Mortgage Loan Cashiering Specialist

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Full Time Palatine, IL, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $25.00 To $28.00 Hourly

Ameri Nat is a nationally recognized provider of loan servicing, asset management, compliance monitoring, and related administrative services supporting affordable housing, economic development, and community investment programs. For over 50 years, Ameri Nat has partnered with state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, financial institutions, and private investors to administer complex portfolios throughout the United States. Today, Ameri Nat services approximately $13 billion in loans and supports more than 300 clients nationwide through a team of more than 100 professionals dedicated to delivering exceptional service, operational excellence, and innovative solutions.

Ameri Nat’s client-centric culture, commitment extensively to affordable housing and economic development, and reputation for exceptionally good servicing make it a unique and rewarding place to build a career.

The Mortgage Loan Cashiering Specialist supports the receipt, application, reconciliation, and research of borrower payments and related cashiering transactions. This position performs payment processing, lockbox administration, balancing activities, exception resolution, and related operational functions that support accurate loan servicing and exceptional client service.

• Open, sort, and distribute incoming mail and payment correspondence.
• Process borrower payments received through lockbox files, ACH transactions, mailed payments, wires, online channels, and other approved payment sources.
• Scan and deposit checks in accordance with established procedures.
• Process Check-by-Phone transactions and related payment activities.
• Calendar ACH files, payment requests, workflow tasks, and other departmental activities.
• Process routine payoff transactions in accordance with departmental procedures.
• Process returned items, payment reversals, corrections, and related cashiering transactions.
• Research lockbox rejected items, pending transactions, payment discrepancies, and exception reports.
• Perform daily balancing activities, reconcile receipts, and research out-of-balance conditions.
• Complete MSP, ICE, workflow, and servicing system tasks within established service standards.
• Process ACH requests and related account maintenance activities.
• Monitor department inboxes and assist with payment-related inquiries and operational requests.
• Assist with procedure updates, testing activities, and implementation of process improvements.
• Support quality control activities and perform other duties as assigned.

• Deliver exceptional service that reflects Ameri Nat's commitment to maintaining industry-leading borrower and client satisfaction.
• Support Ameri Nat's client-centric culture through responsiveness, accuracy, transparency, and professionalism.
• Participate as an active team member and support department objectives.
• Communicate effectively and professionally in verbal and written interactions.
• Adapt effectively to changing priorities, technologies, and business needs.
• Share constructive feedback and ideas that support continuous improvement.

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Exercise sound judgment when researching payment discrepancies, balancing exceptions, and transaction-related issues while applying established procedures and escalating unusual situations appropriately.

• Minimum of 12 months of mortgage servicing, cashiering, payment processing, banking operations, accounting operations, financial services operations, or related customer service experience.
• Two or more years of mortgage servicing or cashiering experience preferred.
• High school diploma or equivalent required; associate degree or higher preferred.
• Black Knight MSP experience preferred.
• Previous reconciliation, balancing, accounting, or cash management experience preferred.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple responsibilities.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Bilingual English/Spanish considered a plus.

Sedentary office environment with frequent computer use, communication, repetitive hand motions, and occasional lifting of up to 10…