Loan Quality Analyst

Overview

Conduct loan quality reviews, maintain control frameworks, and support audits in CRE finance.

Key Responsibilities

• exception reporting
• dashboard reporting
• vendor compliance
• loan review
• control testing
• audit support

Tasks

-Run exception reports and reconciliations for critical data elements; investigate mismatches and coordinate with business and technology teams to resolve issues. -Maintain policy and guide-update records, including calendars, version history, implementation trackers, and supporting evidence (procedures, trainings, system updates). -Track vendor compliance by maintaining the registry of screenings, insurance/continuity confirmations, information-security reviews, and expirations. -Prepare reporting dashboards and concise summaries highlighting trends, repeat defects, time-to-closure, owners, and due dates. -Perform loan reviews, including end-to-end file testing and thematic checks against agency guides and internal standards; produce reproducible workpapers; escalate KYC/AML exceptions. -Execute assigned evaluation steps to test design and operating effectiveness, documenting steps, evidence, and conclusions. -Support audits by logging requests, tracking submissions, assembling response packages, and ensuring corrective actions are validated through closure. -Maintain the Underwriting & Closing control framework by updating the control inventory (objectives, controls, owners, frequency, evidence) and keeping the evidence library current. -Manage the tracker of management action plans: update status, collect closure evidence, publish weekly/monthly aging, and escalate overdue items.

Requirements

• advanced excel
• power bi
• underwriting
• bachelor’s
• communication
• agency programs

What You Bring

-Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and advanced Excel proficiency; ability to learn BI tools (Power BI or Tableau). -Attendance is generally required from 8:30 am – 5:30 pm local time, Tuesday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. -Familiarity with multifamily agency programs (e.g., Fannie Mae DUS, Freddie Mac Optigo) preferred. -Clear written and verbal communication skills; dependable follow-through across multiple deadlines. -1+ years of experience in underwriting, closing, loan review/quality control, or a documentation-intensive commercial real estate finance role. -Courtesy, respect, and thoughtfulness in teaming with colleagues and other stakeholders. -Ability to show ownership of your work, take on challenges and acknowledge growth opportunities, and demonstrate patience when learning new processes. -Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field required (or equivalent relevant work experience).

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Benefits

-The opportunity to join one of Fortune Magazine’s Great Places to Work winners from 2015-2023 -Career development opportunities -401(k) + match -Company-paid life, short and long-term disability insurance -Health Savings Account and Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending -Competitive dental and vision benefits -A robust health and wellness program – earn cash rewards and gain access to resources that -Pre-tax transit and commuting benefits -Up to 83% subsidized medical payroll deductions -Comprehensive benefit options* that have earned Walker & Dunlop the silver level of the 2022 Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation™, some of which include: -Empowerment and encouragement to give back – volunteer hours and donation matching -Paid maternity and parental leave, as well as other family paid leave programs

About Walker & Dunlop

-Provides capital solutions for commercial real estate transactions across multiple sectors. -Diverse portfolio includes financing for residential, industrial, commercial, and mixed-use projects. -Offers capital markets, loan servicing, investment sales, and agency lending services. -Notable projects include financing for major office buildings, residential complexes, and large-scale industrial facilities. -Continuously innovates with technology to enhance financial solutions.

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Security Clearance

-background checks will be done after a conditional offer is accepted; fair chance hiring applies.