Mortgage Servicing Specialist

** In addition to the salary posted above, this position is currently receiving an additional 5% premium pay due to the position being in King County.**

The Washington State Housing Finance Commission (WSHFC) is currently recruiting for a full-time, permanent Mortgage Servicing Specialist position in the Home ownership Division.

The Home ownership Division administers all home ownership and homebuyer education programs. This Division is one of five divisions within the Washington State Housing Finance Commission. This position reports to the Loan Servicing Administrator of the Home ownership Division.

The Mortgage Servicing Specialist administers several aspects of sub servicing oversight for Single Family Home ownership Programs. This position will provide input for review and updates to subservicing oversight policies and the implementation of quality monitoring procedures and reporting. The Mortgage Servicing Specialist manages day to day servicing oversight activities of the Commission's first and second mortgage portfolio. Plan, lead, organize, and control the work performed by our subserving vendors, our organization, work unit, or program.

Responsible for managing and analyzing a large volume of detailed information while maintaining a broad perspective of continued improvement of business practices and systems. The Mortgage Servicing Specialist helps develop policies and procedures which support the agency's goals and strategic plan and assure appropriate and optimum use of the agency's resources.

The duty station for this position is Seattle, WA. The work associated with this position will be performed through a combination of teleworking and complemented with on-site work and meetings as needed. Employees are required to work in the Seattle office at least once a week and may need to come in more frequently based on Division needs. Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance of our worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements.

The Commission is a market-driven and self-supporting agency created to provide below-market rate financing for building, purchasing, or preserving affordable housing and nonprofit capital facilities. The Commission functions as a financing conduit between developers, lenders, first-time home buyers, real estate professionals, and nonprofit organizations to provide affordable financing for homes, rental housing, civic and social services facilities, energy conservation projects and first-time farmers and ranchers.

We believe that creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable environment is important and vital to the success of the Commission. We believe in working together to create an environment free from harassment and discrimination and moving beyond simple tolerance to embracing and celebrating the rich dimensions of diversity contained within each individual.

• Review and assign monthly servicing audit report data from sub-servicer
• Conduct servicing audits.
• Follow up with sub-servicer monthly to resolve audit findings and create action plans for improvement.
• Review Monthly Servicing and Quality Control Dashboards from sub-servicer.
• Create monthly servicing and quality control dashboards for Participating Lenders.
• Report data and outcomes to management.
• Review monthly MERs reports and identify rejection trends for root causing.
• Monthly audit TOB & TOS transactions, Paid in Full, modified loans, foreclosed loans, bankruptcy, and deactivations.
• Assist in preparing the MERs Annual Report.
• Back up MERs Administrator duties when required.
• Initiate annual vendor oversight process, review risk rating, send out requests for documents.
• Review requested documentation and rate responses according to matrix analyzing according to risk rating.
• Participate in the creation of and update quarterly vendor performance dashboard.
• Audit monthly portfolio summary reports and accounting reports.
• Assist with resolution for outstanding monthly remittance, trail, advances and payoff reports.
• Complete special projects as assigned by management.

• Proficiency and extensive knowledge of servicing or subserving oversight experience with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, and HUD (Mandatory requirement of at least 3 years of experience)
• Demonstrated understanding of agency and investor servicing requirements.
• Demonstrated experience with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and HUD servicing requirements and quality control processes
• Skilled in quality control in accordance with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae guidelines
• Strong computer skills, especially Excel
• Ability to take action to learn and grow:
  Takes responsibility for increasing skills in new technologies and skills to make government programs and processes more efficient and effective to serve all Washingtonians.
• Ability to take action to meet the needs of others: collaborating across diverse backgrounds and…