About Us
Solidifi is a leading independent provider of residential real estate appraisals to financial services companies. Solidifi is the appraisal service provider of choice for over half of the top 100 lenders in the US, leveraging its expansive partnership with more than 25,000 appraisers. Understanding the power of technology to boost productivity both internally and for clients, our team is made up of mortgage industry specialists and technology innovators. The company has invested more than $30MM in its leading SaaS-based platform supported by a dedicated technology team. These capabilities have landed Solidifi on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500.
Position Description
Reporting to the Manager Valuation Services, you will be responsible for managing the day to day appraisal management operations and strategy of the network of independent fee appraisers in your geographic region. Your analytic, communicative and personable nature will give you the edge necessary to build strong, long-term relationships within the appraiser community in order to deliver our service offering while exceeding internal and client expectations and performance targets.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a high quality network of independent appraisers across your region ensuring adequate coverage of appraisers who share our values on quality and service level delivery;
- Oversee recruitment, on-boarding and panel management of the independent appraiser network in your region;
- Through a combination of analytics and relationship building, ensure that in your regions targets for quality, on-time delivery, first time quality (efficiency, low touch points) and cost to serve are exceeded;
- Through analysis of appraiser performance metrics, use of appraiser communication / training (i.e. webinars, etc.) and relationship building, determine and execute a proper strategy to ensure appraiser effectiveness in quality, performance and proactive communication (Updates);
- You will continually build and refine a dynamically changing panel of appraisals that outperform expectations;
- Effective operational utilization of human resources and technology creating net margin that exceeds targets while at the same time exceeding performance expectations;
- Optimize the use of technology to effectively manage the appraisal process to produce low-cost / high impact results;
- Create and conduct educational programs for appraisers to align with our values on quality and performance;
- Ensure effective configuration and utilization of Task Manager to efficiently manage on-time delivery of appraisals on a transactional basis in your region;
- Properly resolve appraiser complaints and escalations to, if possible the satisfaction of all parties;
- Liaise with your internal client the Account Management team to review client performance and issues to ensure external clients have a high level of satisfaction while maintaining an optimal P&L for the organization;
- Ensure transactions are completed in compliance with Federal and State Regulations as well as Appraiser Independence Provisions;
- Other duties as assigned.
Skills and Expertise Required
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Some knowledge in appraisal/financial services/collateral risk management industries a strong a plus;
- Strong analytical skills;
- Experience in leading and/or fostering collaboration between diverse internal and external stakeholders;
- Proven team leader with ability to drive results;
- Current knowledge of regulatory environment as relevant to property valuations;
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral;
- Results oriented.
We take great pride in the work we do and the talented people who work with us. We’re looking for highly skilled, driven people who value a collaborative, open environment and a flexible, professional culture. Please email your resume to [email protected] and make sure to include the JOB TITLE “Region Manager” in the subject of your message.
We thank you for your interest and look forward to hearing from you. Please note that we will contact ONLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES for this opportunity.