Senior Underwriter

4 weeks ago

Dallas, Texas, United States Berkshire Farm Center & Services for Youth Full time

Company Overview

Berkshire Residential Investments is a people-first real estate investment company that values individual skills and perspectives to serve employees, investors, residents, and stakeholders. We empower our team members to bring their full, authentic selves to work each day.

Position Summary

The Senior Underwriter will review underwriting and due diligence of transitional loans in the MF1 program, providing timely review and feedback to underwriters, problem-solving and escalating credit issues, and serving as a resource to underwriting and deal teams.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure consistent underwriting policies, procedures, and processes are in place and followed.
  • Be the go-to for underwriting issues from internal and external partners.
  • Review underwriting packages prior to distribution to the Investment Committee, anticipating and addressing credit issues.
  • Monitor status and progress of all deals in underwriting, solving or elevating issues that arise during due diligence.
  • Gain credibility as a trusted resource to senior management, knowledgeable and conversant on each deal.
  • Regularly communicate with the deal team on deal-level issues to ensure proper loan structure and credit.
  • Review third-party reports and due diligence to ensure early identification and mitigation of risks.
  • Review Borrower Organizational Charts and due diligence to ensure program requirements are met.
  • Ensure questions raised by the IC are addressed, in coordination with the underwriter.
  • Ensure outstanding deal/transaction issues are resolved prior to closing.

Knowledge/Experience

  • A seasoned real estate professional with comprehensive knowledge of the residential sector.
  • Savvy and experienced underwriting, structuring, and monitoring of multifamily debt transactions.
  • Experience with transitional assets, construction draw reviews, and/or value-add renovations a plus.
  • Experience with GSE multifamily lending programs preferred.
  • Special Servicing, Loan Restructuring/Workout, and Distressed Loan experience a plus.
  • Experience in both debt and equity transactions a plus.
  • Knowledge of full capital structures.
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
  • Ability to work independently and influence and persuade stakeholders.
  • Ability to travel for site inspections.
  • Demonstrated management skills with a track record of building teams and identifying, mentoring, and growing talent.
  • Aptitude for organizing, prioritizing, and managing multiple priorities.
  • Demonstrated multi-modal communication style that reaches every stakeholder.
  • Collaborative working style with inclusive work and thinking behaviors.
  • Demonstrate emotional intelligence in high-pressure situations.
  • Ability to see, analyze, and understand business dealings in terms of the overall business plan.
  • Represent the Berkshire employment brand well to candidates.
  • Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information and communications.
  • Develop productive working relationships with all team members.
  • Demonstrated high level of ethics and integrity.

Technical/Educational Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field; MBA or related master's degree a plus.
  • Demonstrated advanced financial modeling and Excel skills required.
  • Demonstrated ability to use and learn new technology.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Suite of Products.
  • Yardi experience preferred.
  • Investment analytical skills and advanced Excel modeling capabilities.

Berkshire Residential offers a comprehensive benefits package, focusing on employees' total health and wellness. We offer programs and incentives that promote physical, mental, financial, and behavioral wellbeing both within and beyond our workplace.

Berkshire Residential values diversity and inclusion. We are committed to providing equal opportunity in all practices, including employees and applicants for employment. We ensure that decisions affecting employees are made without regard to their race, color, creed, national origin, age, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other protected status.

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