Senior Lender

Description

Title:  Senior Lender 

Employee Status: Full Time 

Salary: Grade 5 

Starts at $81,200 | St. Louis 

Reports to:  Director of Lending, Southern Region  

Department: Capital Solutions  

Location: St. Louis, MI

Hybrid Remote: In office: T/W | Remote: M/Th/F

Department Function: Maintain a program of flexible lending to targeted nonprofits throughout the Midwest; design programs to assist the target market to obtain loans and required financial assistance; maintain financial planning data. 

The Organization

IFF is a mission-driven lender, real estate consultant, and developer that helps communities thrive. Key to our success has been a deep sense of purpose, a broad perspective, and a relentless focus on achieving positive results. Across the Midwest we help clients from every sector, including human service agencies, health centers, schools, affordable housing developers, and healthy food grocery operators. Staff contribute extensive business experience and an unrivaled connection to the mission of IFF to the clients we serve.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Partnering to create thriving communities is at the heart of everything we do. We leverage knowledge, capital, and resources to advance equitable and transformational outcomes in under-resourced communities, guided by our commitment to be an inclusive, anti-racist and anti-oppressive institution that honors communities as asset-rich and as experts in their own stories.

Basic Job Function

The Senior Lender, Affordable Housing position is responsible for managing borrower relationships and underwriting loans. The Senior Lender, Affordable Housing will structure debt for affordable rental housing in the Midwest, across IFF’s geographic footprint. IFF provides predevelopment, acquisition, construction, and permanent financing for projects financed with a variety of public and private sources, including Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. The position will be expected to meet loan production goals while satisfying IFF loan policy guidelines.

IFF is looking for candidates with a commitment to the work we do who can demonstrate their creativity, diligence, enthusiasm, growth-mindset, thoughtfulness, and passion to make meaningful change in the areas of economic and racial justice.

Core Responsibilities: 

1. Primary borrower relationship manager for assigned region’s lending activities. Responsible for sourcing, underwriting, seeking approval, and facilitating the closing and monitoring of loans, including those requiring complex structuring.

• Responsible for guiding prospective borrowers through the loan application, approval and closing process
• Screens projects for alignment with IFF and department goals. Evaluates loan requests, including the agency's financial condition and projections, site analysis and building plans, operating  plans, potential risks and other relevant data to support a recommendation of whether or not to make a loan. Follow up as necessary with agency and others to obtain additional information.
• Coordinating as necessary with the Chief Credit Officer, underwrite, structure, package and present loan recommendations for approval to loan committees. Document terms and conditions and issue commitment letter.
• Provide technical assistance on financing and financial systems to improve capacity of applicants and borrowers.
• Support IFF’s Customer Relationship Management database with data input to ensure that accurate and comprehensive information on all aspects of loan program is readily available, from initial contact through project closing and long-term monitoring. Contribute quantitative and narrative materials for fund raising applications and required reporting.
• Establish closing requirements and work with IFF Closing and Escrow Services team, borrower, attorneys, and others to facilitate closing process in timely and efficient manner.
• Work with the Portfolio Management team to support post-close monitoring including customer check-ins or site visits as required. Coordinate customer relationship management with Portfolio Management and support effective relationship communications. 

2. Lead loan business development efforts to build and maintain a strong loan pipeline. Work with  Marketing to implement appropriate outreach strategies, business development and sales activities

• Develop and pursue business leads from existing network of customers, contact with agencies and market influencers, community leaders and funders an