ESSA Bank, Mortgage Underwriter; Equity

Mortgage Underwriter

Mortgage Underwriters are detail-oriented people who will thrive in a time sensitive and sophisticated environment. Underwriters provide support to the Home Equity Team Leader, Mortgage Origination Team, and Lenders. They proactively work with lenders and clients to analyze Home Equity application files to determine product qualifications, while ensuring documentation collected and calculations meet internal policy and ensure compliance standards are being met.

Key responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with lenders, clients, administrative staff and management to ensure that complete and accurate documentation has been received and analyzed for qualification
• Accurately calculate a variety of different income situations
• Provide timely communication and follow up on assigned loan files
• Appropriately prioritize efforts and focus on timeliness in a fast-paced work environment
• Ensure documentation collected and calculations meet internal policy and compliance standards
• Provide support to the lenders and Home Equity Team Leader

Attitudes:

Builds positive relationships with internal and external clients by valuing other's feelings and rights in both words and actions, and embracing other's unique beliefs, backgrounds, and perspectives by demonstrating:

• Respect:
  Speak to others with kindness, empathy, and fairness
• Client Focus:
  Deliver consistent, high-quality service that builds trust and loyalty
• Inclusion:
  Encourage diverse viewpoints and contributes in group collaborations

Behaviors:

Demonstrates strong business ethics and honest behaviors and the ability to positively influence and work with others to achieve excellent results by demonstrating:

• Leadership:
  Demonstrate ability to positively influence others to achieve
• Integrity:
  Strong business ethics and honest behaviors
• Collaboration:
  
  Positively works with others to produce excellent results
• Volunteerism: A recognized and visible presence in serving our communities

Competencies:

Reflects skill, good judgement, positive conduct, and personal responsibility for assigned areas. Seeks to implement and leverage services and technologies that create efficiencies by demonstrating:

• Accountability:
  Personal responsibility for assigned loans, areas and actions
• Innovation:
  Applies creative thinking and forward-looking solutions to drive continuous improvement and adapt to evolving challenges
• Professionalism:
  Reflects skill, good judgment, and positive conduct

Position level(s) expectations:

• Level I:
  Basic functions of the LOS system for underwriting, simple income calculations for all employment types
• Level II:
  Intermediate knowledge of the LOS system for underwriting, intermediate income calculations for all employment types
• Level III:
  Intensive knowledge of the LOS system for underwriting, complex income calculations for all employment types. Ability to underwrite Private Banking loans

Seeks professional development opportunities:

Seek out opportunities to advance knowledge of rules and regulations that impact the residential mortgage lending process, both internal and external. Monitors industry and compliance changes and advancements. Advancement in this career may include demonstration of outstanding loan underwriting abilities, proven leadership, training new department employees, may act as a back up to the team leader and/or team leader promotion.

Qualifications, education, and experience:

To perform this position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential position requirement satisfactorily and a skills inventory is listed below. A high school diploma or general education degree (GED) is required. Secondary education with related experience preferred. A background screening will be conducted.

Position level will be commensurate with knowledge, experience and education.

• Language skills:
  Ability to read, comprehend, and interpret documents. Possesses professional communication and interpersonal skills to write and speak effectively both one-on-one and before groups of clients or employees of the organization. Ability to communicate with clients directly and effectively.
• Technology skills:
  Ability to utilize telephone systems and possess…