Associate Manager, Originations (OMS)

<div class="content-intro"><p><a href="https://www.sofi.com/sofi-employee-applicant-privacy-notice/" target="_blank"><strong>Employee Applicant Privacy Notice</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Who we are:</strong></p> <div> <p>Shape a brighter financial future with us.</p> <p>Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance.</p> <p>We’re a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront. We’re proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people’s lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way. <strong>Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world.</strong></p> </div></div><p><strong>The Role:</strong></p> <p>The Associate Manager, Originations will directly manage and support a team of Originations Specialists (OMS) focused on helping members complete the SoFi loan application process. The Associate Manager is responsible for driving business and process changes to ensure SoFi members and employees have an exceptional experience. </p> <p><strong>What You’ll Do: </strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Lead: Independently manage a team of up to 15 Originations Specialists ensuring the team is following procedures, providing excellent customer service and processing loan applications that meet SoFi’s standards for quality and member experience. Set and motivate your team to achieve performance goals by defining clear objectives, responsibilities, and priorities</p> </li> <li> <p>Learn: Gain a deep understanding of the member experience at every step of the application process. This knowledge will help you support your team as they have questions, come across new trends and learn new areas of lending operations.</p> </li> <li> <p>Coach: Develop team members both in loan processing and in customer interactions via phone, chat, SMS, and email </p> </li> <li> <p>Improve: Identify opportunities to improve the experience of our members and employees who support our members every day. Reducing friction without compromising quality or introducing risk</p> </li> <li> <p>Monitor: Track day-to-day activities of functional areas to ensure compliance to internal policy, legal, and pertinent regulations. Establish, monitor, and maintain internal policies and procedures as well as business continuity plans</p> </li> <li> <p>Respond: Identify, escalate issues, and propose recommended solutions regarding potential issues with process, systems, and operations inefficiencies as they happen</p> </li> <li> <p>Hire: Hire, train, and coach new Specialists on our Lending products and processes </p> </li> <li> <p>Grow: Care for your direct reports by forming their broader career goals into realistic, actionable steps that you work together on</p> </li> <li> <p>Smile: Challenge the status quo every day with a positive and productive mindset</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>What You’ll Need:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>1-2 years of experience managing the output and performance of others in a call center environment, preferably within the financial services industry</p> </li> <li> <p>2-3 years of experience in customer service, lending application review, trust+safety, sales, or similar function</p> </li> <li> <p>Experience training, motivating, monitoring, and supporting teams of customer service agents in a metric-driven environment</p> </li> <li> <p>Knowledge of speaking directly with customers on escalated issues</p> </li> <li> <p>Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills </p> </li> <li> <p>Ability to react to change quickly and implement new processes procedures</p> </li> <li> <p>Work independently with little or no supervision</p> </li> <li> <p>Ability to analyze data sets, confirm the integrity of the data, and draw conclusions</p> </li> <l ... (truncated, view full listing at source)