Team Leader - Risk Portfolio Operations

Business Unit: GE Commercial Finance, Corporate Financial ServicesFunction: FinanceResponsibilities: Within Loan Servicing Unit:Serve as lead technical expert, teaching and coaching employees. Coach employees on how to identify odd-looking situations or events. Own/drive data integrity and completeness and ensure system reflects transactional history.Troubleshoot highly complex, unusual or problematic situations encountered by the business segments or team members, focusing on account management satisfaction, customer satisfaction and effective communication.Promote employee understanding and usage of company and operational policies, procedures, reports and metrics.Serve key role in organizational project teams to drive operations process improvement initiatives.Create/update operational training tools for operations and the business.Minimize organizational risk by leveraging operational controls, identifying suspicious/inconsistent activity, notifying appropriate parties and taking appropriate action.Keep knowledge current on portfolios, loan accounting, regulatory changes, operational policies, procedures, system and controls.Contribute feedback to Ops Manager relating to team members technical development and workload.
REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or Economics and at least 3 years of Commercial Loan Operations, Accounting or other operational experience in Commercial Lending environment (or High School diploma/GED and 5 years of Commercial Loan Operations related experience).High degree of expertise in Commercial Lending from an operational perspective.Demonstrated ability to accurately interpret Credit Agreements and translate content into system parameters (for Team Leads in Credit Admin Unit).Prior experience applying general accounting principles.Experience using ACBS related loan servicing or GL software.ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Must submit resume through www.gecareers.com (current employees may utilize COS Systems) to be considered for this job opening.Unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.Must be willing to work in an office in Chicago, IL.Must be willing to comply with pre-employment screening, including but not limited to, drug testing, reference verification and background check.Desired: MBA.Experience in Commercial Lending Operations (including collateral monitoring and loan servicing).General systems related experience.Six Sigma quality background/experience.WORK TRAITS:
Clear thinker: can simplify strategies into specific actions, makes decisions and communicates priorities.External focus: can understand customer needs, marketplace dynamics, industry trends and the competitive landscape.Adaptable: easily adapt to changes in direction.SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Ability to teach technical content and coach effectively to individuals of varying experience and backgrounds. Recognize and validate individual learning and progress.Ability to understand credit agreements.Ability to build individual relationships internally and externally and elicit confidence of others.Ability to recognize non-obvious patterns in data and connect disparate pieces of information to form conclusions.Ability to easily navigate/utilize financial software and database applications.Ability to exhibit a high degree of concern for the reputation on oneself and one's organization, demonstrating urgency, accuracy, timeliness, and teamwork.Ability to communicate proactively and present effectively within a fast paced professional business environment (both written and oral).General: We thank everyone who submits his or her resume for this opportunity. Due to the volume of resumes we receive, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
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