Team Lead, Mortgage Underwriting

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What you'll do:

• Responsible for overseeing a team of quality control Underwriters, that perform quality checks and reviews to ensure loans purchased are of high quality and meet the Bank's standards and guidelines. Quality reviews include re-underwriting of loans to validate income, debts, loan to value and other key data elements.
• Oversee and manage third party vendors that perform underwriting and compliance reviews, to ensure good work quality and timelines are met. Manage pipelines to deliver on established SLA's, and exceed customer expectations.
• Review and approve exception requests and scenarios, decision will be based on strong compensating factors. Ensure responses are timely. Review and approve customized guidelines submitted by customers. Perform market analysis and comparisons. Present recommendations to senior managers and sales team.
• Provide process improvement recommendations that will streamline our processes and improve the customer experience.
• Lead and develop a team; responsible for hiring, coaching, performance management, training and development.

What you'll need:

• 5+ years of related experience in Loan Administration or similar field.
• High school diploma required; Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• Previous leadership experience preferred.
• Intermediate knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services.
• Intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Intermediate speaking and writing communication skills.

Benefits you'll love:

We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company. Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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