Completions Officer

Description

Job Title: Completions Officer

Location: London Hybrid 2 days WFH

Salary: Up to £40,000

Working Hours: Monday to Friday 9 am - 6 pm or 8:30 am - 5:30 pm

Benefits:

25 Days Holiday

Pension scheme

Private healthcare

Discretionary Bonus

Other flexible benefitsAbout the role of Completions Officer:

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing specialist lender in a key Completions role. We're looking for someone with a few years' experience within mortgage completions, ideally from a specialist lending environment, who understands the importance of getting cases over the line accurately, efficiently and in line with the lender's risk appetite.

Responsibilities required for the role of Completions Officer:

Processing applications from receipt of a mortgage offer, through the legal process to release of funds and completion.

Dealing with both BTL and Bridging loan transactions from loan offer through to completion and working alongside a legal panel of lawyers to sign off legal inquiries, ensuring accurate legal titles.

Work with the finance team in processing release of funds for pending completions

Liaise with Underwriters and New Business Team on any completion queries (i.e. COT received, completion call transfers, updates to all parties)

Communicate with intermediaries, valuers and solicitor enquiries by email or telephone, liaising with the underwriters as appropriate.

Reviewing legal correspondence from solicitors, providing responses, and referring queries to the underwriters and 3rd parties where appropriate

Pursue outstanding documents ensuring offer conditions are satisfied before authorising release of funds.

Initiate pipeline management - advising conveyancers/underwriters when an application nears the end of its offer eligibility or valuation period or when a valuation nears expiry.

Meeting service level agreements and maintaining excellent customer service.

Authenticate the Certificate of Title to ensure details provided from the panel of solicitors are accurate and adequate to proceed to completion.

Processing of Certificates of Titles (COTs) to ensure compliance with all loan offer conditions prior to sign off by a senior team member.

Manage a pipeline of business closely to assist Structured Finance with forecasting the likelihood of completions and timings for draw-down of funds for completion along with completing Sales notices to draw down funds on your pipeline. xjnqpsq

Additional management of the loan funding and completion fees working closely with our Finance TeamExperience required for the role of Completions Officer:

Completions experience within a dedicated Completions function

Solid knowledge of end-to-end mortgage process, particularly the legal process from offer to completion and release of funds

Experience of credit reference agencies, Land Registry, and fraud avoidance tools

Proficiency in dealing with solicitors and mortgage brokers

Experience of performing AML, KYC, and associated ID checks

Good communication, analytical and numeracy skills

Ideally experience of processing both BTL and Bridging proposals

Track record managing a caseload of proposals for a mortgage lender

Experience handling transactions involving Ltd company, foreign nationals, and offshore companies would be desirableFor more information regarding the role of Completions Officer please contact us

Stellar Select is acting as an employment agency and is a corporate member of the REC

Due to a high volume of applications, we will only contact you if your application has been successful. We aim to contact all successful contacts within two business days

Ad ID: 5418979382