Commercial / Agriculture Underwriter II

Commercial / Agriculture Underwriter II

The Commercial / Agriculture Underwriter II provides accurate, timely, and succinct credit underwriting to support the company's portfolio management and new business development efforts for the Relationship Managers they are assigned to support.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Financial statement spreading and analysis, including calculation of Debt Service Coverage or Fixed Charge Coverage Ratios per Busey guidelines.
• Use financial data such as cash flow, liquidity, profitability, and leverage to determine and minimize the overall risk of extending credit to businesses and individuals.
• Work with Commercial Relationship Managers or other Lending staff to prepare clear and concise Commercial Credit Approval Request (CCAR) memos including pertinent information associated with the overall risk of the loan, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the Borrower.
• Evaluate collateral, industry data and other relevant credit information.
• Assist with Portfolio Management duties to include testing financial covenants, monitoring monthly borrowing base reports, preparing portfolio reviews and sensitive asset reports, as assigned.
• Assist Commercial Relationship Managers with the preparation of opportunity memos for new and existing relationships.
• Maintain a working knowledge of the Commercial Banking Loan Policy and systems, including nCino.
• Assist in the sales process, including accompanying Relationship Managers on customer and prospect calls.
• Approve loans that are within defined authority levels; recommend loan approval outside of defined authority levels.
• Participate in pipeline meetings to develop knowledge of prospective opportunities as well as upcoming renewals.
• Assist with other duties or special projects as assigned.
• Performs all outlined duties under minimal supervision.
• Demonstrates independent thinking and handles complex issues.

Education & Experience

Compensation and Benefits

Salary offered is based on factors, including but not limited to, the job duties, required qualifications and relevant experience, and local market trends. The role may be eligible for bonus or incentives based on company and individual performance.

(Base Pay Range : $80,000 - $115,000 annually)

Application Deadline : December 15, 2025

Busey provides a competitive Total Rewards package in return for your time, talents, efforts, and ultimately, results. Your personal and professional well-beingnow and in the years to comeare important to us. Busey's Total Rewards include a competitive benefits package offering 401(k) match, profit sharing, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance and long-term disability, supplemental voluntary life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness incentives and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible associates may take advantage of pre-tax health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts. Visit Busey Total Rewards for more information.

Equal Opportunity

Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey's commitment of delivering service excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability / Vets.

Unsolicited Resumes

Busey Bank, and its subsidiaries, does not accept any liability for fees for resumes from recruiters or employment agencies ("Agency"), without a binding, written recruitment agreement between Busey and Agency describing the services and specific job openings ("Agreement"). Busey may consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume and explicitly reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the Agency, unless an Agreement is in place. Any email or verbal contact with any Busey associate is inadequate to create a binding agreement. Agencies without an Agreement are requested not to contact any associates of Busey with recruiting inquiries or resumes. Busey respectfully requests no phone calls or emails.