Mortgage Bankruptcy Specialist II

Job description

Make banking a Fifth Third better® We connect great people to great opportunities. Are you ready to take the next step? Discover a career in banking at Fifth Third Bank. GENERAL FUNCTION: Manage outside counsel's timeline performance and supplement the legal support provided by outside counsel by researching legal precedent, investigating and interpreting the mortgage loan history, current loan status, investor implications as well as the borrower's filing particulars when preparing legal documents. Conduct research to support a legal proceeding, to formulate a defense, or to initiate legal action in a bankruptcy through effective planning, problem solving, use of analytical skills, ingenuity, sound judgment, while applying exhaustive mortgage loan servicing related restrictions specific to each account/case. Responsible for an average caseload of roughly 400 accounts totaling upwards of $43 million dollars of which 87% is serviced to the strict guidelines of a residential mortgage investors such as Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, HUD, VA and others. Responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and personally following policies and proc...