Genesis Academy Trainee
About The Position
The Genesis Academy Trainee Program is a five-month rotational program for college graduates. From day one, the Trainee will join Genesis as a full-time employee, rotating across key areas of the business, taking on meaningful responsibilities, and gaining real deal experience. The Trainee role is designed to develop foundational skills in loan operations, credit analysis, collateral evaluation, and workflow management. The Genesis Academy Trainee Program offers hands-on exposure to end-to-end real estate lending workflows, underwriting fundamentals, and cross-functional collaboration with sales, valuations, construction, and compliance teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, real estate, or related field required.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Proficiency with Excel and ability to learn loan origination systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Support operations team with file organization, compliance checks, and coordination of loan processing tasks.
- Learn how to evaluate borrower credit history and identify potential risk indicators.
- Learn how to analyze renovation budgets, market comparables, and exit strategies for real estate projects.
- Learn how to perform a data review of borrower financials, experience, and collateral documentation.
- Gain exposure to reviewing appraisals and market analysis.
- Participate in underwriting and pipeline meetings to observe how eligibility, risk, and deal structure decisions are made.
- Support borrower, broker and client acquisition outreach.
- Learn how underwriting interacts with credit, operations, lending, and legal teams to maintain workflow efficiency.
- Gain hands-on experience inputting underwriting and loan data into internal systems (LOS and workflow platforms).
- Assist with track loan pipeline stages and support communication between departments to ensure deadlines are met.
- Performs related duties as assigned by management.
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
