Investor Reporting Analyst II

Investor Reporting Analyst II

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required, Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance preferred.
• 2-4 years of Mortgage Servicing experience required; prior Investor Reporting experience preferred.
• Advanced MS Excel experience required.
• Strong math skills.
• Knowledge of basic accounting principles and practices.
• Solid analytical skills, particularly regarding assessing the probability and impact of an internal control weakness.
• Proven ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders, learn quickly, be flexible and think strategically.
• Strong communication skills to interact with Senior Management and other business units.
• Working understanding of operational risks and related controls.
• Strong organizational and time management skills necessary.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and shift priorities as appropriate to meet reporting deadlines and maintain reporting accuracy and analysis abilities with strong attention to detail.
• Self-motivated with strong attention to detail and excellent organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for daily and monthly activities for the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, or Private investor portfolios, including remittances, cutoff reporting, and reconciliations for all remittance types.
• Prepares and reviews monthly investor reports and remittances along with related cash movements and accounting entries in accordance with agreements.
• Ensures that remittance wires are completed timely and accurately.
• Calculate interest and percentages; balance accounts; add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; locate routine mathematical errors; compute rate, ratio, and percent, including the drafting and interpretation of bar graphs.
• Prepare and submit for processing all monthly remittances on assigned portfolios within the applicable required remittance deadlines.
• Investigate, reconcile, and provide timely resolution to all investor issues and reporting exceptions.
• Research operational, reporting, or data issues and present solutions or process improvements to management.
• Provide a high level of customer service and ensure overall investor satisfaction as well as manage score card performance where applicable.
• Facilitates remittance-related GL journal entries as required.
• Maintains and follows procedures and controls within the monthly process.
• Assists with internal and external audits.
• Heavy use of Microsoft Excel for data analysis and reporting.
• Researches variances and opens items identified through the reconciliation process.
• Possesses an understanding of pooling and servicing agreements / GSE Servicing Guides.
• Handle ad-hoc reporting or research as directed by management.
• Performs related duties as assigned by management.

Preferred Qualifications

• SQL or other database reporting experience preferred.
• Servicing Director knowledge a plus.