Sundae

Manager, Underwriting

Sundae California, United States

About Sundae

Sundae’s mission is to help homeowners get the best outcome when it’s time to sell a house that needs some love. For too long, the process of selling outdated and damaged houses has been terrible for sellers. Local property investors capitalize on homeowner distress to purchase houses cheaply and resell them for huge profits.

Sundae is putting more of those profits back in the hands of the homeowner. We’ve developed a model to predict when sellers will need our help, and a best-in-class sales and marketing team to reach them and a trusted brand that allows us to grow even faster through word of mouth and referrals. With scale and efficiency, we’re able to redistribute economic value to sellers in the form of the most competitive price so that Sundae can become the largest buyer of homes that need love in the United States.

We are a Tier 1 Venture Capital backed company with product-market fit, scaling revenue, and a massive addressable market opportunity. Our team is composed of seasoned leaders from real estate and marketplace businesses and with significant high-growth company experience (Airbnb, Dropbox, Chime, LendingHome).

Joining Sundae means being part of the team that’s bringing compassion and transparency to the business of helping homeowners sell in their time of need. If you’re driven by making a positive impact on people’s lives and want to support our mission, we’d love to hear from you.

About The Role

As the Underwriting Manager in Lending Operations, you will have the ultimate responsibility of overseeing teams executing the proper comprehensive review and analysis of the loan structure, borrower profile, and loan documents to secure profitability and reduce risk.

The Underwriting Manager will ensure Sundae’s success in lending operations, including owning daily operations and strategy implementation to ensure that Sundae Lending is the go-to lender for fix and flip financing. You will lead and inspire a cross-functional organization to drive growth and continue supporting the initiatives that make Sundae an exceptional place to work. This role is highly collaborative; you will be a part of our corporate leadership team and collaborate with peers across multiple departments.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for oversight across the underwriting team for business purpose mortgage loans in compliance with credit guidelines and requirements, for inside and outside Sundae network investors
  • Establish review oversight for loan files and monitor completeness, creditworthiness and implement process improvements
  • Collaborate with the VP of Lending Operations, Loan Expert Manager, Construction Manager and Closing Manager on daily operations and strategy implementation to ensure that Sundae Lending is the go-to lender for fix and flip financing
  • Build workplays and assist with Salesforce integration and build out
  • Implement learnings from investor and partner interaction into actionable procedure development and expansion
  • Train and mentor underwriting team leads as Sundae expands nationally
  • Drive the company underwriting guidelines, policies, procedures and workplays as well as federal and state regulatory requirements to ensure compliance at all times

About You

  • A values-driven executive who leads by example and manages with respect. Values teamwork, transparent communication, feedback and radical condor.
  • An innovative, solution-oriented, and data-driven leader who inspires action, encourages accountability and continually pushes self and team to execute with excellence.
  • A growth-minded continuous learner who seeks to gain knowledge and inspire new ideas.
  • Ability to prioritize workload and manage time
  • Highly - analytical with strong attention to detail
  • Self-starter with the ability to work with minimal supervision
  • Ability to adapt quickly to new procedures and systems
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work as a dependable teammate in a fast paced start-up environment
  • SalesForce experience is a plus!
  • Proficient in google suite required (gsheets, gdocs, slides)

Qualifications

  • Professional experience in real estate
  • At least 5 years experience in the mortgage industry as a lead loan processor or underwriter
  • 2+ years supervisory/management experience
  • Ability to effectively balance strategic thinking with implementation
  • Savvy operations leader who can develop and implement plans to accomplish objectives via process improvement, system implementation, people alignment, KPI development, and partnership creation
  • Experience architecting and implementing automated processes and systems to improve efficiencies
  • Proven experience in driving strategic direction and interaction with executives, with a bias toward action and intuition for impact identification
  • Cross-Functional team leadership, with the ability to make fact-based decisions grounded in data
  • Strong fit with the values-driven, transparent, and collaborative culture
  • Bachelor’s degree (advanced degree preferred but not required)

Compensation & Benefits

  • The salary range for this role is $100,000 - $115,000 plus commission plan
  • Competitive benefits package with 100% paid premiums for employee and 80% for dependents
  • Compelling equity package based on experience

We here at Sundae strive to build a workforce composed of individuals with diverse backgrounds, abilities, minds, and identities that will help us to grow, not only as a company, but also as individuals. Sundae is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Finance and Sales
  • Industries

    Real Estate

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