Mortgage Loan Originator

U.S. Bank is dedicated to helping customers and businesses make informed financial decisions. The Mortgage Loan Originator is responsible for originating mortgage loans, conducting preliminary underwriting reviews, and ensuring timely processing of required documents while engaging in sales activities primarily away from bank locations.

Responsibilities

• Originates mortgage loans in an assigned metropolitan territory
• Takes applications, conducts preliminary underwriting reviews, submits loan applications to processing and underwriting for approval
• Follows-up to ensure that documents required for processing, underwriting, and closing are secured in a timely manner from appropriate sources
• Incumbents are customarily and regularly engaged in making and soliciting loan sales and conducting sales-related activities away from U.S. Bank locations
• Incumbents are expected to spend at least 50% of their time conducting their activities away from U.S. Bank locations

Skills

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum one year of mortgage, sales, real estate, or banking experience
• Ability to travel
• National Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) registration under the terms of the S.A.F.E. Act of 2008 and Regulation Z
• Subject to the required registration process, which includes a criminal background and credit check
• Failure to meet or maintain any of the NMLS registration requirements, including maintaining a satisfactory criminal and credit record, may result in a rescission of your offer or termination of employment
• Well-developed sales ability
• Basic knowledge of pricing and underwriting requirements of various mortgage insurance companies
• Working knowledge of underwriting requirements for FNMA, FHLMC, FHA, VA, local bonding programs, and private investors
• Basic knowledge of local, state and national laws (e.g. zoning ordinances, Truth-in Lending, RESPA, energy audit requirements, etc.)
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to analyze financial information
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• This position also requires 2 or more hours of driving per week- add to all internal and external postings
• Established referral base within assigned market preferred
• 2 years of mortgage loan origination experience with proven results
• This role is posted as remote; however, candidates who are located near any one of our locations would be required to work on site at least three days per week

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

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