First American is looking to add a Commercial Title Assistant to our growing team in Washington, DC. First American sets the standard for excellence in the commercial real estate space. In this role, you will work in a dynamic, fast-paced setting supporting our Commercial Title team in a wide range of duties including creating and maintaining title files and documenting and recording all research. This position administratively supports timely escrow closings and title recordings for transactions ranging from single site to high-liability multi-site commercial real estate transactions. You will play a key role in coordinating the resolution and completion of the commercial title process.
What You’ll Do:
- Support the closing process of commercial real estate transactions by assisting with administering escrow accounts, making deposits, issuing checks, building, and disbursing wires, preparing invoices, routing title comments and underwriting requests, ordering title and tax updates, assembling and calculating pricing information, recording fees and transfer tax information
- Provide client support including responding to order updates and status requests
- Search, examine, and interpret commercial real estate documents
- Audit calculations and legal documents for accuracy
- Communicate recording information and prepare legal property documents such as endorsements and supplementals
- Conduct title research to compile chain of title
- Create title files and prepare endorsements and supplemental documents
What You’ll Bring:
- Passion for helping customers while maintaining a professional and positive attitude
- Excellent verbal and written communication with both our internal team and external customers
- Problem solver who has strong organizational skills, is detail oriented, with an eagerness to learn
- Natural curiosity, enjoys researching the history and background of transactions
- Thrives in contributing to a team where we come together to deliver beyond customer expectations
- Knowledge of MS Office suite and ability to quickly adapt to new software applications and technologies
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 2+ years of commercial title related experience preferred
This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.
What We OfferBy choice, we don’t simply accept individuality – we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First Culture celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion not simply because it’s the right thing to do, but also because it’s the key to our success. We are proud to foster an authentic and inclusive workplace For All. You are free and encouraged to bring your entire, unique self to work. First American is an equal opportunity employer in every sense of the term.Based on eligibility, First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.
What We Do
First American provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment. The First American Family of Companies’ core business lines include title insurance and closing/settlement services; title plant management services; title and other real property records and images; valuation products and services; home warranty products; property and casualty insurance; and banking, trust, and investment advisory services. First American Title Insurance Company provides comprehensive title insurance protection and professional settlement services for homebuyers and sellers, real estate agents and brokers, mortgage lenders, commercial property professionals, homebuilders and developers, title agencies and legal professionals to facilitate real estate purchases, construction, refinances or equity loans. First American's thorough title searches, title clearance and title insurance policies help to produce clear property titles and enable the efficient transfer of real estate. As one of the largest title insurance companies in the nation, First American offers title insurance and settlement services through its direct operations and an extensive network of agents throughout the United States and internationally. First American Title Insurance Company traces its history to 1889 and is the largest subsidiary of First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF).
