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Columbia Bank · 3 weeks ago

Lending Operations Specialist - Special Assets

Roseburg, OR

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$18/hr - $26/hr

2+ years exp

Columbia Bank is a financial institution seeking a Lending Operations Specialist for their Special Assets team. This role is responsible for loan accounting, reporting, reconciliation, payment processing, and providing customer service to loan officers, ensuring compliance with bank policies and procedures.

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Responsibilities

Reconcile customer accounts and understand customer histories to evaluate payment and/or services issues

Perform administrative and office support activities, such as pulling daily and monthly reports for the department, and electronic filing of loan approvals

Gathers data and prepares regular or periodic reports pertaining to department functions and distributes to internal partners

Ensure operation practices follow standard operating procedures, Bank policies, and compliance requirements

Process loan charge off and recovery transactions and update lending platform with coding related to charge off

Perform daily/monthly reconciliation of charge off and recoveries

Receive and distribute bankruptcy notices on loans assigned to Special Assets. Update lending core as applicable per type of notice received

Manages projects, analysis, and other responsibilities as directed

Nonperforming loan general ledger expense tracking and reconciliation

Review Credit Memos for authorized approval authority, distribute and code loan as appropriate

Prepare monthly general ledger and DDA certifications

Complete a wide variety of requests received within a shared Outlook account

Book OREO (Other Real Estate Owned) accounts, post write downs, gain/loss on sale transactions. Maintain, balance, and distribute the OREO reconciliation report

Maintain dashboard reporting of loans assigned to Special Assets for distribution to Special Assets leadership

Works on assignments that are semi-routine and moderately complex in nature where judgment is required in resolving problems and making routine recommendations. Normally receives little instruction on routine work, general instructions on new assignments

Demonstrates compliance with all bank regulations for assigned job function and applies to designated job responsibilities – knowledge may be gained through coursework and on-the-job training. Keeps up to date on regulation changes

Follows all Bank policies and procedures, compliance regulations, and completes all required annual or job-specific training

Maintain a working knowledge of Bank's written policies and procedures regarding Bank Secrecy Act, Regulation CC, Regulation E, Bank Security and other regulations as applicable to this job description

May be asked to coach, mentor, or train others as subject matter expert

Actively learns, demonstrates, and fosters the Columbia corporate culture in all actions and words

Takes personal initiative and is a positive example for others to emulate

Embraces our vision to become Business Bank of Choice

May perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

Loan accountingReconciliationMicrosoft OfficeAnalytical skillsCustomer serviceCommunication skillsProblem-solvingTeamwork

Required

HS Diploma or GED required

2-4 years of back-office accounting and/or banking experience desired

Ability to work independently with little supervision

Strong analytical skills and ability to review data and prepare reports

Recognize problems and determine best approach and/or recommendations

Working knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Strong communication skills, verbal and written

Strong reading, writing and math skills

Ability to read and interpret loan documents

Proficient keyboard skills

Requires the ability to analyze problems, determine best approach, compile, and analyze data, prepare reports/recommendations as well as reading, writing, and arithmetic skills, knowledge of department procedures, practices, and policies

Ability to use office software (i.e., Excel, Word, Outlook, spreadsheets, etc.) and equipment

Completion of high school, vocational training, or equivalent