Underwriting Manager

🕒 August 10

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $110k - $125k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📋 Underwriter

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Hometap

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

🏠 Real Estate

💰 Venture Round on 2021-12

Finance • Fintech • Real Estate

Hometap is a financial services company that provides homeowners with access to their home equity without the need to sell or take on traditional debt. Through their home equity investments, Hometap allows homeowners to achieve financial goals while retaining ownership of their property. This innovative approach offers financial flexibility, enabling users to fund various personal and business expenses, including debt repayment, education, and home improvements, without the stress of monthly payments or accumulating debt.

📋 Description

• Own day-to-day management of the underwriting team, driving productivity, accuracy, service quality, and guideline adherence • Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Processing, and Closing teams • Evaluate applicant information against underwriting criteria to flag high-risk cases, confirm application completeness, and make investment recommendations • Serve as the first point of contact for eligibility escalations • Advise the team on investment decisions for edge cases and escalations in line with Hometap's risk threshold • Identify and mitigate underwriting risks, including monitoring QC error trends and emerging risk patterns • Coach and develop underwriters to drive high performance in pipeline management, communication, and quality • Ensure team members adhere to investor guidelines and Hometap procedures • Participate in recruiting, career development, and succession planning for the team • Propose actionable plans and adapt underwriting processes as circumstances change

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of underwriting experience in residential finance • 2+ years of experience managing a production-based team • Extraordinary attention to detail, with strong proofreading and fact-checking skills • Strong critical thinking and decision-making skills, particularly in nuanced, gray-area situations • Comfortable working with legal and compliance leaders to escalate potential issues • Ability to multitask and work under pressure in a deadline-driven environment • Experience managing, motivating, and developing a team • Proactive approach to daily work, with the ability to juggle multiple responsibilities • Clear, effective communication skills, with the ability to work well across Sales, Processing, and Closing • Strong client service skills • Bachelor's degree, ideally in business, finance, or a related field

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation • Healthcare coverage • Generous PTO • Meaningful equity package • Team-building and camaraderie opportunities • Additional incentives • Meaningful equity • Medical coverage • Dental coverage • Vision coverage • Work-from-home stipend • Parental leave • Paid time off