ABL Underwriting Portfolio Manager I or II
Posted Aug 5, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a deal you declined that the relationship side wanted.
What they are checking: Independence from the origination pressure.
How do you build a relationship with a borrower while still being the person who enforces the agreement?
What they are checking: Holding both halves of a portfolio manager's job.
What would you do
You coordinate collection and review of financial statements, compliance certificates and collateral reports. What do you do when a borrower is chronically late reporting?
What they are checking: Enforcing reporting covenants without immediately escalating.
A portfolio company's borrowing base is deteriorating. What do you do first?
What they are checking: Early action on a credit that is turning.
This is posted at level one or two, in Chicago, preferring three or more years in middle market asset-based or commercial banking with companies of twenty-five to two hundred fifty million in revenue. Where do you place yourself, and what would determine the level?
What they are checking: That they read the dual level and will ask what decides it.
About the work
This role underwrites asset-based transactions between five and one hundred million dollars of aggregate credit exposure. What changes in your analysis as a deal moves up that range?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that scale changes structure, not just numbers.
Walk me through underwriting an asset-based facility for a company whose earnings are weak but whose collateral is strong.
What they are checking: The core asset-based reasoning — collateral value versus cash flow.
The posting names thirteen-week cash flow models. When do you build one, and what does it tell you?
What they are checking: A specific tool named in the qualifications and used in stressed credits.
You assist in reviewing and negotiating loan documentation with counsel. What do you personally check before a deal closes?
What they are checking: Where their own responsibility sits alongside the lawyers.
You are the contact for internal audit, loan review and regulatory exams. How do you prepare a credit file for that scrutiny?
What they are checking: File discipline that holds up to examination.
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