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Associate/Senior Associate, Underwriting, Real Estate Finance at Forbright Bank

Associate/Senior Associate, Underwriting, Real Estate Finance

COMPANY DESCRIPTION: Forbright is a nationwide full-service bank and commercial lender focused on helping to build a brighter future for our clients and the communities we serve. Forbright is committed to exceptional client service by providing seamless, innovative personal banking services to depositors and creative financing solutions to visionary middle market businesses and investors in healthcare, technology, financial services, real estate, and other industries.

COMPANY CULTURE: We are a dynamic, high energy, fun, and fast-paced organization that has an exciting growth trajectory, meaningful mission, and embedded responsible practices into our daily interactions. We offer our team members a culture of collaboration, inclusion, flexibility, recognition, and giving back. We look to hire individuals that are passionate about our mission, and who are motivated, customer and results-oriented, innovative, adaptable, and thoughtful.

COMPANY MISSION: We are a mission-driven institution. We operate a sound dynamic institution that is well capitalized, liquid, profitable and uses best practices to manage risk and assure compliance with laws and regulations. We use Forbrights capital, capabilities, innovation, and expertise to help our clients succeed and contribute broadly to building a brighter future.

JOB SUMMARY: The Senior Associate is part of the team underwriting and originating Commercial Real Estate finance products at Forbright Bank. This role is responsible for assisting the Real Estate Finance Managing Directors and Directors (the “Originator(s)”) with underwriting lending opportunities and achieve real estate origination goals while simultaneously maintaining acceptable credit quality and return targets.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Assist Originators with:

Maintain detailed financial models and develop sensitivity analyses

Perform market, industry, and sponsor due diligence. Market research to include trends that impact a property and the competitive environment that it operates in. Determine demand and supply impacts on property vacancy, rent growth, capitalization rates, and property value

Gather information and diligence materials including appraisals, environmental reports, and property physical inspections. Assess the guarantor's financial position to determine the quality of this additional credit support, if any

Ensure loan documentation and credit files are timely updated and maintained in the Bank’s internal document retention system in compliance with internal procedures and banking guidelines

Facilitate loan closings ensuring that legal documentation, 3rd parties/due diligence, and internal processing requirements are completed and processed per credit policy

Assist with Portfolio Management, as needed, on modifications, extensions, risk ratings, and other asset management issues

Communicate effectively and interact with all levels of management and other departments

Perform other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

Associate’s Degree required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Minimum of 4 years of commercial real estate financial modeling experience with a bank, real estate development/operating company, real estate private equity firm, commercial real estate brokerage operations, or commercial finance company required

Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

Outstanding problem-solving and time management skills

Self-motivated, self-directed, and results-oriented

Adaptable and able to multitask in a fast-paced environment

Can work independently and within a team; solution-oriented with a collaborative approach

Outstanding quantitative and qualitative analytical skills

Strong knowledge of finance and accounting

Ability to work under pressure on multiple projects in parallel while still meeting deadlines

An ability to synthesize information from various sources and comprehend multiple, distinct points of views on any given topic

Demonstrated experience in financial modeling for sophisticated commercial real estate deals that vary in size and complexity

Highly motivated business professional, able to thrive in small team environment

Proficiency with CoStar

The pay range for this position is above. The specific rate will depend on the successful candidate’s qualifications and prior experience $110,000 (entry level qualifications) to $120,000 (highly experienced).

POSITION REQUIREMENTS: We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees are capable of performing their job position. Work is primarily conducted in an office setting while certain positions may allow for remote work through the use of technology at management discretion. The functions described below are representative of those to successfully perform duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees to perform the essential functions. While performing duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required for extended periods of time to:

Remain in a stationary position

Use hands and fingers

Utilize a computer monitor with visual acuity

Operate technology or other office machinery such as printers, scanners, etc.

Communicate clearly verbally and/or in writing with others

ADDITIONAL DUTIES: For Forbright Bank to remain efficient and nimble as a growing organization, team members are expected to exhibit a high level of flexibility regarding any duties that may be situationally assigned outside of this job description.

PERKS/BENEFITS:

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans

4 weeks PTO

401k + company match

Metro SmartTrip benefits ($50/mo)

Remote or hybrid work schedules for most positions

Incentives for purchasing solar panels, electric vehicles, biking to work, etc.

Paid subscriptions to Veterans Compost, Capital Bikeshare, Imperfect Foods reimbursement, and more!

Best Workplaces for Commuters 2023 & 2024 winner

The Washington Post Top Workplaces 2023, 2024, and 2025 winner

American Banker Best Banks to Work For 2023 winner

CORE PRINCIPLES:

Excellence: Excellence is not a goal, but a standard, reflected in the precision of our work and the quality of our decisions. Excellence is a discipline that compounds over time and creates lasting value; it must be measured and managed.

People: Our people are our greatest strength. We foster a culture of respect, inclusion, and ambition - where everyone matters. We celebrate collaboration and teamwork and prize loyalty - to one another, the company, our mission, and values.

Innovation: We invest boldly in technology, harnessing innovation not for its own sake but to make banking and lending better, faster, and smarter for our clients, more efficient for our team, and more profitable for our shareholders. By combining human insight with technological excellence, we strengthen our ability to serve, to adapt, and to succeed in a changing world. Innovation is a continuous investment in new ideas.

Sound Practices: Our foundation rests on prudence, care, integrity, and discipline. We manage credit and business risk with rigor and fundamentals-based judgment, act with transparency, and uphold the highest standards of corporate governance and regulatory compliance to ensure sustainable growth and enduring financial strength.

Distinct Value: We focus our energy where we add value. We avoid the commoditized and the ordinary, choosing to compete through insight, specialization, technology and service. By concentrating on areas where expertise matters and relationships endure, we create differentiation that is defensible and lasting.

Clients: We exist to advance our clients success and to help them grow. We listen deeply, think creatively, and deliver solutions that solve problems, drive impact and add value. Every client relationship is built on partnership, performance, and purpose.

Shareholders: We are committed to creating exceptional value for our shareholders. We invest for the long term and view our shareholders as partners not observers - in value creation. We allocate capital wisely, execute with precision, and continuously adapt our business model to pursue the most attractive, risk-adjusted returns. We work to make rational decisions, avoid unnecessary complexity, maintain strong liquidity and capital, and communicate with clarity and honesty. We measure success both by current performance and by the durability and quality of the long-term value we build.

Communities and the Environment: We believe prosperity and responsibility go hand in hand. We invest in inclusive opportunity and environmental stewardship. Our goal is simple - to do our part build a brighter, more sustainable future for the communities we serve and the world we share.

It is the policy of Forbright Bank to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and to administer all aspects and conditions of pre-employment and employment without regard to protected characteristics.

Employment with Forbright Bank is at-will, which means that either you or the Company may terminate the relationship at any time.

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$110,000 - $120,000 a year

Associate/Senior Associate, Underwriting, Real Estate Finance at Forbright Bank – Los Angeles, California

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