MICHAEL J. FITZSIMMONS
St. Louis, MO 63116
Cell Phone 314-***-****
Email: **************@*****.***
QUALIFICATIONS
Over nine (9) years of experience servicing a full small business loan portfolio consisting
of both local and federal funding sources including CDBG, EDA and SBA as well as
servicing a large agricultural loan portfolio and many years of general office experience.
Successful writing and computer skills related to general office duties. Strong general
communication skills and familiarity and experience with the business community of St.
Louis, MO. Skills and experience using several industry specific accounting and
commercial lending software programs including Mars, an Oracle based accounting
system and Loan Management System, a Windows based system for government
agencies.
EDUCATION
1994 Bachelor of Arts – English, University of Missouri – St. Louis
Emphasis on English literature, writing and business writing.
EMPLOYMENT
8-2012 – 11-2012 Contract Mortgage Loss Mitigation Spc 1, US Bank – (St. Louis)
Worked as a Relationship Manager for a residential loan portfolio.
This position served as a single point of contact for any borrowers
whose accounts were eligible for loss mitigation, active in loss
mitigation or in the foreclosure process. As an RM I was
responsible for managing the borrower relationship throughout
the entire delinquency or imminent default resolution process.
10-201*-*-**** Contract Office/Compliance Manager; Ability Building &
Restoration – (St. Louis) Managed small subcontractor
construction office. This position required regular daily office
management and coordination. This involved weekly tasks
including payroll and timesheet preparation, employee and labor
union inquiries and certified payroll preparation. Also was
involved with some contract review as well as coordination with
Federal, State and Local certifications. I also prepared all Change
Orders in this position and did follow up for business proposals as
well as many other small office tasks such as handling phones,
monitoring office supplies, running errands and office equipment
maintenance.
6-201*-*-**** Contract Associate; Landsafe Title (A Division of Bank of
America) – (St. Louis) I worked in the subordination department
of Bank of American handling 3rd party lender requests for
subordinations. This involved heavy document investigation and
retrieval as well as research into different loan types for home
lending services including MHA and FHA programs as well as
other loan product types. I also was responsible for production of
subordination documents with certain lenders. The position
required the ability to multitask and work independently at a fast
pace. Heavy computer experience was needed and gained along
the way in this position. I used two large loan databases that were
specific to Bank of America.
Administrative Assistant; Allied Realty Group (St. Louis) Handled
6.2009.8.2009
the telephones, scheduling of property showings, taking of work
orders and general office duties for a very busy property
management company. I also did filing and reporting of tenant
complaints for which there were numerous complaints and also did
some property showings. This position used Microsoft Outlook
heavily as well as some Microsoft Word. This position used a data
-base called Tenant Pro.
9-200*-*-**** Loan Specialist; Rabo Agrifinance, (St. Louis) I serviced a full
agricultural loan portfolio across 37 of the western United States
for the home office of a U.S. agricultural lender. I was responsible
for daily reconciliation of accounting records, payment posting via
check, wire transfer, direct debit, electronic payment and lockbox
transmission as well as the daily bank deposit and monthly closing.
I was responsible for generating paperwork to start release
documents for paid off loans as well as applying funds for paid off
loans as well as numerous other loan maintenance record keeping
duties and general office duties. Continued experience in
Microsoft software as well as the MARS Loan Management
system, an oracle based accounting software program.
2000 – 2006 Loan Portfolio Manager, St. Louis Development Corporation, (St.
Louis) I serviced a full small business loan portfolio for the Local
Development Company, a registered CDC in St. Louis City. Our
funding sources included the SBA, EDA and Community
Development Block Grant funding. I took all borrower requests
related to change of collateral, subordinations, prepayments. I
tracked job creation criteria related to each loan. My duties also
included annual reports for SBA, EDA and CDBG/HUD. I worked
with staff attorney and accountants on release of documents after
payoffs and worked on work-out agreements with delinquent
borrowers. I did site visits for our loan portfolio and did file
compliance for our funding source such as making sure each file
had proof of insurance and yearly financial reports. I was the lone
contact between the agency and borrowers and required me to have
excellent independent work skills. I used Microsoft Office
extensively as well as a Loan Management Software.
1999 Report Writer; Senne, Kelsey & Associates, (St. Louis) Wrote reports for
a team of forensic engineers working as expert witnesses in litigation.
Worked with the engineers to write and prepare reports for cases in which
their engineering expertise was being requested by attorneys.
1998 Writer; Schmitt-Profit Tools, (St. Louis) Wrote copy for a small catalog
company specializing in plumbing and industrial supplies. Wrote and
proofread small caption copy underneath photos or drawings in the
catalog.
1997-1998 Assistant to the President of Sheet Metal Workers Union; Local 93, (St.
Louis) Worked on a variety of projects including tracking pension
contribution and contract compliance. Wrote documents for the President
of a Labor Union. Helped the office get their information into a new
database.
1996-1997 Administrative Asst.; AMI (A division of Southwestern Bell), (St. Louis)
Worked in the relocation division of SW Bell Telephone in a variety of
capacities using my writing skills. Continued experience with Microsoft
software and internet research.
1994-1995 Claims adjuster; National States Insurance Company, (St. Louis)
Worked specifically with general compliance of Medicare claims.
Experience in Microsoft office.
errands and office equipment maintenance.
PERSONAL INTERESTS
Golf, film, attending sporting events and playing guitar in a couple of bands when I have
the time.