Senior Manager, Underwriting
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Job Location:
Frisco, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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Who we are:
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Were a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation and were at the forefront. Were proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on peoples lives with our core values guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself your career and the financial world.
The Role
SoFi is seeking a dynamic Underwriting leader to join our Frisco TX management team to build the future of home this high-impact role you will lead our strategic expansion by recruiting onboarding and leading an elite team of underwriters for Conventional Government Jumbo Portfolio and Non-QM home loans. You are responsible for ensuring every decision delivers quality and accuracy. You will also contribute to our technology roadmap and manage the digital tools that drive industry-leading speed and service. This is a rare opportunity to move beyond the routine to engineer a high-performance department within a fast-paced innovative culture.
What Youll Do
- Build and Lead: Recruit onboard and mentor an underwriting team fostering a high-performance culture that aligns with SoFis values and behavioral expectations.
- Strategic Oversight: Manage the underwriting lifecycle for a diverse product suite to ensure every decision meets quality and accuracy standards.
- Authority and Calibration: Establish and allocate underwriting authority levels for staff while personally providing expert review and approval for highly complex or high-exposure cases.
- Performance Optimization: Train and coach the team to consistently exceed production and quality goals utilizing data-driven insights to balance industry-leading speed and precision.
- Tech Roadmap Influence: Partner with product and engineering teams to influence the technology roadmap adopting and managing the digital tools necessary to automate and streamline the underwriting process.
- Cross-Functional Synergy: Build and maintain strong partnerships across Sales Credit Risk and Operations to influence workflows resolve bottlenecks and achieve organizational goals.
- Risk and Quality Control: Monitor Quality Control reports to identify error trends and implement corrective action plans ensuring all guidelines remain compliant with GSE and investor requirements.
What Youll Need
- 8 years of mortgage underwriting experience.
- 5 years of experience in leading Mortgage Underwriting Teams.
- Experience underwriting jumbo high net work and complex credits with relevant approval authorities
- Knowledge of federal state and FDIC real estate regulations and statutes
- Comprehensive knowledge of mortgage products services and industry trends.
- Excellent written spoken active listening and interpersonal communication skills with a high level of diplomacy in directing production staff.
- Strong motivation and management skills required to lead an experienced mortgage underwriting team geared to meet production and quality goals.
- Critical decision-making skills and sound judgment to address and resolve issues.
- Technical proficiency with a high-level knowledge of computer systems including Encompass and Microsoft Office applications including Outlook Word and Excel.
- Effective time management skills include prioritizing responsibilities and organizing work tasks.
Required Experience:
Senior Manager
About Company
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