Mortgage Specialist, Calgary/Red Deer

ATB Financial; Calgary; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking financial institution as a Mortgage Specialist, where your entrepreneurial spirit meets a supportive environment. This role empowers you to help Albertans achieve their home ownership dreams while providing the stability of a reputable organization. Enjoy the freedom to grow your business within a collaborative team, all while receiving a stable salary for the first five months. If you're passionate about mortgages and ready to make a significant impact in your community, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of retail lending experience required.
• Strong knowledge of mortgage products and sales skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Grow mortgage business based on client needs and objectives.
• Develop relationships with realtors, builders, and clients.

Skills

Retail Lending Experience

Mortgage Product Knowledge

Sales and Negotiation Skills

Organizational Skills

Relationship Building

Fluency in Multiple Languages

Job description

At ATB, we exist to make it possible for our clients, team members and communities. Our purpose is more than aspirational. It's a real commitment we live every day through our values (what we call the ATB ID).

Life at ATB is about more than work. In fact, we’re consistently recognized as one of Canada's top employers thanks to our high-care, high-performance culture, upheld by the three commitments we make to our team members:

Impact in action: No matter where you are in the organization, you're empowered to make an impact in the lives of our clients and communities.

Thrive together: We want you—the unique, authentic you—to feel safe and celebrated at work. We're on a continuous journey to build the most flexible and inclusive programs.

Ready for tomorrow: We want to enable your success through interesting and challenging work, performance enablement, and learning and development.

About the role

As ATB’s next Mortgage Specialist, you will help Albertans turn the dream of home ownership into a simple reality. With an award-winning culture, combined with a provincewide branch network, and a mortgage team that strives to be top of the industry, we have LOTS to offer if the mortgage world is your passion.

This role provides you with the freedom of being an entrepreneur while being able to rely on the expertise and stability of working for one of Alberta’s largest financial institutions. After being assigned a territory, it will be your responsibility to grow ATB’s mortgage business in that market. You will meet with clients, realtors and builders with the goal to make ATB the financial provider of choice in the minds of Albertans.

With a 100% commission, it means you get out as much as you put in. And, we’ve got you covered with a stable salary for the first 5 months!

Accountabilities

• Grow ATB’s mortgage business based upon client needs and business objectives.
• Achieve and exceed sales objectives established by ATB.
• Develop and maintain productive business relations with stakeholders in the home industry, including Realtors, Builders and Centers of Influence.
• Establish strong working relations with internal stakeholders, including Regional Vice Presidents, Branch Managers and Relationship Managers.
• Maintain communication with branches to hand off new clients in a positive and seamless manner.
• Work in a collaborative manner within the Mortgage Development Sales team to ensure prompt and attentive service to every client.
• Prepare quality applications for credit and recommend approval of mortgage applications.
• Provide regular and accurate reporting of sales activities.
• Deliver a positive client experience while seeking feedback to find opportunities to improve the overall client experience.

Skills, experience & requirements

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in retail lending
• Strong knowledge of mortgage products
• Results-oriented salesperson with a knack for negotiation
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage priorities
• Proven ability to build and maintain robust networks and relationships with people in the mortgage industry
• Fluency in Hindu, Urdu, Punjabi, Mandarin, Cantonese and/or Vietnamese would be an asset

Don’t meet all the requirements on the list?
A resume only goes so far in expressing who you are and the unique perspectives you bring. If you believe your skills and experience align with the role—but you might not check all the boxes—we want to hear from you. We encourage candidates from all work backgrounds, equity-seeking communities and experience levels to apply. If you’re seeking a career where your drive, perspective and growth are celebrated, we want to hear from you.

We’re dedicated to building a workforce reflective of those within our communities, and a culture where our team members are equipped with what they need to succeed—their way. Part of creating an inclusive workplace is recognizing our role in advancing Truth and Reconciliation. We are committed to meeting and exceeding the standards set out in the Partnership Accreditation in Indigenous Relations program created by the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.

What happens next?
If you are shortlisted, you’ll hear from us after the posting closes. Check out our How We Hire page to learn more about our hiring process. If you need any accommodations throughout this process, please let us know at [e-mail].

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