Mortgage Area Leader

  • Full-time
  • FLSA Status: Exempt
  • Department: Sales and Origination

Company Description

Summit Funding Is Expanding Across the US. 

Summit Funding is recruiting for Area and Branch Leaders and Managers.  We are looking for Producing and/or Non-Producing Managers or Senior Loan Officers with their team(s) of currently producing Loan Officers to join Summit Funding as a new branch or branches. 

Sole owner and CEO Todd Scrima founded Summit Funding in 1995.  While growing his company into the top 35 national retail lender we are today he has remained a loan officer at heart.  And while many mortgage companies are dropping their retail lines, merging, or just plain closing shop we are positioned to be in business long term, regardless of market conditions!

Headquartered in Sacramento, CA, we are adding teams all across the U.S.  Do you have a Branch or Team in a market we aren’t currently in? Let us know, as we are looking to expand nationwide. We are a direct seller servicer with GNMA, FNMA, and FHLMC. 

We Are Growth Minded:
As a Manager with Summit Funding, you have financial control over all aspects of your business
We offer in-house coaching to help your teams grow


We Are Supportive:
We offer competitive pricing and a wide range of products including specialty products (prime, alternative, jumbo, non-QM, etc.)
Our Pod Structured Operations (Processing, Underwriting, Closing) ensure your loans are closed on time and smooth
Our dedicated marketing and technology teams ensure you have access to the cutting-edge tools to grow your business

We Are Relationship-Based:
Todd Scrima personally connects with all the Branch Managers
As a Manager, you have access to all of the leaders within our flat organization

We Offer Seamless Onboarding:
Our experienced Onboarding team will assist you every step of the way with making your transition to Summit as seamless as possible. We want you up and running as badly as you do.

Job Description

The primary responsibility of the Area Manager is to effectively manage, recruit, coach, and motivate their Team Members across multiple branch locations. This position leads the daily activities of their staff and overall origination processes of mortgage loans within their branches to achieve defined sales and quality service goals.

What our Area Managers are responsible for:

  • Ensure branches operate in full compliance with all federal, state, regulatory and Company policies and procedures.
  • Lead Loan Officers in building mortgage loan volume and realtor relationships.
  • Effectively communicate goals and policy changes to staff on a regular basis, through weekly Pipeline Meetings, bi-monthly Sales Meetings, and monthly Branch Meetings.
  • Maintain an active recruitment pipeline and regularly conduct interviews with prospective sales, support, and general branch staff.
  • Oversee area performance through the hiring, training, advancement, and turnover of staff; complete performance evaluations as needed.
  • Be present on Company Branch Manager calls and retreats.
  • Manage Profit and Loss of branches in the area.

Qualifications

  • Minimum two or more years of recent experience leading large teams of originators or multiple branch locations with origination teams producing an average of 20 loans a month
  • Minimum of three or more years of current or prior experience originating residential home loans generated from self-sourced leads through referral partners
  • Active or inactive NMLS License
  • Commitment to be a great leader.

Base salary ranges between $30,000 to $70,000 annually with unlimited commission-earning potential, our average Area Leader earned $675,000 in 2022.

Apply today or click the link below to request more information from our Sales Leadership

Hybrid and Fully Remote opportunities are available depending on experience.

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