Corporate Counsel

RoundPoint’s Legal and Compliance team seeks to add an energetic, collaborative junior to mid-level attorney (4-7 years preferred) to work in one of its offices located in Fort Mill, SC, Coppell, TX, or Minneapolis, MN.

Candidates should have a strong working knowledge of federal and state laws related to mortgage banking and consumer finance products and services, with a primary focus on mortgage lending and servicing preferred. This position will report to RoundPoint’s EVP, General Counsel.

Responsibilities

• Primary responsibilities include application and interpretation of federal and state mortgage banking and consumer finance laws and regulations, and other related requirements governing non-depository financial institutions, addressing a wide array of legal and regulatory requirements.
• Advising and assisting RoundPoint’s business units with both technical and practical application of relevant legal and compliance requirements.
• Assisting with privacy reviews, fraud investigations, and communication with clients, investors, regulators, and other outside parties.
• Reviewing and advising business clients on cyber-security, data privacy, and the integration of artificial intelligence technologies into origination and servicing operations.
• Identifying and assessing compliance risks, appropriate implementation steps, and corrective measures.
• Assisting in the development of compliant policies, procedures, guidelines, disclosures, and training materials.
• Legal research, direct interaction with line of business and executive leaders, and drafting formal and informal correspondence and memoranda.
• Responsibilities will also include reviewing and analyzing company operations and documentation to determine whether RoundPoint is operating in accordance with laws and regulations governing the mortgage industry.
• Incumbent will be responsible for meeting RoundPoint’s commitment to compliance.
• Other duties, as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

Required:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree, membership in good standing in a state bar.
• Minimum of four years of legal experience.
• Candidate must have strong academic credentials, excellent written and verbal communication skills, legal research, writing, and analytical skills, and strong computer skills.
• Must have ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, manage confidential and sensitive information in a professional manner in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to understand business goals, processes and constraints and to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders in furtherance of those goals.
  
  

Desired

• Relevant litigation, foreclosure, mortgage servicing, or other consumer financial industry experience preferred.
• Able to work effectively with others at all levels across the organization and provide authoritative guidance to management and staff within the organization.
• Exceptional organizational skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Familiarity with research tools such as LexisNexis and AllRegs.
• Knowledge of ICE Mortgage Technology products is a plus.
  
  

All fulltime employees of Two Harbors and its subsidiary companies are eligible for our benefits which include:

• Medical / Dental / Vision Insurance
• Life / Disability Insurance
• 401(k) with company matching
• Generous Vacation / Paid Time Off (accrual based)
• Targeted Compensation: $155k - $200k
  
  

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

Duties

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job:

• The employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• The employee is required to sit for extended periods of time and is occasionally required to stand and walk.
• The employee must regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects and is regularly required to reach with hands and arms; the employee may occasionally climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate, and no extreme conditions are present.
  
  

About RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing LLC

RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing LLC is a fully integrated, non-bank mortgage company, with a subservicing portfolio of approximately 900,000 loans. In 2023, RoundPoint was acquired by Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE: TWO), reaffirming its commitment to MSR as core and essential to our business strategy and our future. A combined Two Harbors and RoundPoint capitalizes on the strengths of both companies, adding significant value for stakeholders through operational and cost efficiencies, as well as the ability to participate more fully in the mortgage finance space as opportunities arise.

Founded in 2009, Two Harbors has grown into a leading publicly traded residential mortgage real estate investment trust (mortgage REIT). We leverage our core competencies of understanding and managing interest rate and prepayment risk to invest in our Agency residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and mortgage servicing rights (MSR) portfolio, with the objective of delivering attractive risk-adjusted returns to our stockholders.

Location

• Fort Mill, SC
• Minneapolis, MN
• Coppell, TX
  
  

Employee Status

• Regular
  
  

Travel

• No
  
  

Telecommuter Position

• No