Real Estate Appraiser

About The Role

Summary

We are seeking an experienced Appraiser to join our team. This role is responsible for reviewing appraisal reports, preparing evaluations, and managing the appraisal ordering process. The position ensures compliance with regulatory standards and supports sound credit decisions.

This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports.

The compensation pay range for this position is $98,223.90- $ per year. All compensation offers are analyzed individually and take into consideration multiple factors including but not limited to geographic location, years of experience, and educational background.

• Lead and manage the appraisal ordering process, ensuring timely delivery.
• Prepare appraisal reviews to document accuracy and compliance with Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and (FIRREA) regulations.
• Verify credibility and adherence to internal policies for federally related transactions.
• Prepare evaluations for various property types, including commercial properties.
• Coordinate with external appraisers and internal stakeholders to maintain strong relationships.
• Ensure regulatory compliance by staying current with USPAP, FIRREA, and other applicable standards.
• Analyze market trends and provide insights to support accurate property valuations.
• Develop internal best practices to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Train and mentor internal staff on appraisal processes and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with credit and lending teams to ensure appraisals align with risk management objectives.
• Monitor appraiser performance and maintain an approved appraiser list.
• Identify and collaborate with partners to resolve discrepancies in appraisal reports promptly.
• Prepare detailed reports and recommendations for management and lending committees.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

• MAI designation required.
• Minimum 7 years of real estate appraisal experience, including diverse valuation types (as-is, as-complete, as-stabilized, retrospective, hypothetical condition, extraordinary assumption).
• Preferred:
  • Over 10 years of experience.
  • Banking experience in a similar role.
  • Familiarity with appraisal software (e.g., Mercury) and commercial loan platforms (e.g., nCino).

• Strong analytical skills.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office, Word and Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions and can deal with multiple variables.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with others in a clear, thorough and timely manner.
• Demonstrate a high level of organization, ability to prioritize and multi-task with attention to detail and accuracy, manage multiple projects, demonstrate self-motivation and ability to follow through with tasks.
• Exhibit a professional manner in dealing with others; work to develop and maintain cooperative and positive working relationships; represent the bank in a positive manner and maintain credibility with others.
• Ability to produce work within directed timeframe without compromising integrity or quality of work.
• Maintain strict confidentiality regarding any information obtained during performing job duties; adhere to Bank policies and procedures regarding confidentiality.

Must be able to routinely perform work indoors in climate-controlled shared work area with moderate noise level.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to: sit; use hands in repetitive motions to finger, grasp, handle or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to: stand; walk; and lift or reach with hands and arms. The employee may also be required to:

Must be able to operate routine office equipment including computer terminals and keyboards, telephones, copiers, facsimiles, and calculators. Must be able to routinely perform work on computer for an average of 6-8 hours per day, when necessary. Must be able to work extended hours or travel off site whenever required or requested by management. Must be capable of regular, reliable and timely attendance.

Must be capable of climbing / descending stairs in an emergency situation.

Specific lifting abilities required by this job include:

Specific vision abilities required by this job include:
The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation/inspection of machines and/or using measurement…