Real Estate Escrow Closer

First American's Direct division provides comprehensive title insurance protection and professional settlement services for real estate purchases, refinances and equity loans. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. For more information, please visit What We Do Enable you to provide best in class service and support to your clients by leveraging industry leading technology and the strongest escrow and underwriter partners in the business. We are transforming the residential real estate experience one closing at a time.
We are looking to add an Escrow Officer to our growing team.
In this role you will work in a dynamic, fast-paced setting focused on customer service and closing deals. The Escrow Officer is 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. Complete real estate escrow transactions bydeterminingrequirements

• Act as a neutral liaison between file parties, adhere to company policy, andmonitorandmitigate risk to the company
• Responsible for ensuring that all funds are properly accounted for and disbursedin accordance withthe terms of the contractand our company policy
• Prepare regular reports on the status of the escrow account and provide these reports to the parties involved in the transaction
• Examine property titles,mortgages,and trust deed documents
• Prepare legal documents for the closure of the sale
• Complete closing by recording and filing documents, preparing, and distributing final closing statements and title

• Experience directly handling escrow transactions as an escrow assistant preferable
• Passionforhelping customers whilemaintaininga professional and positive attitude
• Excellent verbal and written communication with both our internal team and external customers; comfortable usingvarious typesof communication to meet customer needs
• Thrives in contributing to a teamworkingtogether to deliver beyond customer expectations
• Knowledge of MS Office suite and ability to quickly adapt to new software applications and technologies
• High school diploma or equivalent