Job Description

SENIOR UNDERWRITER

JOB TITLE: Senior Underwriter

DEPARTMENT: Operations

REPORTS TO: Underwriting Support Manager

SUMMARY

The primary responsibility of the Underwriter is to assure that loans made by COMPANY are reviewed and approve in accordance with agency, investor and COMPANY credit and property guidelines so as to limit financial risk. COMPANY expects each Underwriter to maintain current knowledge of these guidelines, as well as fraud and ‘red flags’ detection methods and internal compliance requirements, as defined by the Compliance Department.

JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Candidates must have a minimum of 5-7 years of strong frontline experience including both the use of AUS systems and manual underwriting of conventional and government loans

· Mortgage banking experience with a correspondent lender that deals with multiple investor relationships

· Underwrite residential loans (FHA, VA USDA and conventional), ensuring compliance with appropriate company and secondary market investor standards and overlays

· Examine loan documentation for accuracy and completeness and work with loan originators and production staff to secure all required documentation

· Communicate your underwriting decisions (approval, suspense or denial) to the appropriate individuals within the organization

· Responsible for ensuring turn times, quality and branch satisfaction benchmarks are achieved

LEVEL I JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Requires a minimum of 3 years of industry experience with FNMA and FHLMC loans

· Underwriter Authority: Conventional up to $417,000

LEVEL II JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Requires 3 to 5 years of industry experience and holding of FHA approved CHUMS ID#

· Underwriter Authority: Conventional up to $417,000; FHA high balance up to $729,750; non-jumbo VA loans

LEVEL III JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Require 5 or more years of industry experience and holding of FHA approved CHUMS ID# and VA approved SAR/LAPP

· Underwriter Authority: Conventional jumbos up to $625,500; FHA high balance up to $729,750; non-jumbo VA loans

LEVEL IV JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Requires 5 or more years of industry experience and holding of FHA approved DE Underwriter and VA Approved SAR/LAPP

· Underwriter Authority: Conventional jumbos up to $1,000,000; FHA high balance up to $729,750; jumbo VA loans

EDUCATION AND SKILLS

· Excellent attention to detail

· Comfortable in developing rapport with borrowers

· Experienced in using current technology

Company Description

StaffLINK Consulting is an elite national staffing firm that prides itself in helping our energetic professional clients find quality talent. We are a proficient group dedicated to being one of the top recruiting companies in the country. We strive to provide expert services to our clients and candidates. StaffLINK offers direct and contract hires and is industry agnostic.