Mortgage Funder
Job Description
Join a winning team of innovative thinkers, seasoned mortgage professionals, and financial experts. Build your career at Planet—recognized as a Top Mortgage Employer by National Mortgage Professional.
Job Summary
The Mortgage Funder is responsible for reviewing loan funding documents, requesting funds, and authorizing disbursement of loans.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Reviews executed loan documents to ensure funding and regulatory compliance in accordance with federal and state regulations such as, but not limited to, RESPA, HMDA, and Fair Lending Practices.
- Requests and reviews funding requirements from escrow/title agent, loan processor, and/or loan originator. Initiates wire amount through bank wire system.
- Updates loan information on LOS as needed including signing off on funding conditions as required.
- Effectively communicates with borrowers and team members as well as outside entities to facilitate a prompt, efficient closing of each loan.
- Reads and resolves any loan compliance issues during closing/funding process. Responds to and resolves any post-closing/audit findings.
- Follows up and obtains initial full loan package from Title Company. Completes all steps in LOS to deliver electronic funded loan packages to Post Closing.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Position Requirements
Education
- High school diploma or equivalent required
Experience
- Three years loan closing/funding experience in residential mortgage
Functional/Technical Skills
- Working knowledge of HUD-1 settlement statements, FHA, VA, FNMA, and FHLMC guidelines along with title commitments, hazard and flood insurance policies
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrates a commitment to quality customer service
- Strong attention to detail
- Well organized with the ability to multi-task
- Demonstrates strong time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines
- Works well with others
- Proficient in all compliance-related regulations including RESPA
- Strong mathematical skills
- Strong PC skills (MS Office products) and experience with mortgage origination systems
Environmental/Physical Demands
Work is typically performed in a standard office environment. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sustain predictable work attendance, communicate with others, frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and use arms, hands and fingers to reach, handle or touch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of an employee. The Company reserves the right to amend or modify this document at any time and without notice.
Benefits
Our benefits package includes 3 comprehensive Cigna or Kaiser medical plans, dental, and vision insurance. We provide short term and long-term disability insurance, basic life insurance, 401(k), and 11 employer paid holidays. In addition, we offer supplemental benefits to include life insurance, critical illness and accident plans.
Planet Home Lending does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an enforceable, fully executed agreement for a specified position, Planet Home Lending has no obligation to pay any compensation or recruiter fee of any kind. In the event a recruiter, agency or other similar third-party submits a resume or candidate without a valid binding agreement, Planet Home Lending explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any obligation or compensation to the referring party. Any unsolicited resumes, referrals, or candidate submissions, including those communicated to a member of the Human Resources team or a hiring manager, shall be deemed the property of Planet Home Lending. If you or your agency would like to be considered as a future recruiting partner, please email HR-Recruiting@planethomelending.com.