MARK BERMAN
Unit **A
Florham Park, NJ 07932
******@*******.***
SUMMARY OF
QUALIFICATIONS: Accomplished Banking professional. Experienced and effective manager. Excellent quality control and communication skills.
EXPERIENCE:
02/07-7/23 VALLEY BANK
Wayne, New Jersey
Assistant Vice President/Manager, Commercial Post Closing
•Promoted to Manager from Assistant Manager in 2009.
•Promoted from Banking Officer to Assistant Vice President in 2020.
•Manage a staff of two Mortgage Satisfaction Clerks.
•Process mortgage collateral releases and UCC terminations through Lien Solutions.
•Calculate fees for payoff letters regarding collateral to be cancelled of record on loans in the payoff process.
•Create reports for senior management.
•Audit new commercial mortgage files for accuracy.
•Involved with outsourcing of insurance process.
•Review hazard, liability and flood insurance for accuracy; communicate with insurance companies and loan officers to resolve issues.
•Process Flood Searches through Core Logic.
•Communicate with title companies and attorneys to retrieve outstanding recorded collateral documents, title policies and resolve issues
with problem documents.
•Maintain recorded document/and insurance tracking database.
•Perform Quality Control audit on the Smart Search scanning / imaging database.
•Process Lien Solutions, Core Logic and Statewide Reports monthly billing in Concur Solutions for payment.
08/06 – 01/07 AFFINITY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION (CUMANET DIVISION)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Residential Post Closer (Long Term Temporary Position)
01/05 – 07/06 FIRST CONTINENTAL MORTGAGE & INVESTMENT CORP.
Fairfield, New Jersey
Quality Control Supervisor
•Supervise a staff of two post closers.
•Perform quality control audits on closed loan files.
•Prepare for outside audits from investors, auditing firms and state examiners.
•Review title policies and recorded mortgages for accuracy.
•Communicate with settlement agents to retrieve outstanding documents.
•Ship title policies and recorded mortgages to investors.
•Update database to reflect status of documents that have been received and shipped.
•Update status of documents that are missing and those being corrected.
•Run reports on pending status of these documents.
•Send pre-mers assignments to counties for recording.
07/04 – 12/04 CITIGROUP PRIVATE BANKING DIVISION
(Contracted position through Winston Staffing Services)
Long Island City, New York
Post Closing Auditor
08/03 – 05/04 IVY MORTGAGE
(Contracted position through Winston Staffing Services)
Branchburg, New Jersey
Post Closer
07/95 to 06/03 AMERICAN BUSINESS MORTGAGE SERVICES
(Was f/k/a New Jersey Mortgage and Investment Corp)
Roseland, New Jersey
Post Closing Supervisor
•Supervised a staff of four post closers.
•Reviewed title policies, recorded mortgages and assignments for accuracy.
•Shipped documents to investors for loans that were sold and to corporate office for loans that were securitized.
•Sent assignments to county clerks for recording.
•Re-recorded mortgages when corrections were needed.
•Issued check requests for these services.
•Communicated with title companies and attorneys regarding outstanding documents and those that need correction.
•Performed quality control audits on closed loan files.
•Vendor Approvals – Communicated with corporate office to approve new appraisers and processed appraisal invoices for payment.
08/92 to 06/95 CITICORP, NA
New York, NY
Document Control Specialist
06/88 to 07/92 FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF NEW YORK
Piscataway, New Jersey
Mortgage Collateral Analyst
04/86 to 05/88 LINCOLN FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
Mountainside, New Jersey
Post Closer, Secondary Marketing
05/83 to 03/86 Various Accounting positions (i.e., Accounts Payable)
MILITARY EXPERIENCE:
05/81 to 05/88 United States Air Force Reserves, Staff Sergeant (E-5)
EDUCATION: WILLIAM PATERSON COLLEGE
Wayne, New Jersey Bachelor of Arts, January 1983
Major: Political Science
Concentrations: Public Administration and Business Administration