Mortgage Underwriter

We are hiring a Mortgage Underwriter, Excalibur
**Reporting To**: Manager, Residential Underwriting (Excalibur)
**Full-Time/Part
- Time**: Full-time
**Salary Range**: $58,462-$93,538
**Posting Date**: June 16, 2025
**Closing Date**: June 30, 2025
**Hours of Work**: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
**Grade**: 12.7
**Office Location**: Vancouver, BC
**What we offer**:
Highly competitive compensation package which includes, base salary, bonus, benefits, and career advancement opportunities
- Eligibility for benefits is dependent on the terms of employment

The Opportunity
**How you will contribute**:

- Negotiate loan terms (where applicable) in order to satisfy the interests of the broker, the client and First National.
- Prioritize deals in Workflow queue in order to minimize turnaround time.

**Produce/underwrite mortgage commitments**:

- Select required conditions on each deal to be satisfied by the solicitor and the broker prior to funding.
- Using the Merlin underwriting system, input: selected conditions, credit information, property details, and borrower information.
- Issues commitments and updates the system accordingly.

**Skills and Attributes**:

- Organizational skills to manage several ongoing and competing tasks at one time
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Demonstrated proficiency in oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Ability to deal effectively with difficult customer situations to maintain customer satisfaction and loyalty

**The experience you need**:Education/Certification/Experience Requirements**:

- Post-secondary education and/or equivalent work experience preferred
- 2 years mortgage underwriting experience required
- Competency in MS Office; capacity to learn new technologies/systems

**The experience you need**:

- Post-secondary education and/or equivalent work experience preferred
- 2 years mortgage underwriting experience required
- Competency in MS Office; capacity to learn new technologies/systems

**Working Environment and Physical Demands Analysis**:

- Office environment
- Periods of high volume with tight timelines
- Long periods of stationary position/sitting
- Prolonged periods of repetitive movement (i.e. using a keyboard and mouse)
- Long periods of time in viewing a computer screen
- Multi-tasking may include speaking to customers on a telephone call while looking up information on a computer program.

Why join First National?
- Competitive Compensation
- Comprehensive benefits program (i.e., Health Spending Account, Maternity and Parental Leave Top Up)
- Hybrid working environment
- Extensive training programs to set our employees up for success
- Modern office environment conducive to collaboration
- Supportive teamwork culture
- Opportunities to give back to the communities and work through events focused on a variety of charities
- Ongoing social events throughout the year

**The team you’ll join**:
Founded in 1988, First National is one of Canada’s largest non-bank lenders. We provide residential mortgages exclusively through the mortgage broker channel and we are Canada’s largest commercial mortgage lender.
First National has been consistently recognized as a great place to work and we are proud that our employee engagement feedback is higher than our industry partners.
First National is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender identity, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation and any other category protected by law.
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