Job Description
As a Mortgage Loan Officer, your day will be filled with opportunities to generate loan volume through sales efforts with builders, realtors, and other contacts. Experience in FHA, VA, and conventional lending is essential to function successfully in this position while knowledge of basic underwriting guidelines is preferred. Good communication skills are important to better serve our customers as you work closely with all parties involved to maximize loan sales.
Responsibilities Daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Contact individuals, realtors and builders, attend chamber and other civic meetings to expand network contacts to generate sales
- Engage in marketing and promotional activities, such as giving presentations to groups, in an effort to generate sales
- Consult with customer to compile loan application in order to meet compliance guidelines while negotiating terms and conditions
- Collect, compile and analyze information for acceptability for approval for investor's loan product
- Communicate with clients and potential clients, answering questions and providing information, acting as the primary point of contact from sale to closing
- Follow up closely with processor to ensure loans are closed timely
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of FHA, VA, and conventional loan rules, regulations and guidelines through a combination of educational classes, correspondence courses, on the job training and investor web sites
- Other duties as assigned
Job Requirements The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
- High school/GED education
- College degree preferred
- Must have previous experience as a Mortgage Loan Officer
- Outside sales experience with FHA, VA, and conventional lending preferred
- Employees are expected to represent Stock Yards Bank & Trust in a professional manner to customers and outside contacts.
- Employees must have excellent interpersonal communication skills, consisting of the ability to write and speak effectively to others. Employees must be a productive team player, with the ability to learn, apply training and comprehend policies and procedures. Employees should also be flexible to changing working situations and able to meet deadlines as they arise.
- PC Literacy with 35 WPM typing skills
- Knowledge of basic underwriting guidelines preferred
- Professional appearance and demeanor
- Excellent sales and negotiating skills, and assertiveness
- Ability to perform in high pressure situations
Benefits - 401(k) with a company match of up to 6%
- ESOP employer match
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Cancer / Disease insurance
- Accident insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Accounts
- Bank paid Life / AD& D insurance
- Voluntary Life / AD&D insurance
- Bank paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
Physical Requirements The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee will typically be in an office setting and is required to travel to other offices or function such as Realtors and home shows to generate business.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk, see and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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Job Tags
Temporary work, Work at office, Flexible hours,