The National Commercial Underwriter/Title Officer will support commercial real estate transactions by providing title underwriting expertise, collaborating with internal teams and clients, and ensuring timely delivery of title products. This is a remote, direct-hire position with a leading title insurance company, facilitated by Godot Consulting Group.
What You'll Do
- Provides customers and title and escrow staff with timely answers to title underwriting and escrow issues impacting their particular transactions
- Works closely with sales manager and sales staff to Client and develop new business
- Develops and participates in client focused presentations on topics that impact our industry
- Reviews and negotiates Indemnity Agreements and Escrow Funding Agreements
- Performs placement of Re-insurance
- Performs review of transactional, organizational and authority documents
- Collaborates with other Company offices to share and discuss legal and/or transactional issues encountered on shared transactions
- Fully leverages the company's title production platform for all facets of commitment construction and revisions, proforma policy and endorsement production, and final policy and endorsement issuance to consistently meet customer deadlines for same
- Monitors/prioritizes work tasks and timely assigns work product for distribution to necessary teammates through the system workflow to ensure high individual and team productivity levels
- Reviews surveys and perform survey readings
- Drafts responses to title objection letters
- Demonstrates proficiency in reading and mapping all real property legal description types
- Trains present and future personnel, as required by management, in areas of primary responsibility
- Provides general assistance to Agency's title counsel in underwriting and coordinating single and multi-site national transactions
- Orders searches, follows up with locals for reports, missing documents, searches, surveys, information on local practices, etc.
- Interacts with internal team members and clients to ensure that service and quality standards are consistently met
- Coordinates pro forma and final policies pre and post-closing
- Prepares settlement statements, and disbursement requests
- Underwrites and assists in closing commercial transactions
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years commercial real estate title review and underwriting experience with major national title insurer
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Well-rounded knowledge of commercial title principles and practices
- Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, title insurance regulations and agency rules affecting the title industry
- Proficient ability to evaluate, learn, and implement modern title production systems and technology resources
- Ability to meet deadlines and project confidence in working under pressure
- Demonstrates exceptional organizational skills
- Willingness to commit the time necessary to meet commercial customer demands
- Proficient in MS Office
- National commercial closing experience
- Excellent communication skills
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with escrow instructions
- Familiarity with co-insurance
- Familiarity with reinsurance
- Familiarity with high liability underwriting procedures
Technical Stack
- title production platform
- MS Office
Team & Environment
- Commercial Department with Commercial Coordinators and operations team
Benefits & Compensation
- Direct-hire position
- Opportunity to grow with a growing industry
- Confidential inquiries
- Flexibility with hours
Work Mode
- Remote position with some flexibility with hours required
Godot Consulting Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.
