Escrow Officer Representative - Snohomish, WA

Compass International Holdings

Washington (Washington County)

On-site

USD 55,000 - 85,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Disability insurance

AD&D

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Family leave

Life insurance

Travel insurance

LinkedIn Learning

Employee referral program

Adoption assistance

Employee assistance program

Wellness program

Employee discounts

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Compass International Holdings is seeking an experienced Escrow Officer to be the linchpin of our homeownership process. You’ll review contracts at the start, ensure documents flow smoothly, verify titles, taxes, and loan funding, and supervise closing to prevent any missteps.

You’ll work with agents, buyers, and sellers to keep transactions moving and ensure a clean handoff at close. You are detail‑oriented, a patient problem solver, and a strong communicator who can manage multiple contracts

Qualifications

Education and licensing requirements as listed (high school diploma or equivalent; notary public and escrow officer licenses).
Two to three years of escrow experience, front- and back-end.
Certification: notary public and escrow officer licenses.
Industry awareness: closing process knowledge.
Computer skills: proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.
Strong written and verbal communications to keep all parties updated.

Responsibilities

Know the contract from start to finish to ensure timely, error-free closings.
Ensure paperwork is complete so escrow closes on time.
Coordinate with lenders/underwriters to fund and complete transactions.
Build and maintain relationships with essential industry partners.
Reach out to new agents and provide white-glove service to retain them.
Train escrow assistants and delegate tasks to enable growth.
Be present at closing and ensure a positive closing experience.

Skills

Trusted consultant

Problem solver

Constant learner

People reader

Multi-tasker

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Notary public and escrow officer licenses

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

What youll do:

You are the key to home ownership. As an escrow officer, youre the human link between our process and people. Youre there at the beginning, reviewing contracts and following instructions. Youre there in the middle, ensuring that all the associated paperwork is completed efficiently and accurately. Youre working with agents and their clients to keep the process moving forward, verifying that titles are clean, taxes are paid, and loans are funded. Finally, youre there at the end, to assure that no funds or property will change hands until all terms have been carried to completion.

Who you are:

Trusted consultant, maintaining a positive, can-do attitude that gives agents and homebuyers alike the confidence that their transaction is in reliable, good hands and will be completed on time.
Problem solver, using your industry knowledge to identify potential issues; recognizing whats wrong, knowing how to fix it, and avoiding unnecessary delays.
Constant learner, staying on top of changing rules and regulations to avoid setbacks and enable transactions to close on time.
People reader, recognizing and adapting to an agents or homebuyers personality and mood to make them feel comfortable, even when delivering bad news; showing empathy to ease their frustration and give them confidence that youre in their corner.
Multi-tasker, highly organized, being able to work a large number of contracts with numerous agents, buyers, and sellers simultaneously under deadline pressure.

Your responsibilities:

Jack 6 or Jill 6 of all trades: Knowing the intricacies of the contract from beginning to end, ensuring that it is closed in a timely, efficient, and error-free manner.
Deevoted to detail: Verifying all paperwork is complete so that escrow closes on time and correctly.
Following the money: Working with lenders and underwriters to ensure that all the Is are dotted and Ts are crossed to fund and complete transactions.
Relationship building: Establishing and maintaining relationships with essential industry players 9 agents, attorneys, lenders, surveyors, and government agencies 9 that enable you to smoothly manage transactions.
Business builder: Reaching out to new agents, earning their confidence and trust, and creating opportunities to market our business; retaining agents by providing them with white-glove service.
Talent builder: Training escrow assistants to open opportunities for advancement; delegating, auditing work, answering questions, and giving direction.
Sealing the deal: Being present at closing and making it a positive, memorable experience for agents and buyers.

Qualifications:

What you must have:

Education: High school diploma or equivalent; take continuing education courses as required.
Experience: Two to three years of escrow experience, both front- and back-end experience.
Certification: Notary public and escrow officer licenses.
Industry awareness: Technical knowledge of closing process.
Computer skills: Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.
Communications skills: Strong written and verbal skills to keep agents, buyers, sellers, and all other parties up to date with the process and work with them to resolve issues.

What wed like you to have: