The next part of your journey is right around the corner — with The Standard.

A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?

Job Summary

This team manages the end-to-end closing process for commercial real estate loans, ensuring compliance with legal, underwriting, and company requirements. You'll handle loan document preparation, title and escrow coordination, funding, and due diligence. Your role will include reviewing title reports, analyzing borrowing entities, and ensuring all transaction requirements are met on time. Attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple transactions efficiently are key to success in this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a pipeline of transactions, ensuring timely closings while analyzing loan commitments and coordinating with title, escrow, and legal teams.

• Review and analyze title reports, title policies, and endorsements to assess risks and ensure compliance with the company’s collateral requirements.

• Evaluate complex borrowing entities, reviewing entity documentation and verifying the borrower’s authority to execute the loan.

• Prepare and send accurate loan documents, escrow instructions, and funding wire packages, ensuring all terms and requirements are met.

• Maintain accurate records in systems, track pipeline status, and contribute to system enhancements and document management.

Skills and Background You’ll Need 

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent. Associate’s degree is preferred.

Experience: At least 6 months of experience in commercial real estate finance, including loan document preparation and title analysis.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams), Adobe Acrobat DC, and cloud platforms like Box, OneDrive, and SharePoint.

• Strong communication, organizational, and critical thinking skills.

• Experience with commercial real estate title reviews, surveys, and legal due diligence.

Key Behaviors of a Successful Candidate

• Driving Success: Acts with urgency, pursues ambitious goals and shows resilience in the face of obstacles and setbacks.                

• Adaptability: Sees possibilities in changing circumstances, accepts and understands change and alters behavior as necessary.                        

• Improvement Mindset: Continually seeks new ways to create business/ customer value by identifying and implementing opportunities for improved efficiency, effectiveness and innovation.                          

Why Join The Standard?

We have built an enduring legacy of stability, financial strength and exceptional customer service through the contributions of the service-oriented people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard you can expect:

• A rich benefits package including medical, dental, vision and a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions

• An annual incentive bonus plan

• Generous paid time off including 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours annually — PTO increases with tenure

• A supportive, responsive management approach and opportunities for career growth and advancement 

• Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance

• An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools

In addition to the competitive salary range below, our employee-focused benefits support work-life balance. Learn more about working at The Standard.

• Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on a variety of factors including individual and organizational performance.

The actual compensation for this role will be based on a combination of education and experience, knowledge and skills, position budget, internal equity, and market data.

Salary Range:

Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Mortgage Investors, LLC, StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., and American Heritage Life Insurance Company and American Heritage Service Company, marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. Except where precluded by state or federal law, The Standard will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. The Standard offers a drug- and alcohol-free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on The Standard's property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation and employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. After any conditional offer of employment is made, the background check will include an individualized assessment based on the applicant’s specific record and the duties and requirements of the specific job. Applicants will be provided an opportunity to explain and correct background information. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.