Mortgage Loan Funder - Remote - Eastern Standard Time Zone

Mortgage Loan Funder
- Remote
- Eastern Standard Time Zone

The Loan Funder is responsible for accurately and efficiently processing mortgage loan fundings through multiple warehouse banks while ensuring compliance with applicable loan product, investor, warehouse, and internal requirements.

This is a highly technical, experienced-level mortgage operations position requiring 3+ years of direct mortgage funding experience, including warehouse funding experience. The successful candidate must have strong mortgage product knowledge, exceptional attention to detail, sound judgment, strong written communication skills, and the ability to independently research and resolve complex funding issues.

The Loan Funder will work in a remote, shared inbox and multi-pipeline environment, managing competing priorities and strict funding deadlines with a high degree of independence and accountability.

The expected compensation range for this position is from $60,000 to $80,000 annually.

Required Experience & Capabilities

Mortgage Funding & Warehouse Lending

• 3+ years of direct mortgage funding experience, including hands‑on warehouse funding experience.
• Experience processing fundings, warehouse requirements, funding conditions, wires, disbursements, return wires, and time‑sensitive deadlines.
• Strong knowledge of multiple mortgage loan products and how product type affects warehouse selection, funding requirements, documentation, and resolution.
• Understanding of the relationship between the Closing Disclosure, Loan Funding Worksheet, funding calculations, and final disbursement amounts.
• Ability to prioritize work based on closing dates, warehouse deadlines, wire cutoff times, and operational risk.

Encompass & Loan Review

• Hands‑on experience with Encompass and the eFolder.
• Ability to efficiently review loan files and identify missing, inconsistent, incomplete, or problematic information affecting funding.
• Ability to research loan documentation, SOPs, job aids, and warehouse requirements to determine the appropriate funding action.
• Ability to identify discrepancies, stop the process when necessary, and resolve or appropriately elevate issues before funding.
• Exceptional attention to detail when reviewing financial information, wire instructions, account numbers, loan data, funding conditions, and supporting documentation.
• Ability to identify and communicate discrepancies between the proceeds wire, Loan Funding Worksheet, Closing Disclosure, and other funding documents.
• Ability to identify wire discrepancies that could result in inaccurate wires or financial loss.
• Understanding of Changes of Circumstances and supporting documentation for supplemental wire requests.
• Ability to review CPLs for accuracy and completeness and communicate required corrections to the Loan Closer.
• Strong awareness of wire fraud and funding risks and ability to follow established verification, approval, dual‑control, and escalation procedures.
• Ability to recognize financial, compliance, fraud, operational, or regulatory risks and raise appropriately.

Organization, Communication & Judgment

• Ability to manage multiple loans, pipelines, shared inboxes, competing priorities, and strict deadlines without continual supervision.
• Excellent written communication with Closing Operations, internal teams, and warehouse bank contacts.
• Strong research, analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
• Ability to use available procedures, SOPs, job aids, and other resources to resolve routine issues independently before escalating.
• Ability to recognize when management, Closing, Compliance, or another department must be involved.
• Strong ownership and follow‑through from issue identification through completion.
• Ability to remain accurate while moving between multiple loans, systems, emails, bank portals, Teams, Encompass, and Excel.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including funding tapes, funding worksheets, spreadsheets, and financial data.
• Strong computer skills and hands‑on Encompass experience.
• Ability to efficiently navigate multiple systems and warehouse bank interfaces.

Core Responsibilities

• Process mortgage loan fundings through multiple warehouse banks in…