Special Assets Officer III or II or I at S&T Bank in Irwin, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Work days and Expected Hours:

Monday-Friday: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

(Additional hours as necessary to meet the objectives of the department)

Function: Responsible for the effective management of a portfolio of 15 - 20 commercial loan workout relationships with an average size of >$2.5MM with diverse scope and complexity. Ensures timely resolution of transactions while preserving principal, obtaining fee income and expense reimbursements. Establishes action plans with specific resolution target dates and promptly conveying recommendations on adjustments for risk ratings, loss recognitions or write offs and accrual status. Loan approval authority of $5MM workout only. Uses professional knowledge, experience, and analytical criteria to make decisions and acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Effectively manages an assigned portfolio of commercial loan workout relationships. May work closely with officials of both lending and borrowing institutions to develop feasible, timely workout strategies; restructuring credit and repayment terms, better securing collateral or establishing recourse to other borrower assets.


• Coordinates with tax, legal, audit, and credit/loan policy departments as necessary to ensure compliance of negotiated workout agreements, with established company policies and regulatory agencies ordinances.


• Coordinates the enforcement of banks rights and remedies if negotiated workout plan proves not feasible and/or further default ensues. May work closely with counsel, loan recovery, turnaround professionals, court appointed receivers, and others in enforcement proceedings, seeking to maximize the recovery of nonperforming assets. Attend bank judicial proceedings as required. Coordinate and establish liquidation value of bank collateral in conjunction with liquidators, appraisers and other professionals.


• Prepares management reporting and maintain credit file documentation. Timely recommend risk rating adjustments as needed, updating loan loss recognition, and required accruals. Monitor covenant compliance, ensures required financial reporting, and resolve e any documented exceptions.


• Monitors the collection and ensures the correct application of recovered funds. Coordinate the proper implementation of workout plans with loan review, accounting, and other relevant departments.


• Interacts regularly with peers in other functional areas, managers, and customers. Interactions may involve controversial situations or trying to influence actions. Erroneous decisions can result in critical delays in schedules or departments operations or jeopardize overall business objectives.


• May orient, train, or review the work of lower level workout analysts.


• Maintains a good working relationship with bank employees. Demonstrates a strong ability to work as a team player to contribute to the success of the branch and in turn, the organization.


• Performs other related duties as required.

Physical Demands

Operates a keypad device 30% of the day. Operates office equipment 5% of the day. Operates personal vehicle 5% of the day. The primary parts of the body involved in performing these tasks are the fingers, hands, thumb, wrists, elbow, legs, lower, and upper torso and feet. Sitting is required 90% of the day in a leaning position. Walking is required 10% of the day, which is slow in speed. Performs repetitive movements for typing up to 30% of the business day. Specific vision requirements include close vision of 18”-20” for computer work. Business travel is required to meet customers, attorneys, and consultants (usually same day travel). Potential exists for threat of physical harm due to the nature of the job.