Western Alliance Bank · 2 weeks ago
Team Lead, Mortgage Underwriting
Dallas, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expWestern Alliance Bank is a financial institution that focuses on providing quality banking services. As the Team Lead for Mortgage Underwriting, you will oversee daily underwriting operations, manage a team of underwriters, and ensure compliance with the bank's standards while improving processes.
BankingFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Oversee daily underwriting operations, including pipeline management and escalations
Works with cross-functional teams (sales/originations, processing) to support underwriting decisions and improve processes
Mentors’ underwriter team and contributes to training performance
Responsible for overseeing a team of quality control Underwriters, that perform quality checks and reviews to ensure loans purchased are of high quality and meet the Bank’s standards and guidelines
Quality reviews include re-underwriting of loans to validate income, debts, loan to value and other key data elements
Oversee and manage third party vendors that perform underwriting and compliance reviews, to ensure good work quality and timelines are met
Manage pipelines to deliver on established SLA’s, and exceed customer expectations
Review and approve exception requests and scenarios, decision will be based on strong compensating factors
Ensure responses are timely
Review and approve customized guidelines submitted by customers
Perform market analysis and comparisons
Present recommendations to senior managers and sales team
Provide process improvement recommendations that will streamline our processes and improve the customer experience
Lead and develop a team; responsible for hiring, coaching, performance management, training and development
Qualification
Required
5+ years of related experience in Loan Administration or similar field
High school diploma required
Intermediate knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services
Intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices
Intermediate speaking and writing communication skills
Preferred
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Previous leadership experience
Benefits
Competitive salaries
An ownership stake in the company
Medical and dental insurance
Time off
A great 401k matching program
Tuition assistance program
An employee volunteer program
A wellness program
Company
Western Alliance Bank
Western Alliance Bank is a banking firm that offers commercial and business banking solutions.
Founded in 1994Phoenix, Arizona, USA
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$400M2025-11-19Post Ipo Debt· $400M
2005-06-30IPO
Leadership Team
Tim Boothe
Chief Operating Officer
Barbara Kennedy
Chief Human Resources Officer
Recent News
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