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Credit Analyst resume keywords

The skills, tools and terms recruiters search for when hiring a credit analyst, and a free check of which ones your resume is missing.

Lenders want to see financial statement analysis, the loan types you underwrite and your portfolio or deal size. Name the spreading and rating tools, and show turnaround time and portfolio quality.

Skills and keywords

credit analysisfinancial statement analysisrisk ratingcash flow analysisloan underwritingfinancial spreadingcredit memoscommercial lendingdebt service coveragecovenant monitoringcollateral analysisportfolio monitoringindustry analysiscredit policyratio analysisloan documentationglobal cash flowcredit risk

Tools and software

Moody's CreditLensSageworksnCinoCapital IQBloombergDun & BradstreetExcel

Soft skills

analyticalattention to detailjudgmentwritten communicationtime management

Use the exact wording from the posting you are applying to. Only include what is true for you.

Example credit analyst resume bullets

Keywords work best inside achievements. Each example pairs a keyword with a number:

  • Performed credit analysis and loan underwriting on 150 commercial requests per year, from $250K to $15M
  • Monitored a $320M portfolio of 95 borrowers through quarterly covenant monitoring, flagging 6 breaches before default
  • Cut credit memo turnaround from 8 days to 5 by building a financial spreading template in Excel

Check your resume for credit analyst keywords

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Paste the whole posting, including requirements.

Where to put keywords

  • Summary: your job title in the posting's words plus your two strongest matching skills.
  • Skills section: tools and hard skills, spelled the way the posting spells them.
  • Experience bullets: each important skill used in a sentence with a result. A skill that appears only in a list is weak evidence.

More in how to tailor your resume in 15 minutes and how to add numbers to your bullets.

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