Homebuilder Finance Loan Administrator Manager at Columbia Banking System in Washington, DC

Job description

About the Role: Provides organizational leadership and day-to-day management for a team of front-line loan administration professionals supporting the Homebuilder Finance group within the Commercial Real Estate Division (CRED). This role requires a strong background in commercial real estate lending, loan closing, and construction or homebuilder finance , with hands-on knowledge of complex loan documentation, closing requirements, funding processes, and post-closing administration. The ideal candidate brings experience leading teams in a fast-paced lending environment while maintaining strong controls, accuracy, and service standards throughout the loan lifecycle. The role also oversees construction draw administration and ongoing loan servicing activities , requiring familiarity with draw requests, documentation review, funding conditions, borrower requirements, and coordination across lending, credit, legal, operations, and other internal partners. The successful candidate should be an experienced people leader who can coach and develop loan administration professionals, improve operational processes, manage competing priorities, and proactively resolve complex issues. Experience supporting commercial construction, residential development, or homebuilder lending portfolios is particularly valuable, along with the ability to balance strong risk management and operational discipline with responsive support for relationship teams and clients.. Responsible for maintaining a high level of real estate loan closing and construction lending/disbursement expertise within department; overall operations integrity within department(s) Providing closing/technical counsel to loan administrators; providing construction review and disbursement guidance to HBF loan administrators and production team. Monitors results and remediation of audit findings; promotes and maintains efficient operations processes designed to achieve the highest levels of customer service. Assists in the development and implementation of Bank-wide operating procedures, practices and controls to ensure compliance with bank policies/regulations. Identifies hires, motivates and retains top talent. Recommends, formulates and tests continuous process improvements and quality control procedures in concert with loan support services. Applies these improvements relative to training and implementation with the goal of streamlining processes and increasing productivity. Confers with senior and executive management to coordinate operations and activities. Provides expertise and recommendations to the business units regarding process, procedures, and best practices. Ensures proper standards are implemented in order to safeguard the company assets. Excellent communication and management skills with ability to manage diverse work groups operating from remote locations. Demonstrates compliance with all bank regulations for assigned job function and applies to designated job responsibilities – knowledge may be gained through coursework and on-the-job training. Keeps up to date on regulation changes. Follows all Bank policies and procedures, compliance regulations, and completes all required annual or job-specific training. Maintain a working knowledge of Bank's written policies and procedures regarding Bank Secrecy Act, Regulation CC, Regulation E, Bank Security and other regulations as applicable to this job description. May be asked to coach, mentor, or train others and teach coursework as subject matter expert. Actively learns, demonstrates, and fosters the Columbia corporate culture in all actions and words. Takes personal initiative and is a positive example for others to emulate. Embraces our vision to become “Business Bank of Choice” May perform other duties as assigned. About You: Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, a related field or equivalent work experience. Required 7 years + of relevant experience and an in-depth understanding of Commercial Real Estat