Mortgage Operations Analyst - Old Second National Bank
Downers Grove, IL
About the Job
Who We Are
At Old Second, you're first! For more than 150 years, Old Second has consistently put businesses and individuals throughout the Chicago area first, and we're only getting started.
With great employees we've grown from a single location in the back of a general store to 50 locations and over $6 billion dollars in assets. At Old Second we embrace values that foster an environment of community and growth. Recently, we've been voted a Forbes Best-In-State Bank for Illinois by our customers. Be a part of something big as we continue our growth story together!
Position Overview
The Mortgage Operations Analyst is responsible for supporting mortgage operations. This role produces operating reports and analysis, administers and maintains processes that support the department, configures and tests mortgage software, and provides general administrative services.
Essential Job Functions
- Develop, maintain and distribute reports to the production team and leadership team to enhance pipeline management.
- Maintain processes and procedures to ensure best practices are in place and consistently followed.
- Partner with leadership team on departmental communications ensuring uniformity and clarity of messaging.
- Assist in building a training program for loan officers; produce resources and job aids to coincide with training.
- Update and maintain Business Process Continuity plan for the department. Ensure all parties are aware of their individual responsibilities.
- Analyze large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and insights that inform strategic decisions and drive innovation in home lending products and services.
- Assist with commission reporting
- Assist with mortgage system (Encompass) administration including testing releases and new products.
- Provide administrative support to leadership and assist with special projects as needed
- Review and process invoices
- Verify MERS accuracy
- Perform other duties as assigned
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and two or more years of mortgage operations, administrative reporting and/or business analysis experience within the financial industry; or equivalent combination of education and experience
Competencies
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Experienced with working with macros in Excel, V-Lookup and Pivot tables
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Analytical, process and results focused
- Detail oriented and inquisitive
- Deep collaboration skills – willing to help out as needed; takes initiative toward moving tasks and projects forward.
- Extremely organized with strong time-management skills
Preferred, but not required:
- Mortgage operations experience strongly preferred
- Experience using Encompass mortgage system
Thanks for considering Old Second!
