[Hiring] Residential Review Appraiser @Banner Bank

Role Description

As a Residential Review Appraiser, you'll play an important role in supporting safe and sound lending decisions by managing the residential valuation process and ensuring appraisal quality and compliance. This position offers the opportunity to collaborate with appraisers, lenders, reviewers, and internal partners while helping maintain regulatory standards and delivering an exceptional experience for customers and stakeholders.

• Order and manage residential appraisals and evaluations through approved third-party vendors.
• Monitor new and in-process valuation requests to ensure timely completion and adherence to service level agreements.
• Solicit bids, award appraisal and review assignments, and manage vendor engagement throughout the valuation process.
• Serve as a liaison between appraisers, loan officers, reviewers, and internal stakeholders to maintain communication and meet deadlines.
• Perform residential appraisal and evaluation reviews to assess accuracy, quality, and compliance.
• Help ensure compliance with FDIC, FIRREA, USPAP, and internal lending policies while maintaining independence from lending functions.
• Respond to and help resolve internal customer and external vendor inquiries.
• Process invoices and support timely payments to appraisal vendors and reviewers.
• Maintain accountability for the full valuation ordering and review process.
• Comply with company policies, procedures, security requirements, and applicable government regulations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, Economics, Law, Computer Science, or a related field (Required).
• 2 or more years of real estate appraisal experience (Required).
• Experience reviewing residential appraisals (Preferred).
• Understanding of residential appraisal practices and regulatory requirements (Preferred).
• Must be either state certified (preferred) or licensed residential appraiser.

Requirements

• Knowledge of appraisal standards and requirements, including FIRREA, USPAP, FNMA, FHLMC, HUD, and related appraisal and evaluation guidelines.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills to the review and evaluation process.
• Effective communication through both written and verbal channels.
• Comfortable reviewing, evaluating, and providing constructive feedback on residential appraisal reports.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications.
• Knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations related to residential appraisals.
• Commitment to accuracy, accountability, and maintaining regulatory compliance.
• Up to 20% travel required.

Benefits

• Targeted starting salary range (based on experience): $70,677 - $93,128.
• Annual incentive potential.
• Comprehensive employee benefits, including: medical, dental, vision, LTD, STD, and life.
• Paid vacation time, sick time, and 11 company paid holidays.
• 401k (with up to 4% match).
• Tuition reimbursement.