Analyst Real Estate Bridge Lending

At The Bancorp, we've spent more than 25 years driving innovation in the financial services industry. As one of the first banks to embrace fintech, we combine technology, expertise and a forward-looking approach to deliver creative, real-world solutions. We work side by side with our partners to help them grow and innovate with confidence. Across Fintech Solutions, Institutional Banking, Commercial Lending and Real Estate Bridge Lending, we provide the people, processes, technology and banking capabilities that turn bold ideas into outcomes.

Join a team that brings urgency and rigor to every challenge and plays a direct role in driving growth for our clients and the communities we serve.

The Bancorp's Real Estate Bridge Lending leverages our balance sheet and in-house expertise to deliver customized, non-recourse commercial real estate bridge loans nationwide. Our team provides seamless service from origination through funding, helping deliver tailored financing solutions with speed, certainty and a high level of execution for multifamily commercial real estate clients.

The Analyst Real Estate Bridge Lending role is responsible for supporting the origination and underwriting of new commercial real estate bridge loans, the asset management of existing loans, and secondary capital markets transactions. The role provides financial analysis and due diligence to help the Real Estate Bridge Lending (REBL) team evaluate credit risk, monitor loan performance, and execute transactions.

Key Responsibilities

• Builds and maintains financial models to analyze property cash flow and valuation under different operating scenarios. Performs debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) and debt yield analyses on commercial real estate collateral nationwide.
• Manages due diligence by reviewing borrower, sponsor, property, and market information; maintaining data rooms and diligence trackers; and coordinating information flow. Orders and reviews third-party appraisals, environmental, engineering, zoning, insurance, title, and legal documents with senior team members.
• Supports origination and transaction execution by coordinating with senior deal team members, borrowers, transaction counterparties, counsel, and other advisors. Tracks outstanding items and follows up to support completion of transaction milestones.
• Assists with asset management of existing bridge loans by reviewing property financial statements, rent rolls, and business plan progress against underwriting assumptions. Updates asset summaries and communicates material variances or emerging credit concerns to senior team members.
• Prepares credit committee presentations, asset reports, and responses to investor and corporate inquiries. Supports secondary capital markets transactions by compiling and reviewing loan information and coordinating transaction diligence and investor requests.
• Monitors developments in commercial real estate and real estate capital markets nationwide. Evaluates and shares information relevant to property values, underwriting assumptions, and loan repayment prospects.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Commercial real estate experience preferred.
• Strong financial modeling, valuation, and analytical skills, including experience analyzing commonly used financial statements, preferred.
• Broad knowledge of commercial real estate, basic understanding of legal and tax considerations, and ability to conduct thorough independent research preferred.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including professional client interactions and ability to communicate concepts concisely and support conclusions, preferred.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to working in a collaborative environment with competing deadlines preferred.
• High level proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook, preferred.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 25% travel required.

What Success Looks Like

• Delivers financial models and credit analyses with calculations reconciled to source documents, assumptions documented, and pride of ownership.
• Completes assigned underwriting, portfolio reviews, and transaction deliverables by agreed deadlines and escalates information gaps or delays before deadlines are missed.
• Maintains current diligence trackers with required documents organized and outstanding items and follow-up actions documented.
• Identifies material changes in property performance or repayment assumptions during portfolio reviews and communicates concerns to senior team members when identified, with supporting analysis.
• Acts with integrity, exercises sound judgment, and protects confidential information. Communicates professionally with internal and external stakeholders and applies feedback to subsequent assignments.

Why This Role Matters

REBL relies on the Analyst's financial analysis and due diligence to make informed lending decisions and identify changes in loan performance. The role helps the commercial real estate lending platform execute transactions efficiently, monitor credit risk, and support capital markets activity, contributing to disciplined growth and protection of the Bank's capital.