Job Overview

Our client is a rapidly growing Australian private lender specializing in complex, high-value property-backed transactions. They are seeking an operationally strong, detail-oriented Loan Settlement Officer to manage the critical lifecycle phase from credit approval through to final funding and post-settlement administration. In this full-time remote role, you will be the core coordinator bringing transactions across the finish line—liaising directly with mortgage brokers, borrowers, solicitors, valuers, and internal credit executives. If you are calm under pressure, take pride in flawless file execution, and understand the urgency required to settle private credit facilities within the Australian market, this position offers an exceptional career path.

Schedule

• Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM AEST (VIC Time), with a 1-hour unpaid break (40 hours per week)

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Settlement Management: Direct the complete settlement pipeline for private lending transactions, ensuring smooth handoffs from the underwriting stage to final funding.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Act as the central point of contact, orchestrating timelines and booking schedules between borrowers, brokers, solicitors, valuers, and institutional legal representatives.
• Document Audit & Compliance: Conduct comprehensive pre-settlement checks, verifying mortgage documents, corporate securities, discharges, and tracking compliance checkboxes with precision.
• Conditions Precedent Tracking: Monitor outstanding credit conditions precedent (CPs), proactively ensuring all transaction and regulatory requirements are fully satisfied before clear-to-close status is granted.
• Funding Logistics: Prepare precise funding instructions, coordinate transactional capital movements, and secure structural settlement bookings.
• Post-Settlement Administration: Oversee trailing administrative tasks, including security registration auditing, loan file archiving, compliance reporting, and onboarding data to internal tracking systems.
• Process Improvement: Collaborate with internal credit and operational teams to streamline internal workflows and strengthen risk governance standards.

Requirements

• Australian Lending Expertise: Proven experience in loan settlements, mortgage administration, banking operations, or private credit within the Australian financial services landscape.
• Property-Backed Knowledge: A strong operational understanding of residential and/or commercial property-backed lending structures, title mechanics, and security discharges.
• Pipeline Management: Exceptional organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple high-value transactions and competing court-style deadlines simultaneously.
• Communication & Discretion: Superior written and verbal English communication skills, equipped to manage high-stakes conversations with corporate solicitors and external legal councils.
• Technical Literacy: High proficiency operating the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel) and modern loan origination platforms or mortgage CRMs.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving capability with a proactive, solutions-focused approach when technical documentation bottlenecks occur.
• Ability to maintain supreme operational discipline, accuracy, and clear focus within a high-performance, fast-paced lending environment.
• Secure, high-speed remote home office infrastructure suitable for managing confidential financial and legal documentation.

Independent Contractor Perks

• Permanent work from home
• Immediate hiring
• Health Insurance Coverage for eligible locations

Note

Please click the "Apply" button to complete your application, including the assessment questions, technical check, and voice recording. Your hourly pay rate will be established based on your performance in the application process; submissions with all requirements fulfilled will receive priority review.