Senior Conveyancer

Ithemba Recruitment- Sourcing Top Talent; Umhlanga Rocks; On-site; ZAR 334,800 - 558,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Conveyancing Underwriter to join their Durban office. The successful candidate will handle end-to-end underwriting processes for offshore clients, ensuring accuracy and compliance in all matters. A minimum of 3 years experience in conveyancing or property law in a legal firm or insurance company is required, along with a completed LLB or BA(Law). The ideal candidate will have excellent attention to detail and the ability to deliver against targets and SLAs.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years experience in conveyancing or property law, gained in a legal firm or insurance company.
• Ability to conduct verification and compliance checks for purchasers/borrowers.
• Proficient in assessing and reviewing property deals.

Responsibilities

• Undertake end-to-end conveyancing underwriting processes for offshore clients.
• Liaise with offshore law firms and stakeholders regarding deals.
• Deliver on all Client and Companies agreed targets and SLAs.

Skills

Attention to detail

Verification and compliance checks

Client relations

Fraud identification

Research skills

Education

Completed LLB or BA(Law)

Job description

The role holder supports the offshore Conveyancing Underwriting matters and will be based in the Durban office, attending to title underwriting matters in various countries within a range of scenarios across their provinces including (end-to-end underwriting processes, title reviews, survey reviews, property report inspections, fraud identification and ad hoc underwriting issues). Primary responsibilities include assessing deals as they are received into the software application, reviewing the deal summary and documents, attending to property and seller searches, investigating and requesting for further necessary information/documents, reporting on deals, and confirming deals for auto-processing. The role holder will need to possess excellent attention to detail as secondary decisions are based on the underwriters review of information.

• Undertaking end-to-end conveyancing underwriting processes for offshore clients
• Verification and compliance checks for purchasers / borrowers
• Liaising with offshore law firms and other stakeholders regarding deals
• Maintain confidentiality in all matters
• Good planning to ensure daily/weekly tasks and reports are completed
• Identify and track fraud alerts
• Delivering on all Client and Companies agreed targets and SLAs
• Providing continuous improvement insights and reports
• Researching global property legal concepts, rules and regulations
• Completed LLB or BA(Law)
• Minimum of 3 years experience of conveyancing / property law, gained in a legal firm or insurance company