Loss Mitigation Specialist Job Description
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Loss Mitigation Specialist Job Description
- Responsible for maintaining bad debt recovery projections
- Ensure regulatory compliance in all aspects of managing assigned accounts
- Processing of cash received, including documentation within the system of record, recommendation of cash adjustments, and any necessary fee waivers
- Understand and follow the Commercial Collection Policy
- Incredibly empathetic and understanding
- You will be an advocate for Xchange Leasing and are passionate about the leasing experience
- You have exceptional organizational skills, integrity, and great follow-through on tasks
- Assist the Short Sale organization with handling inbound calls to pipeline List Assist, Negotiators and Closers
- Facilitates processing of review of files from consumer loan services
- Determine liability
- Four-year college degree in Finance
- 1 year real estate loss mitigation experience
- Authorized to execute items such as deeds, security agreements, financing statements, assignments, releases, affidavits, and other instruments incident to those documents listed and necessary to carry out and effectuate the proper servicing and/or collection of loan debt to the bank
- Provides direction and answers questions as needed
- Provides technical guidance and assists staff with most complex aspects of work as necessary
- Resolves escalated issues and problems by conferring with staff, other internal departments, outside contacts and others as necessary
Loss Mitigation Specialist Job Description
- Performs clerical duties, such as executing payment batches, searching and investigating information contained in files, processing departmental documents requiring knowledge of functional operations and entering research results into MS Access databases
- Initiates contact with borrower to discuss the initial review and determine their financial ability, intent, reason for default, and recommend the appropriate retention solution
- Work with the Loss Mitigation Department in approving mortgage loan modifications by examining application and supporting documentation
- Review complex loan files, verifying accuracy of documents received and reviewing for missing documents, credit reports, appraisals, 1040’s, financial statements, W-2’s
- Ensure loan packages comply with MHA, the Company and Investor policies and procedures
- Maintain knowledge and compliance of all applicable state and federal mortgage laws
- Retrieval and audit of “trailing” recorded instruments required for closed residential mortgage loans (Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, Assignments of Mortgage, Consolidation Agreements (CEMAs), Modification Agreements, UCC Financing Statements, Final Title Policies) securing corrections to all of aforesaid documents where required
- Daily contact with Settlement Agents, Correspondents, title companies (via phone primarily via fax or email) to request outstanding documents and/or correction
- Confirm payment or negotiate payment arrangements
- For short sales- review marketing strategies, listing history, offer activity
- Participates in the development of operating policies and procedures
- Areas assigned are of higher complexity
- Works with Customers or agents of Customers to resolve delinquency and continued legal action or adverse action
- Coordinates with attorneys, trustees, debtors and others to research estates in bankruptcy, probate or workout in various states to minimize losses and maximize recoveries
- Coordinates subsequent asset sales and other collection and recovery activities to secure maximum payback for Company owned property
- Completes necessary account documentation, involving inside and outside personnel as needed
Loss Mitigation Specialist Job Description
- Review loss mitigation package documentation in accordance with Regulation X (30 calendar days) to determine if the homeowner qualifies for a loss mitigation option
- Meet required monthly metric standards as set by the business
- Project completion -- Timeliness and Accuracy
- Compliance and Quality results
- Adherence to all Work Place Behaviors and HR Policies
- Compose and complete various forms of correspondence including letters, contracts, titles, hold harmless documents
- Work schedule includes an 8 hour shift between 7AM to 7PM, five days per week, Monday-Saturday
- Preparing affidavits
- Work may be complex and requires organizational skills to accomplish tasks
- Written and verbal correspondence with various departments within the company, , several external vendors, public agencies, and corporations
- Knowledge of real estate investor and insurer guidelines
- Detailed knowledge of bankruptcy law, including Chapters 13 and 7, probate and/or workout law
- Knowledge of bankruptcy legal procedures, including Relief from Stay, property abandonment, Proofs of Claim, conversion of Chapter 13 to 7 and Chapter 13 repayment plans
- Knowledge of workout options
- Knowledge of specific regulations in various states in which Company does business
- Deep knowledge of transportation process or supply chain management
Loss Mitigation Specialist Job Description
- Utilizing Skip Trace tools
- Ability to service high risk
- Building relationships with clients and repossession agents alike
- Work schedule includes an 8 hour shift between 7AM and 7PM, Monday-Friday
- Educate customers on the total loss process the adverse effect of credit furnishing
- Work schedule includes an 8 hour shift between 7AM and 7PM
- Ensure supporting documents are complete and accurate to submit for Underwrite and/or Quality Assurance
- Work schedule includes an 8 hour shift between 7AM to 7PM Monday-Friday, and one late night per week from 10AM-7PM, or an option to work a 10 hour shift 4 days per week, Monday-Friday
- Inbound and outbound calling and follow-up
- Take direction from the Collections/Loss Mitigation Manager as to what accounts to collect each month
- AutoIMS & RDN experience
- Area (s) assigned are more complex in size
- May meet with Customers in person to discuss repossession redemption possibilities
- Works with Customers or agents of Customers to resolve delinquency and avoid default or adverse action
- Assists Customers in processing insurance claims and requests for contractual rebates
- May initiate processing and resolution of assigned accounts negotiating workout solutions and ensuring prompt resolution of legal matters
Loss Mitigation Specialist Job Description
- Communicate in a timely manner with the customer to provide status updates, follow up for missing items, verbally offer loss mitigation option/denial
- Gather “hardship package”, evaluate borrower for options based on available assistance programs specific to investor/insurer taking care to follow the appropriate “waterfall” of options
- Negotiate and arrange appropriate resolution of defaulted loans
- Resolve assigned accounts through direct contact with customers, realtors, brokers, attorneys and title companies
- Document accounts with summaries explaining reason for default and resolution possibilities
- Review and complete default status and reason codes for monthly delinquency reporting to all agencies
- Cross train and coverage backup of the other loss mitigation specialists when necessary
- Update investor default reports for each investor
- Provides reinstatement and payoff quotes
- Obtains, reviews and analyzes property value opinions
- Reviews accounts for adherence to department policies state and federal laws and regulations
- Completes necessary account documentation, involving inside and outside personnel as needed, and recommends accounts to be reviewed for repossession, charge off, and or litigation
- May initiate loss mitigation activities after approval of repossession
- Recommends negotiated settlements to maximize recovery and minimize losses
- Processes and collects insurance claims and refundable contract premiums including primary insurance, Gap insurance, service contracts, and other source of revenue available on assigned accounts
- Analyzes Customers’ financial situation and recommends appropriate forbearance action