[Hiring] Escrow Officer @We are an innovative Title Company.

Role Description

Our Escrow Officer is one who has a minimum of 5 years of industry related, hands on experience. H/She understands escrow standards, title clearance, real estate regulations and guidelines, and document preparation.

  • Timely and professional communications with lenders, agents, buyers, and sellers
  • Prepare buyer/seller closing documents
  • Become proficient in closing software program (SoftPro, FTE Connect)
  • Preparing settlement statements, closing disclosures, and lender packages
  • Assist in obtaining seller’s authorizations, payoffs, etc.
  • Assist in obtaining documentation for title curative
  • Balancing each file and preparing for disbursement
  • Possess the ability to consistently close a minimum of 35 files per month, ‘during the season’
  • Adheres to company policies and guidelines

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 5 years of industry related experience.
  • A high school diploma is required.
  • No certifications, licenses, or insurance are required.
  • An in depth understanding of real estate title and settlement process.

Requirements

  • Experience with title and escrow in OH
  • Adaptable: displays the capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements
  • Attentive to details
  • Business fundamentals: recognizes the importance of maintaining privacy and confidentiality of company information, as well as that of customers and co-workers, and complies with intellectual property laws
  • Critical thinking: uses logical thought processes to analyze and draw conclusions
  • Customer focused: is pleasant, courteous, and professional when dealing with internal and external customers or clients
  • Dependable and reliable: displays responsible behaviors at work
  • Initiative: demonstrates a willingness to work and seeks out new work challenges
  • Integrity: treats others with honesty, fairness, and respect
  • Planning and organizing: plans and prioritizes work to manage time effectively and accomplishes assigned tasks
  • Problem solver: demonstrates the ability to apply critical thinking skills to solve problems by generating, evaluating, and implementing solutions
  • Professional: maintains a professional demeanor at work
  • Reading: understands written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents; can apply what is learned from written material to work situations
  • Respectful: works effectively with those who have diverse backgrounds
  • Team player: demonstrates the ability to work effectively with others
  • Technology: uses information technology and related applications to convey and retrieve information; demonstrates strong computer/typing skills in Microsoft Office, email programs, and internet browsers
  • Telephone skills, including a pleasant phone voice and etiquette
  • Verbal communication: maintains open lines of communication with others
  • Writing: uses standard English to clearly communicate thoughts, ideas, and information in written form

Essential Job Functions

This position requires repetitive use of a keyboard, bending, sitting, squatting, and simple grasping.

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