Customer Service Specialist, I

Our Mortgage Servicing platform has continued to grow by focusing resources on excellent execution of our key competencies, including customer service, delinquency management, default management, loan administration, analytics and investor reporting – all while preserving home ownership and providing world-class servicing. We’re always building our mortgage business with our customers in mind.

What We Offer:

• Comprehensive healthcare plans for you and your family.
• Access to several fitness, restaurant, retail (and more!) discounts through our employee portal.
• Customized training programs to help you advance your career.
• Employee referral bonuses so you’ll get the opportunity to work with friends (and get some extra cash in your pocket!).
• Educational Reimbursement.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Customer Service Specialist I will be responsible for providing excellent customer service by answering a large volume of incoming calls and third party inquiries regarding existing real estate mortgage loans primarily handling inbound calls and outbound calls to borrowers due for current month. Resolve customer issues as quickly as possible while providing accurate and timely information within company policies and all applicable regulations. Perform all duties in accordance with the company’s policies and procedures, all US state and federal laws and regulations, wherein the company operates.

The Customer Service Specialist I level is the entry level role in the job family and generally handles the least complex inbound calls; escalates more complex call as appropriate.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Answer least complex incoming calls, via an Automated Call Distribution system (ACD), from borrowers and third parties with inquiries about existing mortgage loans.
• Deliver accurate and timely information to callers in a courteous and professional manner, striving for first-call resolution whenever feasible and in compliance with all applicable regulations.
• Refer more complex or complicated calls to qualified team member.
• Perform necessary steps to provide call resolution which may include setup and routing of process tasks, email or phone contact with supporting departments.
• Track, follow-up and complete customer call backs to ensure inquiry resolution.
• Collect payments whenever necessary and appropriate.
• Document call details, such as nature of call, customer comments, follow-up dates, etc., in mortgage servicing system.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND COMPETENCIES:

• Knowledge of Fair Debt Collection Practices Act preferred.
• Knowledge of relevant and industry-specific computer software packages preferred.
• Basic negotiation skills.
• Ability to understand problems and to collaborate and explore alternative solutions.
• Ability to make decisions that have moderate impact on the immediate work unit.
• Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide and to record, balance, and check results for accuracy.
• Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, communicating orally with others accurately, audibly, and quickly.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalent work experience.
• Customer service/call center experience preferred, but not required.
• Banking, Mortgage/Loan Servicing industry experience preferred, but not required.

EEO/AAP Employer

Carrington maintains the necessary infrastructure to ensure stability and maximize value during any market cycle. We are a fully integrated mortgage company supporting our customers by providing a broad range of real estate services encompassing nearly all aspects of single family residential real estate transactions in the United States.

1600 S. Douglass Road, Anaheim, CA (1600), 92806, US