Credit Team Lead in Newburyport, Massachusetts at River Run Services LLC

River Run is a shared services organization that supports banking affiliates, Newburyport Bank, Pentucket Bank and Rollstone Bank & Trust.

The Credit Team Lead supervises and develops a team of Credit Analysts, overseeing workflow execution, onboarding, and training while implementing and communicating updates to underwriting processes and credit policies. May also underwrite transactions by analyzing financials and ensuring decision-makers receive clear, comprehensive credit insights through close collaboration with Credit and Lending teams.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides effective leadership and guidance to Credit team , fostering a collaborative and high-performance team environment while supporting the credit culture of MHC.
• Applies strong organizational skills to support the management of departmental and analyst workflow, ensuring that timing, content, and quality expectations are met.
• Executes key managerial responsibilities, including performance management, coaching, and mentoring to promote team development, ensuring alignment with MHC credit practices.
• Collaborates proactively with stakeholders across the Credit, Lending, and Portfolio Managers at all MHC banks, ensuring credit decisions support origination and portfolio monitoring activities at each bank.
• Identifies emerging or potential issues within the loan portfolio, recommending appropriate action plans or adjustments to risk ratings, while considering the broader implications for the MHC portfolio as a whole.
• Completes annual reviews and processes new credit requests for commercial borrowers, ensuring thorough credit evaluations and alignment with the MHC’s overarching credit strategy.
• Provides backup support for specialized departmental functions, such as appraisal or environmental documentation, reporting, and other tasks within expertise, ensuring consistency across the MHC.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to the Bank’s mission, vision, and core values through consistent actions and decisions that align with the MHC’s credit culture.
• Occasionally performs construction site visits and inspections, attends customer meetings, and provides additional support for underwriting and portfolio monitoring activities to support Commercial Lenders across the MHC.

Qualifications, Experience, and Education

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, or related field. [LB1] Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 7-10 years of experience in commercial credit analysis or underwriting in a banking environment.
• Strong knowledge of bank policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements
• Expertise in cash flow analysis, loan policy, covenants, and compliance, with ability to train others
• Solid finance and accounting foundation
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in spreadsheets, credit spreading tools, and loan systems
• Ability to underwrite and structure complex credit deals (CRE, C&I, multi-entity)
• Communicates complex concepts clearly to both financial and non-financial audiences

River Run Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing or service in the military.

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, you may contact Human Resources at hr@riverrun.com or call 978-462-3136.