• The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

• Reasonable accommodation may be made to assist individuals with disabilities to complete the online application process. Please contact our Human Resources Department at 305-577-7680 or by e-mail at employment@citynational.com.