Escrow Officer

About the company

Stewart is a global real estate services company providing title insurance, settlement, underwriting, and lender services. As a Stewart employee, you’ll join a company recognized as a 2024-2025 Best Company to Work For by U.S. News & World Report and a 2025 Top Workplace by USA Today. We foster an inclusive work environment that reflects the customers we serve and empower employees to use their unique experiences, passion, and skills to help our company and communities evolve and improve.

About the role

Provides escrow services for residential and commercial resale, new construction, refinance, relocation, and timeshare transactions. Acts as a neutral liaison between file parties, ensuring adherence to company policy while monitoring and mitigating risk. This role involves facilitating real estate transactions through proactive communication and high-level customer service to both internal and external customers throughout the closing process.

Responsibilities

• Handle real estate transactions by establishing new escrow accounts, managing funds, processing documents for closings, and completing settlements in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Act as a resource for less experienced team members without supervisory responsibilities.
• Recognize and solve atypical problems using existing precedents or procedures.
• Communicate complex information, including interdependencies within the team and with others.
• Work under limited supervision, modifying work practices and processes to achieve results or improve efficiency.
• Impact the quality, timeliness, and effectiveness of the team through individual contributions.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

• High school diploma required; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Typically requires 5+ years of related work experience.

Pay

The base salary range for this role is $47,831.39 - $79,718.99 annually. Actual offers will be based on the candidate’s knowledge, skills, education, experience, location, market conditions, and other compensation components.

Benefits

Stewart offers eligible employees a competitive benefits package that includes:

• A variety of health and wellness insurance options and programs.
• Paid time off.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Employee stock purchase program.
• Employee discounts.