Escrow Officer

About the company

At Stewart, you’ll be joining a company that was named a 2024-2025 Best Company to Work For by U.S. News & World Report and a 2025 Top Workplace by USA Today. We are committed to helping you own, develop, and nurture your career. We invest in your career journey because as you grow, so does our company. You will be part of an inclusive work environment that reflects the customers we serve, empowered to use your unique experiences, passion, and skills to help our company and the communities we serve constantly evolve and improve. Stewart is a global real estate services company providing title insurance, settlement, underwriting, and lender services through our family of companies.

About the role

Provides escrow services for residential and commercial resale, new construction, refinance, relocation, and timeshare transactions. Responsible for facilitating real estate transactions by providing a high level of customer service and proactive communication 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 neutral liaison between file parties, adhere to company policy, and monitor and mitigate risk to the company.
• Understand how your team integrates with related teams to accomplish objectives.
• Impact the quality, timeliness, and effectiveness of the team through your own work.
• Recognize and solve atypical problems that occur infrequently.
• Evaluate and select solutions from existing precedents or procedures.
• Communicate and explain complex information, including interdependencies within the team and others.
• Work under limited supervision and may use discretion to modify work practices and processes to achieve results or improve efficiency.
• Serve as a resource for less experienced team members; does not have supervisory responsibilities.
• 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.

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.