Closing Assistant

TITLESMART INC•Edina, MN

2d•$20 - $30•Onsite

About The Position

TitleSmart is a fast-growing, full-service title insurance company that is obsessed with the tiny details to make an exceptional customer experience. We were named one of Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s Best Places to Work in 2018 & 2019 as well as Star Tribune's Top 150 Workplaces for 2020 & 2021. We offer permanent employees many benefits such as generous time off, company paid acupuncture and cupping, corporate Life Time Fitness membership, paid sabbatical program with a $5,000 bonus, income protection, insurance (life, disability, medical, dental, and vision), and much more! We are looking for a Closing Assistant with a minimum of 2 years of title company experience. Candidates should have excellent attention to detail, be efficient at working on multiple files at once, and have the desire to grow with TitleSmart. Salary based on experience. Position hours are Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm.

Requirements

Minimum of 2 years of title company experience
Excellent attention to detail
Efficient at working on multiple files at once
Desire to grow with TitleSmart
1+ year of title experience is required
Proficient computer, software, and typing skills
Excellent grammar and spelling
High degree of professionalism
Socially intelligent and driven to succeed
Constantly required to sit, use hands to handle or feel, talk and hear
Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, and crouch
Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, and peripheral vision

Nice To Haves

Experience SoftPro Select strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Open files through SoftPro Select
Update SoftPro with changes and new information
Create preliminary E-CRV’s for closing
Schedule closings
Send out closing appointment notifications
Draft Closing Protection Letters (CPL’s)
Draft Preliminary Closing Disclosures
Send out title commitments to lenders, borrowers, agents, and real estate closers
Call on utility billing and fill out the water and utility billing worksheets
Accurately and quickly cut checks and disburse files for closings
Perform escrow accounting for returned checks
Pre-type documents for closing on buyer and seller files
Perform basic title clearance, order payoffs, ensure current dues, etc
Package out closed files
Double check assessment searches and verify taxes
Complete 1099 reporting
Disburse refinance closing files
Handle returned checks through our escrow accounting application in AIM+
Prepare closing documents for buyers and sellers with exceptional attention to detail
Understand how to read the title commitment
Provide assistance to closing professionals in post-closing as necessary
Participate in continuing education and progress in duties in order to be promoted into more advanced tasks and roles