Appraissal Support Officer

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What you'll do:

• Responsible for supporting the appraisal department in maintaining vendor files for approved commercial and residential appraisers, and environmental consultants, noting the business footprint and area of expertise of each. Facilitate transfers of appraisal reports and environmental due diligence to and from internal business units, contract vendors, and other financial institutions. Generate monthly/year end reports and administers work-file composition / retention (on and off site), assignment repository, and appraisal/review archiving. Processes invoices for timely payments to vendors and reviewers.
• Provide appropriate assistance to internal bank employees and external vendors, in person, over the telephone, and via e-mail. Utilize intranet interface (OSCAR) and other platforms, to ensure enterprise-wide distribution of forms and reports / reviews. Create and maintain various forms and contracts required to facilitate the appraisal and environmental due diligence ordering, reviewing, and reporting functions.
• Assist the commercial / residential appraisal and environmental due diligence process from initial service requests, ownership composition (Reg Y), and assignment definition; and tracking the assignment through the review process and closing of the assignment file. Initiate and manage appraisal and environmental due diligence assignment files. Responsible for accurate and timely processing of requests for real estate related services. Review supporting collateral information and obtains additional information from various sources to process requests. Monitor all new and in-process requests to maintain accurate reporting and adherence to committed turn-around times.
• Assist with internal appraisal and environmental risk management policy and regulatory compliance through knowledge and thorough understanding of internal policies, FIRREA (Financial Institutional Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act), Interagency Guidelines (FDIC, OCC, OTS, etc.), and USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice).

What you'll need:

• 4+ years of related experience in Commercial Appraisal or real estate, and environmental due diligence processes or similar field.
• High school diploma required; Bachelor's degree in related field preferred.
• 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 experience in analytical and project management skills for a variety of tasks or projects. Ability to deal with difficult problems involving multiple facets, variables in non-standardized situations.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.

Benefits you'll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want - like 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, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation