Escrow Assistant

Cottonwood Title Insurance Agency•Midvale, UT

About The Position

Escrow assistants are crucial to our industry-leading success. If you can work well under pressure, provide excellent customer service, and understand and apply escrow principles, being an escrow assistant for Cottonwood Title in one of our Salt Lake offices is an excellent fit for you. Work with the Best Cottonwood Title has been around since 2000 and has about 125 employees in eight locations along the Wasatch Front. We are known for our expertise, team-first environment, and robust customer base. With us, you will learn or expand upon your title and escrow knowledge. What You Will Do Your duties include preparing files for closing by arranging to repay outstanding loans on the property, investigating problems with the property title, drafting closing disclosures, interacting with customers, and sending and receiving funds to close transactions. Licensed escrow assistants can help with closings. No Day is the Same Every day in escrow feels different. Some days, you arrange payoffs, while others involve sending wires to several transaction participants or doing any of a thousand other things. All the while, you're working with your team and interacting with customers.

Requirements

Experience as an escrow assistant
Understanding of escrow and residential real estate terminology
Sharp attention to detail
Customer service experience
Ability to learn quickly
Capable with technology, including MS Office and Excel

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of residential real estate terminology is helpful
Escrow experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Preparing files for closing by arranging to repay outstanding loans on the property
Investigating problems with the property title
Drafting closing disclosures
Interacting with customers
Sending and receiving funds to close transactions
Licensed escrow assistants can help with closings