Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $50 billion assets under management and traded on the NASDAQ:WTFC. Built on the "HAVE IT ALL" model, Wintrust offers sophisticated technology and resources of a large bank while focusing on providing service-based community banking to each and every customer. Wintrust operates fifteen community bank subsidiaries with over 170 banking locations in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas. Additionally, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units including commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing, out-sourced administrative services, mortgage origination and purchase, wealth management services and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges.

Why Join Us?

• An award-winning culture!  We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 8 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)


• Competitive pay and annual discretionary bonus eligible


• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few


• Family-friendly work hours


• Opportunities to grow and develop in your career with our continued expansion plans in the Denver market


• Promote from within culture

Portfolio Manager - Commercial Banking:

The individual will partner with the lending/credit team to streamline the underwriting process and the portfolio management of existing credits. The individual will report to the Denver Market division leader.

What You Will Be Doing:

The candidate will work daily with commercial banking team members, as well as our credit partners, to perform the following job functions:

• Develop credit committee memorandums for new loan requests that will be presented to the Bank’s Executive Management Team


• Identify strengths and weaknesses of credit requests and make recommendations to mitigate perceived risk


• Actively participate in client meetings/site visits with the commercial banking team


• Assist in structuring new credit requests


• Independently analyze credit and financial information of credit requests to determine the degree of risk associated with the extension of each respective credit


• Develop a working knowledge of the Bank’s credit/loan policy


• Monitor the group’s loan portfolio performance including covenant compliance, collateral reporting and risk rating analysis

Qualifications:

• 2 to 6+ years of underwriting/banking/lending experience


• Knowledge of commercial credit fundamentals across multiple verticals including, but not limited to, revolving lines supporting working capital needs, equipment financing, owner-occupied real estate, investment real estate (acquisition and construction) private equity sponsor finance, and contractor financing


• Strong analytical and writing skills


• Excellent organizational skills


• Ability to take initiative


• Willingness to be flexible and accommodate to changing demands

From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago’s Bank® and Wisconsin's Bank®, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.