Operations Servicing Manager - Property Group

Position: Operations Servicing Manager - Income Property Group
Location: New York

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* Location:

** 4910 Tiedeman Road, Brooklyn Ohio
** Job Summary
** Responsible for managing a team of professional staff servicing a portfolio consisting of a variety of products primarily for the Income Property Group Line of Business, supporting multiple production offices.  Responsible for providing superior client service to both internal and external clients while maintaining risk management, compliance, bank policies and regulatory requirements as well as internal procedures and controls.  Strong focus on continuous improvement and collaboration with closing manager and REC Sr.

Manager.  Client segment focus is local and regional private developers and some public companies. Independently manage all aspects of team management, and portfolio needs. Strength and experience also required for problem solving and loan system processing including loan boarding, maintenance, data integrity etc.
** Essential Functions
*** Daily supervision of a team of Servicing Officers including assignment of duties, pipeline tracking and responsible for hiring, training and development
* Provides expertise to team, lending team and others to support staff and may engage in client meetings, review of credit approvals, loan documents, etc.
* Proven ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks in a high-volume environment
* Provides backup for servicing for team members.
* Analyzes the appropriateness of waiver requests, negotiates accommodations for exceptions, and uses judgment to determine acceptability of requirements
* Assimilates and analyzes information necessary to establish moderate to high complexity loans and disbursement controls on bank systems, including borrowing base availability.
* Identifies exceptions and obtains appropriate approvals as necessary
* Analyzes and facilitates rate, commitment, and collateral changes, loan payments, tax and insurance escrows, flood zone monitoring requirements, DDA/Cash management services, and payoff instruction
* Maintain all aspects of DDA Restricted Collateral Accounts including account opening, disbursements, reconciliations, hold level maintenance and account closing.
* Maintains data integrity of system of record including timely posting of transactions, on-boarding of new loans, processing modifications and amendments, and data information maintenance.
* Clearly and immediately communicates problems/issues to Manager and/or RM
* Forms alliance with RMs and lending team leadership to provide superior service to client base
* Provides expertise to RMs on system requirements.  Proactively identifies and assists in resolving issues affecting client service and risk management
* Provides expertise to others by thorough understanding of business requirements of clients and loan related transactions
* Active participation in projects as needed including procedures, audits, training, initiatives
* Delivers on successful outcomes of small and mid-size continuous improvement or technology driven projects.
* Support ongoing initiatives to enhance commercial lending platform and servicing structure
* Some travel will be required
** Education
* ** 4-year College Degree or equivalent work experience
** Work Experience
*** Minimum 5 years supervisory/leadership experience preferred
* Strong knowledge of bank operations, bank compliance, and have experience with servicing commercial real estate and syndication portfolio
* Expert knowledge of commercial real estate including commitment/loan structures, title/liens, documentation, and industry practices
* Familiarity with Commercial Loan Systems, Deposit Systems, and syndication systems such as Debt Domain and LoanIQ (preferred)
* Experience with and ability to independently manage the team’s portfolio of multi-bank loan participations and syndications
* Ability to handle multiple tasks in a high-volume environment including participating in and leading projects
* Demonstrate ability to negotiate and make decisions on non-standard loan structures, documentation, industry specific contracts, and title policy issues – achieving balance between client service and risk mitigation
* PC proficiency including familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Word
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