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ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Cultivate outside referrals from realtors, builders, and financial planners.
• Cultivate referrals for deposit relationships.
• Assist clients in achieving their financial goals and managing their mortgages more effectively.   
• Analyze data and assist clients in assessing possible courses of action and ultimately making recommendations that best suit the client’s needs. 
• Assist loan processor during the loan process.
• Assist realtors and builders with open houses.
• Comprehensive knowledge of FNMA and FHLMC, and investor guidelines and regulations.
• Keep up to date knowledge of real estate market trends.
• Answer client calls and take walk in clients to discuss various loan products and qualification information.
• Make sales calls on potential or existing clients as established in marketing plan to develop new business or retain existing business.
• Evaluate loan requests, analyze financial data, and determine qualification of collateral and client credit history.
• Structure loan to comply with acceptable lending practices and Federal regulations.
• Work with the borrower during the loan process.
• Read surveys and appraisals and take necessary steps to correct encroachments and violations.
• Qualify loan for final approval.
• Maintain contact with loan client, communicating progress of loan and obtaining any required documentation.
• Prepare files for underwriting, loan committee, private mortgage insurance company and investor including preparation of loan approval sheet.
• Participate in worthwhile community activities to network, promote and enhance the bank’s integrity in the community through professional, business and community organizations and activities to promote and market loan products.
• Process effective and proven sales experience.
• Attend loan closings.
• Attend realtor and builder functions.
• Follow up with borrowers after loan has closed.

• Handle company funds.

• Complete other duties as assigned.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OR DETAILS

ESSENTIAL SKILLS, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• High school diploma with previous banking and/or financial experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience preferred.
• 2+ years mortgage lending experience preferred.

• Hold applicable licenses, as required.

• Accurate typing, spelling and grammar skills.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Good organizational skills.
• Interpersonal skills to represent the Bank in a positive way in dealing with clients and other team members.
• Ability to adjust to change and a willingness to be a team player
• Maintain regular consistent and professional attendance, punctuality, and personal appearance.
• Ability to work independently and take initiative to exercise judgment and make decisions within scope of authority.
• Ability to solve problems using combination of intuition and analytics.
• Ability to think and act quickly and to follow procedures.
• Must have own transportation.
• Must have a flexible schedule to work with realtors and builders as needed.
• Must be able to work from their auto as well as office and home.

• Knowledgeable on applicable computer software systems to include work processing, databases, and spreadsheets.
• Thorough knowledgeable of mortgage products and services offered.

WORK CONDITIONS

• Must be able to work from their auto as well as office and home.

• Extensive Travel required.

This description is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent an expressed or implied contract of employment nor does it alter your at-will employment, and the Company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the Company may deem appropriate.

About Southern First Bank

At Southern First, we believe banking is about people, and we’re making a difference one client and one banker at a time. Rooted in service and family, our core values make up the foundation of our company and the way we do business. Those values include serving others, cherishing our family culture, competing with a passion for winning, celebrating our victories, and enjoying the journey along the way. Every day, our team proudly carries out our mission of impacting lives in the communities we serve. Headquartered in beautiful Greenville, SC, Southern First is locally owned and led with $2.6 billion in assets and 260 associates across eight growing Southeastern markets in three states. Our relationship-first approach to banking is backed by our commitment to investing in easy-to-use technology, giving our clients all of the tools they need to easily manage their finances whenever, wherever. If you are passionate about impacting lives in our community and building long-lasting client relationships, we’d love for you to join our team. Our purpose is to enable dreams, earn trust, and exceed expectations.

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