Mortgage Banking Officer- Palm Desert - BBVA Compass - Palm Desert, CA

The Opportunity: Are you a motivated individual with a desire to help clients achieve home ownership? The Mortgage Banking Officer (MBO) role serves as a mortgage sales specialist. Potential and existing customers and branch employees rely on the expertise of our MBO’s when dealing with home purchases, refinances and home equity loan lines. We encourage our MBO’s to be creative in their strategic approach to serving the community, helping clients and growing relationships while attaining production and customer service goals. At BBVA Compass, we also have a passion for further developing our MBO’s in their career and place a value on providing additional training and support to help them maximize their potential.

The Role : A successful candidate will possess the desire to serve their community by participating in civic and bank sponsored events. To become the best universal bank in the US, the MBO will need to possess a passion to grow relationships through established sources of business, such as Realtors, builders, contractors and internal business partners and help clients by providing superior service and expert advice for their mortgage banking needs. A successful MBO candidate has the ability to recognize other banking needs that their clients have and works closely with the branch teams to fulfill them.

Finally, our MBO’s are the mortgage sales leaders for both the communities and branches they serve and one who is active in the development of connections to expand the bank’s portfolio of mortgage clients. For more information about the role, please watch this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wQvHrQlqv4

Qualifications
1. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance or related field preferred but not required.

2. Current or recent experience in residential mortgage lending with successful mortgage sales production record.

3. Proven track record of meeting goals on an individual and regional level.

4. Must exhibit friendly, assertive and customer service oriented attitude.

5. Ability to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of regulatory guidelines as it relates to mortgage loan production.

6. Ability to interact positively with peers, support personnel and management.

7. Demonstrated ability to identify needs and implement solutions in a changing environment.

8. Ability to solve complex issues.

9. Appropriate computer skills including working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Outlook and other systems.

10. Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Must meet credit history and criminal background requirements associated with Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry registration process, to include FBI fingerprint criminal history and review of credit report.