Sr. Escrow Officer-California ONLY

ACCURATE GROUP LLC•San Diego, CA

13d•Remote

About The Position

Accurate Group, an Industry leader in technology-driven appraisal management and title services to real estate finance providers nationwide, seeks a Senior Escrow Officer for our growing closing team in California. The Senior Escrow Officer is responsible for effectively managing the entire real estate closing transaction from opening through funding and recording, ensuring the accurate and timely issuance of title insurance in accordance with established procedures and guidelines. In addition to core escrow officer duties, this role supports management by addressing routine and low-impact escalations, reporting issues and exceptions to management for review, assisting with reporting and training initiatives, and maintaining strong client relationships ensure compliance with California escrow and regulatory requirements, including those enforced by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI). This position requires a high level of California escrow, accounting, and operational knowledge to complete assigned tasks and ensure transactions meet compliance and audit standards. Work is performed within defined guidelines and is subject to supervisory review to support successful DFPI examinations.

Requirements

Candidate must be located in the San Diego/Anaheim area
Familiar with standard concepts, practices and procedures within the escrow/title industry field.
Formerly in an Escrow Officer role
Understanding of what California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation examines
Proven experience assisting with California State audit compliance
Regularly interface with DFPI examiners during regulatory examinations
Ability to work independently and as a team with proven analytical and problem-solving abilities
Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
Strong attention to detail and able to multitask and/or reprioritize, as needed.
Minimum of 4 to 10 years in related experience and/or training
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
Licensed in title insurance per state requirements, if applicable for your state.
Notary public or be bondable.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual candidate is preferred but not a requirement
Strong interpersonal and oral/written communication skills a plus

Responsibilities

Manage the entire real estate closing process, including compliance with real estate contracts, lender instructions, title requirements, company requirements and other written instructions.
Understand the escrow process to determine what steps need to be taken to transfer the title of property pursuant to the conditions called for in the real estate contract and lender instructions.
Audit level operational fluency with a level of audit understanding well enough to prevent findings, respond correctly during an exam, and remediate issues.
Collaborate with title department to resolve title issues such as legal descriptions, easements, lot splits, vesting, all tax liens, abstracts of judgments, bankruptcies, boundary disputes, encroachments, list pendants, etc.
Prepare all closing documents necessary to ensure title insurance is issued at closing.
Oversee the issuance of checks, bills and statements, receipts, and any other documents needed to ensure customer satisfaction.
Secure all documents (corrective and others) that may be required for the issuance of title insurance.
Conduct closing with customers, realtors, lenders and attorneys.
Assist customers and clients with close-related questions.
Prior to disbursement, confirm all funds are collected, all appropriate documents are checked for accuracy, signatures are collected, and acknowledgements and legal descriptions are correct.
Collect all taxes due, HOA dues and any delinquencies and/or principal and interest.
Ensure all payoffs have been collected, mailed, delivered or wired according to instructions.
Verify against the settlement statement that all disbursements have been paid correctly.
Prior to recording, verify all legal documents for correct acknowledgements, legal description, lien information and state and county requirements.
When needed, delegate work to and manage work of escrow assistants in the real estate transaction process.
Manage and develop client relationships to ensure future real estate closing transactions.
Market new business and make calls on current and prospective clients.
Correspond with lenders, builders, real estate agents and attorneys as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned by manager.