Olga Ovchinnikova
**** **** ****, *** ****, CA **117
Cell: 415-***-****, Home: 408-***-****
E-mail: ********@*****.***
Summary of Qualifications
Over 5 years of Underwriting Management experience, leading medium sized teams, training and mentoring co-workers, and conducting performance reviews.
Over 10 years of experience in credit underwriting (automated and manual), credit portfolio management, including conforming/non-conforming, low to moderate income products, policies and guidelines, home equity lines of credit, residential lending and sub- prime lending, FNMA, Freddie Mac, Federal Home Loan, Mortgage Insurance, Loan Servicing, Federal and State Compliance policies and procedures.
Professional Experience
Bank of America, San Jose CA
AVP/Loan Review Team Lead (July 2006 – August 2014)
Managed Team of Loan Review Analysts responsible for reviewing and approving residential mortgage loan application packages by ensuring compliance within the appropriate company standards, policies and mortgage products
Performed 2nd level reviews of the completed underwrites in accordance with company guidelines, policies, procedures, legal and regulatory compliance and communicated results to the reviewers in order to ensure best quality of underwrites.
Organized meetings with the Team and the Management in order to mitigate emerging risks, discuss process improvements and come up with the best business policies and procedures
Monitored daily pipeline and assigned work to ensure that loans are underwritten in a timely manner
Responsible for Reports and Tracking utilizing Excel spreadsheets and current databases
Established and wrote policies and procedure manuals, job aids and other training materials
Responsible for Mentoring and Coaching as a Team Lead, Performance Review creation and administration, hiring and performance management process
Reviewed and approved residential mortgage loan application packages by ensuring compliance within the appropriate company standards, policies and mortgage products (portfolio and salable conventional, FHA mortgage loans, conforming and non-conforming 1st and 2nd loans in compliance with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and investor guidelines)
Evaluated the financial strength of borrowers by analyzing loan documents including credit reports, W-2s and pay stubs, personal and business tax returns, bank statements, property appraisals and field reviews, preliminary title reports, condominium documents, leases and contracts and other related documents to reveal comprehensive credit risk profile and repayment capacity
Performed desktop underwriting and loan prospector duties within FNMA/FHLMC guidelines.
Maintained productivity level of 5-8 loans per day with a 24-hour turn around time for clearing conditions; determining compliance within agency & investor guidelines, with no errors and omissions, reviewing each file for fraud detection.
Assisted Negotiations Team in decision-making process by reviewing and underwriting loans for Impasse calls, completing final loan reviews and communicated findings during scheduled meetings in order to present best defense arguments or recommend loans for repurchase.
Washington Mutual, Campbell CA/ Pleasanton, CA
Underwriter (December 2004 – July 2006)
Reviewed and approved residential mortgage loan application packages by ensuring compliance within the appropriate company standards, policies and mortgage products (portfolio and salable conventional)
Demonstrated extensive knowledge in income calculations: (both, W-2 and Tax Returns (Sch. C; Sch. E, Sch. K-1) and strong experience in analysis of collateral
Always communicated results and issues to the account executives and brokers and assisted loan
processors in signing off conditions; follow-through with borrowers, loan processors, loan originators
and management throughout all phases of the underwriting process.
Generated various reports per management request
Transnational Financial Network, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Sales Supervisor/ Underwriter / Sr. Broker Coordinator (December 2000 - December 2004)
Managed and maintained production system
Supervised and trained account executives
Analyzed and processed loan application packages, including automated and manual underwriting, to
ensure compliance with underwriting guidelines, lending policies and procedures
Performed quality control of the loan files to ensure compliance with regulatory mandates
Made recommendations for error prevention and/or procedural changes to solve problems uncovered as part of the review process
Performed review and sign-off brokers’ conditions and prepared decision documents for credit actions
Prepared rate sheets, matrixes, flyers in compliance with program guidelines, locked loans
Reviewed and analyzed purchase advises
Computer Skills
Computer: Systems: Multiple automated underwriting systems
Bank Internal applications/audit systems
Automated compliance evaluation systems
Fraud research/AML systems and databases
Software: Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Advanced knowledge of Excel
Professional Development and Education:
Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Masters of Science in Business Administration with concentration in Finance
International School of Business, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Investment exchange activities and securities transactions
European Bank for Reconstruction and development, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Training Course based on the Program of European Bank for Reconstruction and development
Real Estate Salesperson license # 01371745 (issued on 03/05/03; exp.11/03/19)
FHA Online University (http://www.fhatraining.org)
FHA/VA Underwriting class (completed on 01/23/09)
Bank of America professional development classes:
Extensive Underwriting Training
Compliance Training
Risk Management Training
Advanced Excel Training