Temporary Escrow Assistant

7446BRTemporary Escrow AssistantBeverlyCaliforniaJob DescriptionReal Life. Real Importance.What you’ll do:You’re the glue that holds real estate transactions together and makes them happen. Supporting the closing representative and working with agents, buyers, sellers, lawyers, lenders, surveyors and others, you collect, organize and process all the necessary documentation to ensure the closing gets completed on time and with a minimum of stress. Details matter. You make sure documents are filed and checks are written after closing. When something isn’t right – paperwork is incomplete or a detail is wrong – you know how to fix it. Agents and their clients appreciate your friendliness and expertise. People depend on you to deliver. And you do.Who you are:

Patience personified, able to handle the pressing needs of agents, buyers and sellers in a calm, friendly and empathetic way that gives them confidence and puts them at ease.

Organization guru, paying attention to and tracking each and every detail, and knowing how to assemble all the puzzle pieces into a single, complete, error-free and understandable package.

Devoted to detail, discovering missing, incorrect or incomplete items, bringing them to the attention of agents, buyers and sellers, and pursuing solutions with dogged determination.

Multi-tasker, being able to work in a fast-paced environment, processing a large number of contracts simultaneously under deadline pressure.

Strong communicator, with good written and verbal skills; your ability to read people and understand their personality enables you to deliver both good and bad news in a sensitive way.

Professional demeanor, creating a positive image for the company through your appearance, performance and relationship with colleagues and customers.

Your responsibilities:

Reliable supporter: Providing outstanding assistance to the closing representative, so that sales go smoothly and we retain their business through white glove service.

Document processor: Preparing loan documents for signing, including vesting amendments when applicable, present loan documents and other records for signing and returning loan documents to lender after signing and following up on funding conditions.

Insightful advisor: Reviewing the real estate purchase contract, making sure it is complete and requesting any missing information; performing a preliminary audit and determining or obtaining any necessary items to clear a title; preparing estimated closing statements for officer to review.

Deal finisher: Maintaining the files, recording the appropriate documentation, and sending checks once the closing is complete and transmit documents to the lender.

Relationship and business builder: Establishing and maintaining relationships with industry players that encourage them to choose us their first choice for escrow processing.

QualificationsWhat we want you to have

Education: High school diploma or equivalent.

Experience: One to four years of escrow processing experience (based on the team this position will support).

Computer skills: Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.

Communications skills: Strong written and verbal skills to clearly keep agents, buyers, sellers and all other parties up to date with the process and work with them to resolve issues.

What we’d like you to have:

Real estate industry experience in the areas of title, escrow, real estate or property management.

Knowledge of front- and back-end processing procedures.

Our Commitment to DiversityAt Realogy, diversity fuels success – for our company and for our employees. We strive to be the preferred company for diverse talent, committed to creating an inclusive environment that encourages everyone to succeed. We pursue talent – strategic thinkers who are eager to innovate, focused on execution and accountable for results. We value diversity – respecting backgrounds, cultures, perspectives.You’ll find our commitment to diversity reflected in our achievements:

Forbes 2020 Best Employers for Diversity.

Recognized on the 2020 Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index .

Recognized for gender diversity on our board of directors by Executive Women of New Jersey and Women’s Forum of New York.

First residential real estate company to endorse the Equality Act and fully support H.R. 1447 amending the Fair Housing Act to include LGBTQ+ as protected classes.

With diversity, we succeed together. We hope you’ll join us.#LI-EG1Employment TypeFull-timeCompanyWest Coast EscrowAbout UsRealogy is a global provider of real estate services with a singular mission: We serve agents. This strategy is aimed at growing the base of high-performing independent sales agents at our company-owned and franchisee brokerages, providing services to make them more productive and their businesses more profitable.While you won’t see our name on For Sale signs, you will see those of our industry-leading brands: Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, Century 21, Citi Habitats, Climb Real Estate, Coldwell Banker Real Estate, Corcoran, ERA Franchise Systems and Sotheby’s International Realty to name just a few. Our four business units work together to provide a full-service solution to meet the needs of agents and their homebuying clients, from the initial listing until the keys are turned over.Realogy was recently designated a Great Place to Work® at https://www.realogy.com/news/2019/05/28/realogy-earns-great-place-to-work-designation-for-second-consecutive-year for the second consecutive year, recognizing the company’s commitment to providing meaningful work and an environment where employees can grow and succeed. Realogy has 16,600 offices and approximately 302,000 affiliated brokers and agents worldwide. We’re the leader in residential real estate sales, with $6.1 billion in revenue in 2018, nearly 1.4 million real estate transactions and approximately 16 percent of market share of the U.S. residential real estate market. We’re there to serve agents who help people find and buy houses, move, and finance their dream.West Coast Escrow is Southern California’s largest independently licensed escrow company having offices in Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange and San Diego Counties. West Coast Escrow is owned and operated by Title Resource Group (TRG).Title Resource Group is in the business of making houses into homes coast to coast. Once the deal is sealed, TRG completes all the necessary work in the title and home closing settlement process to transfer ownership of the property and bring the real estate transaction to a successful conclusion. TRG helps facilitate all aspects of the purchase process to help agents and their customers get deals done. We work with customers, financial institutions, insurance companies, real estate agents and brokers – both within and outside the Realogy family – to ensure all the I’s are dotted and T’s are crossed so deals close on time. When all the documents are signed, the funds are wired, the keys are exchanged and the transactions are recorded, TRG’s work continues as it also insure title policies in connection with the real estate transactions. In 2018, TRG was involved in the closing of approximately 176,000 transactions with net revenue at nearly $580 millionEEO StatementEOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability