Underwriting Manager
EPM
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Lead and mentor a team of underwriters, providing training and support to enhance skills and ensure high performance.
- Oversee daily operations to maximize productivity, improve efficiency, and meet underwriting turn times and SLAs.
- Monitor team performance, provide feedback, and conduct regular performance reviews with measurable goals.
- Ensure underwriting quality through consistent quality checks and compliance with regulatory and company guidelines.
- Act as the escalation point for complex or high-risk loan files and support second-level loan reviews.
- Manage team pipelines during absences, ensuring uninterrupted loan processing.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry regulations and company policies to ensure all mortgage applications are underwritten in accordance with current standards.
Requirements
- 5+ years of mortgage underwriting experience required.
- 3+ years of management experience in mortgage operations required.
- Wholesale underwriting experience required.
- Proficiency with Encompass LOS required.
- Knowledge of home loans and residential mortgages such as conventional, VA, FHA, USDA, Non-QM loans, and loan products.
- DE/CHUMS and LAPP/SARS certifications required.
- Knowledgeable in automated underwriting systems and Microsoft office.
- Excellent communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
mortgage underwritingmanagementwholesale underwritingautomated underwriting systemsEncompass LOShome loansresidential mortgagesconventional loansVA loansFHA loans
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationdecision-makingproblem-solvingperformance managementfeedbacktrainingorganizational skillsefficiency improvement
Certifications
DE certificationCHUMS certificationLAPP certificationSARS certification