Overview
Escrow Officer Jobs in Farmington Hills, MI at Diag Partners
We are seeking an experienced Escrow Officer to join our established title and settlement services team in Michigan. This role requires a detail-oriented professional with hands-on experience managing escrow operations from order initiation through final policy delivery.
If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess sharp title curative skills, and excel at building strong relationships with industry professionals, this is an immediate opening with high priority.
Key Responsibilities
- Transaction Management: Study and qualify buyer, seller, and property details to determine closing requirements; lead transactions to completion by resolving policy exceptions, clearing titles, and preparing final closing packages.
- Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact for real estate offices, attorneys, lenders, and brokers to obtain critical documentation and initiate title orders.
- Title Curative & Underwriting: Interface with internal/external underwriters and third-party vendors to resolve and clear complex curative items, identify missing title issues, and ensure full compliance.
- Settlement & Documentation: Prepare, review, and verify the accuracy of settlement statements against underwriter and lender instructions. Work closely with centralized processing departments to fulfill specific order requests.
- Closing Operations: Schedule closings, prepare closer packages (policies, invoices, title reports, affidavits, municipal updates, and surveys), and assist closing agents with on-the-fly updates.
- Business & Team Growth: Maintain and nurture relationships with potential real estate and lending referral partners while collaborating across departments to support company expansion.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Direct Experience: Minimum of 1 year of recent experience working directly as an Escrow Officer handling residential or commercial transactions for a title company.
- Industry Mastery: Solid understanding of title concepts, types of real estate ownership, chain of title, recording procedures, curatives, prorations, endorsements, and policy types.
- Curative Skills: Experience resolving curative items preferred.
- Client Relations: Excellent organizational and interpersonal communication skills with a proven track record of managing relationships with buyers, sellers, agents, and attorneys.
- Work Location: Must be willing to work 100% in-office.
Software & Onboarding
- Production software training will be provided upon hire.
Pay: $55,000.00 per year
Experience:
- Escrow: 1 year (Required)
Work Location: In person
Title: Escrow Officer
Company: Diag Partners
Location: Farmington Hills, MI
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