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Commercial Credit Analyst - Equipment Finance

Fifth Third Bank · Chicago, IL · Full time

Posted Sep 11, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you caught an error in someone else's numbers.

What they are checking: Whether they are detail-minded and comfortable raising issues with colleagues.

Tell me about a time you had to explain a financial analysis to someone more senior.

What they are checking: Whether they communicate clearly and confidently with portfolio managers and credit leaders.

Why equipment finance, and what do you find interesting about it?

What they are checking: Whether they have real curiosity about the business they will analyze.

What would you do

A borrower is past due on submitting financial statements for a covenant test. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they follow up proactively and track the exception rather than letting it slide.

You have three renewals due, a ticket queue of covenant checks, and a pipeline report request. How do you prioritize?

What they are checking: Whether they manage deadlines and flag risks to their workload early.

About the work

Walk me through how you'd write a credit approval memo for an equipment finance renewal.

What they are checking: Whether they know the sections the posting lists and can explain risks and projections clearly.

How do you build a base case and a downside case, and what assumptions would you stress?

What they are checking: Whether they can reason about what could actually go wrong and model it.

How would you review a spread prepared by the credit center and decide if it needs edits?

What they are checking: Whether they check spreads against source documents and understand common spreading errors.

What does a criticized loan mean, and what goes into a criticized period review?

What they are checking: Whether they understand regulatory risk classifications and the monitoring they require.

How do you decide what's a key credit risk worth highlighting versus normal noise?

What they are checking: Whether they can separate what truly matters for repayment from routine variance.

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The full job description

As published by Fifth Third Bank.

Make banking a Fifth Third better® We connect great people to great opportunities. Are you ready to take the next step? Discover a career in banking at Fifth Third Bank. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Responsible for proactively monitoring Credit Excellence and initiating collection of financial statements for upcoming renewals and periodic reviews. • Prepare succinct credit approval memos with minimal errors, including company and industry descriptions, key credit risks, historical analysis, base and downside case projection assumptions/rationale and terms and conditions. • Complete ongoing portfolio monitoring, including covenant tracking, financial statement reviews, and run risk rating models. • Identify and determine monitoring analysis activities required • Verify covenants and define updates needed on ticklers • Monitor covenant completion and track past due or out of compliance covenants and recommend appropriate course of action • Responsible for understanding and evaluating completed spreads to determine necessary edits working in collaboration with the CCU teamworks to identify and resolve required edits or corrections • Generate and provide various pipeline and portfolio reporting as needed to credit leadership, portfolio managers, underwriters, relationship managers and others as needed. • Prepare Criticized Period Reviews reports with oversight • Responsible for running projection models with assumptions provided • Responsible for completing underwriting process with limited oversight • Prepares portfolio analysis and Portfolio Review materials • Ensure accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of credit data across internal systems and reports • Take appropriate action to resolve data, documentation, or analysis deficiencies and escalate questions to the appropriate level • Identify emerging risks or negative trends and escalate appropriately. • Maintain a working knowledge of Bancorp credit policies, guidelines and procedures. • Perform Borrowing Entity PD Ratings and Obligation LGD Ratings. • May assist with training and onboarding of new employees • May support special projects or ad hoc analysis as assigned by management SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: None MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED: • Bachelor's degree in Business (e.g. Business Administration, Finance, or Accounting) • 2+ years of Commercial Banking experience. • Sound Financial and risk analysis understanding, including the ability to develop financial models • Extensive Knowledge of banking products and services • Knowledge of corporate business structure and legal documents • General knowledge of U.S. government and regulation • Proficiency in internal banking applications • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Demonstrated strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks while maintaining close attention to detail. • Proficient in all Microsoft Office software Commercial Credit Analyst - Equipment Finance Total Base Pay Range 54,400.00 - 111,500.00 USD Annual At Fifth Third, we understand the importance of recognizing our employees for the role they play in improving the lives of our customers, communities and each other. Our Total Rewards include comprehensive benefits and differentiated compensation offerings to give each employee the opportunity to be their best every day. The base salary for this position is reflective of the range of salary levels for all roles within this pay grade across the U.S. Individual salaries within this range will vary based on factors such as role, relevant skillset, relevant experience, education and geographic location. In addition to the base salary, this role is eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan, with any such payment based upon company, line of business and/or individual performance. Our extensive benefits programs are designed to support the individual needs of our employees and their families, encompassing physical, financial, emotional and social well-being. You can learn more about those programs on our 53.com Careers page at: https://www.53.com/content/fifth-third/en/careers/benefits.html or by consulting with your talent acquisition partner. LOCATION -- Chicago, Illinois 60606 Attention search firms and staffing agencies: do not submit unsolicited resumes for this posting. Fifth Third does not accept resumes from any agency that does not have an active agreement with Fifth Third. Any unsolicited resumes – no matter how they are submitted – will be considered the property of Fifth Third and Fifth Third will not be responsible for any associated fee. Fifth Third Bank, National Association is proud to have an engaged and inclusive culture and to promote and ensure equal employment opportunity in all employment decisions regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

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