Underwriter

Zohorecruit; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit in Toronto, Canada seeks an Analyst, Underwriting to support residential mortgage and real estate applications. You will assess credit information, negotiate terms, and provide guidance on policy and value estimates within lending limits.

The role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication, with in-person training followed by potential fully remote work. Knowledge of Canadian rules and bilingualism are advantageous.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years of retail mortgage underwriting experience (residential focus).
• RESL-specific underwriting (Real-estate Secured Lending).
• Decisioning experience with approval authority.
• Experience reviewing and evaluating documents (income, down-payment, offers).
• Experience with exceptions rationalization.
• Good understanding of risk mitigation.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate, approve, decline, and recommend applications within CIBC processes.
• Gather and review information to support credit applications within risk parameters.
• Build relationships with internal partners and external insurers, appraisers, solicitors.
• Review and recommend for high-amount applications above authority.
• Manage high work volumes to meet deadlines with quality and due diligence.

Skills

Decisioning

Analytical

Relationship building

Risk-Assessment

Agile

Education

University degree

Tools

Outlook

Excel

Job description

The Analyst, Underwriting is responsible for supporting the review and approval of residential mortgage and real estate applications in a timely and effective manner. The role follows detailed instructions and documented procedures to negotiate, approve, recommend, or decline residential secured and unsecured mortgages and real estate applications within established guidelines and authorized lending limits. The Analyst, Underwriting uses judgement regarding priorities and approaches to review credit information by gathering and critically assessing property-specific third party due diligence reports and negotiating terms for marginal applications. The role provides specialized advice and guidance on company policy, procedures, and security value estimates, resolving basic problems within the scope of their job.

How you'll succeed

• Decision- Maker -Negotiate, approve, decline and recommend applications, within established CIBC processes, guidelines and authorized lending limit of up to $1,500,000, including residential mortgage, real estate secured and unsecured applications.
• Analytical - Gather, review and assess information and documentation to support each credit application within CIBC risk parameters and Insurers guidelines, if applicable.
• Relationship building - Handle, as required, correspondence and telephone inquiries from internal business partners and external business partners such as insurers, appraisers and solicitors.
• Risk-Assessment- Review, prepare and make considered recommendations to Manager or senior underwriter where residential mortgage application is above authority limit.
• Agile - Manage high work volumes to meet short time lines with a high level of quality and due diligence. You will also be expected to review a variety of lending products on a day to day basis.

Must Have Requirement

• 3-4 Years Retail mortgage underwriting experience. Mostly residential Mortgages.
• RESL specific Underwriting (Real-estate Secured Lending)
• Decisioning experience with approval authority
• Experience in reviewing and evaluating documents (income, down-payment, offers, etc..)
• Experience in exceptions rational (*they will be making exceptions themselves)
• Good Understanding of risk mitigation

Nice to Have

• Any broker or underwriting course experience
• Outlook and Excel skills
• A university Degree
• Familiarity with Canadian Rules and Regulation
• Bilingual - French

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication – written and verbal
• Attention to detail
• Strong Negotiation Skills
• Technologically Savvy

Supplier Call notes from 79699-1

• - 6 months and potential FTE
• - 5 week in person classroom training
• - If in Toronto, training in Toronto, if in Montreal training in Montreal
• - After training it will be fully remote
• - Bilingualism - only nice to have