Escrow Officer

at  Stewart Title Guaranty Company

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Job Description
Job Summary
Provides escrow services for residential and commercial resale, new construction, refinance, relocation and timeshare transactions. Responsible for facilitating real estate transactions by providing a high level of customer service and proactive communication to both internal and external customers throughout the closing process.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for handling real estate transactions by establishing new escrow accounts, managing funds, processing documents for closings, and completing settlements in accordance with established policies and procedures
• Acts as a neutral liaison between file parties, adheres to company policy, and monitors and mitigates risk to the company
• Understands how own team integrates with related teams to accomplish objectives
• Impacts the quality, timeliness and effectiveness of the team through own work
• Recognizes and solves atypical problems that occur infrequently
• Evaluates and selects solutions from existing precedents or procedures
• Communicates and explains complex information, including interdependencies within the team and others
• Works under limited supervision and may use discretion to modify work practices and processes to achieve results or improve efficiency
• Individual contributor acting as a resource for less experienced team members; does not have supervisory responsibilities
• Performs all other duties as assigned by management

Education

• High school diploma required; Bachelor’s preferred

Experience

• Typically requires 5+ years of related work experience

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
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careers@stewart.com

• Responsible for handling real estate transactions by establishing new escrow accounts, managing funds, processing documents for closings, and completing settlements in accordance with established policies and procedures
• Acts as a neutral liaison between file parties, adheres to company policy, and monitors and mitigates risk to the company
• Understands how own team integrates with related teams to accomplish objectives
• Impacts the quality, timeliness and effectiveness of the team through own work
• Recognizes and solves atypical problems that occur infrequently
• Evaluates and selects solutions from existing precedents or procedures
• Communicates and explains complex information, including interdependencies within the team and others
• Works under limited supervision and may use discretion to modify work practices and processes to achieve results or improve efficiency
• Individual contributor acting as a resource for less experienced team members; does not have supervisory responsibilities
• Performs all other duties as assigned by managemen