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Cornerstone Capital Bank

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51 - 200 employees

🏦 Banking

💸 Finance

Banking • Finance

Cornerstone Capital Bank is a community-focused national bank formed by the merger of Cornerstone Home Lending and Roscoe Bank that provides mortgage origination and servicing, personal and commercial banking, and institutional treasury and liquidity services. The bank emphasizes customer service, stability, and digital convenience, offering fee-free deposit accounts, national ATM access, wire and ACH transfers, and integrated mobile banking alongside personalized, one-on-one financial support. It serves consumers, businesses, and other financial institutions with a broad suite of banking and home-lending products.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the underwriting organization. • Drive performance, scalability, and consistency across all lending channels. • Build a high-performing organization that delivers sound credit decisions. • Maintain regulatory compliance and support company’s growth objectives. • Lead enterprise-wide collaboration across Sales, Operations, Capital Markets, Product, Risk, Compliance, and Technology. • Enhance underwriting capabilities, improve efficiency, and elevate customer and employee experience. • Set and execute a forward-looking underwriting vision aligned with corporate growth. • Contribute to enterprise decision-making and cross-functional strategic initiatives. • Champion continuous improvement through modernization of processes and tools. • Establish performance frameworks, KPIs, and accountability measures for quality and speed. • Optimize organizational structure and resource allocation. • Oversee end-to-end underwriting execution across all products and channels. • Partner with Technology to advance automation and decisioning tools. • Develop and mentor senior underwriting leaders to build a strong leadership bench.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive mortgage underwriting experience, with 7+ years in leadership roles. • Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, or related field preferred • Proven ability to lead within a complex, matrixed organization and drive enterprise-wide transformation. • Experience in agency, government, and investor underwriting guidelines (Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, etc.). • Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements, compliance standards, and risk management practices. • Demonstrated success building and scaling high-performing teams in dynamic environments. • Track record of delivering measurable improvements in quality, service levels, productivity, and operational efficiency. • Exceptional executive presence, communication, and stakeholder management skills. • Experience with delegated underwriting authority and investor relationships. • Exposure across multiple lending channels (Retail, Wholesale, Correspondent, Consumer Direct). • Leadership experience in technology enablement, workflow automation, or digital transformation initiatives. • DE (Direct Endorsement) and/or SAR designation, where applicable.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical • Dental • Vision • Accidental Death • Long-Term Disability • Short-Term Disability • FSA • HSA • 401K • Basic Life • Voluntary Life • Paid Parental Leave