What are the responsibilities and job description for the Escrow Operations Manager position at Greater Illinois Title Company?
At Stewart, we know that success begins with great people. As a Stewart employee, 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 we understand that as you grow, so does our company. And our priority is smart growth – by attaining the best people, investing in tools and resources that enable success, and creating a better home for all.
You will be part of an inclusive work environment that reflects the customers we serve. You’ll be empowered to use your unique experiences, passion and skills to help our company and the communities we serve constantly evolve and improve. Together, we can achieve our vision of becoming the premier title and real estate services company.
Stewart is a global real estate services company, providing title insurance, settlement, underwriting, and lender services through our family of companies. To learn more about Stewart, visit stewart.com/about.
More information can be found on stewart.com. Get title industry information and insights at stewart.com/insights. Follow Stewart on Facebook @StewartTitleCo, on Instagram @StewartTitleCo and on LinkedIn @StewartTitle
Job Description
Job Summary
Provides escrow services for residential and commercial resale, new construction, refinance, relocation and timeshare transactions. Responsible for overseeing real estate transactions by directly managing an operational team throughout the closing process.. Accountable for operational performance
Job Responsibilities
Stewart is committed to ensuring that its online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance or an accommodation in the application process, please contact us by email at careers@stewart.com.
Benefits
Stewart offers eligible employees a competitive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to a variety of health and wellness insurance options and programs, paid time off, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program, and employee discounts.
You will be part of an inclusive work environment that reflects the customers we serve. You’ll be empowered to use your unique experiences, passion and skills to help our company and the communities we serve constantly evolve and improve. Together, we can achieve our vision of becoming the premier title and real estate services company.
Stewart is a global real estate services company, providing title insurance, settlement, underwriting, and lender services through our family of companies. To learn more about Stewart, visit stewart.com/about.
More information can be found on stewart.com. Get title industry information and insights at stewart.com/insights. Follow Stewart on Facebook @StewartTitleCo, on Instagram @StewartTitleCo and on LinkedIn @StewartTitle
Job Description
Job Summary
Provides escrow services for residential and commercial resale, new construction, refinance, relocation and timeshare transactions. Responsible for overseeing real estate transactions by directly managing an operational team throughout the closing process.. Accountable for operational performance
Job Responsibilities
- Manages escrow operational team(s) and oversees processes related to the initiation or closing of escrows
- Partners with and acts as a liaison between groups to ensure that compliance, policy adherence, production goals, and timelines are met
- Manages individual contributors and/or supervisors
- Accountable for the performance and results of a team within area of specialty
- Assesses departmental priorities to address resource and operational challenges
- Decisions and problem solving are guided by policies, procedures and department plan; receives guidance from senior leaders
- Applies understanding of the business and how own area integrates with others to achieve departmental objectives
- Reviews the team’s ability to achieve service, quality and timeliness of objectives
- Identifies and solves technical and operational problems; understands broader impact across the department
- Manages one or more generally related teams; adapts department plans and priorities to meet short-term service and/or operational objectives
- Performs all other duties as assigned by management
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field preferred
- Typically requires 8 years of related work experience
Stewart is committed to ensuring that its online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance or an accommodation in the application process, please contact us by email at careers@stewart.com.
Benefits
Stewart offers eligible employees a competitive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to a variety of health and wellness insurance options and programs, paid time off, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program, and employee discounts.