Underwriter IV

SWBC is seeking a talented individual to underwrite mortgage applications to include composing and creating credit decisions, interpret investor guidelines and policies, and review all loan submissions to ensure investor guidelines are met. This individual weighs credit risks to ensure loans originated by the company will be saleable in the secondary market, trains other underwriters, monitors the Mortgage Underwriting Scenarios Mailbox, acts as a liaison to the IT Department for systems issues, and performs underwriting for more complex loan products.

Essential duties include the following :

• Provides technical assistance to other underwriters, loan originators, and processors and closers in order to enhance volume, accuracy, and efficiency through personal interaction and monitoring of Scenarios Mailbox.
• Develops training materials for new underwriters and for continued staff development; performs actual training of new underwriters; and assists in their development as needed.
• Acts as contact point and represents Underwriting Department for systems improvements including LOS systems.
• Determines and advises if a file can be counter-offered to a different product and / or program when appropriate.
• Underwrites all loan types including the more complex products.
• Performs second-level reviews of other underwriter files as needed.
• Interprets investor guidelines and policies to ensure that loans are salable in the secondary market.
• Underwrites Conventional, FHA, VA, and USDA loans ensuring compliance with appropriate company and secondary market investor standards.
• Makes decisions related to credit and collateral; analyzes complex loan documentation (i.e., appraisal reports, compliance inspections, credit reports, job verifications, financial statements and tax returns) to evaluate subject property and credit worthiness of borrowers; and determines if loans meet approval criteria and informs production staff within corporate time frame.
• Responds to investor, agencies, and internal qualify control audits as needed.

Serious candidates will possess the minimum qualifications :

SWBC offers

Additional Information :

SWBC is a Substance-Free Workplace and requires pre-employment drug testing.

Please note, SWBC does not hire tobacco users as allowed by law.

To learn more about SWBC, visit our website at www.SWBC.com. If interested, please click the appropriate apply button.