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Interested in a career with Southern Bank?

 
  1. Loan Operations Specialist
  2. Mortgage Loan Officer
  3. Bank Teller - Brentwood
  4. Bank Teller/Customer Service Representative - Mt. Juliet
  5. Bank Teller/Customer Service Representative - Floating

Loan Operations Specialist - Mt. Juliet

Performs a variety of loan servicing and processing activities in conformance with established bank policies,
procedures and objectives.
 
  • Prepares consumer and/or commercial loan packages for closing in a timely, accurate and complete manner, ensuring
  • that each loan is in compliance with established procedures, policies and government regulations.
  • Communicates with lenders and external vendors about details within documentation, raising appropriate questions
  • and troubleshooting problems as needed.
  • Research and resolve servicing issues in support of loan officers and customers within scope of authority and
  • expertise. Works with manager to ensure timely and accurate Loan Servicing practices.
  • Prepare and process mortgage, equity, and construction and consumer loan payoff requests from internal and external
  • customers.
  • Monitors and tracks hazard insurance renewals and cancellations.
  • Performs advances and disbursements on Construction Loans. Reviews and researches requests to ensure all risks
  • associated have been mitigated.
  • Performs all duties in accordance with prescribed regulatory compliance guidelines and Bank policies and procedures.
  • Input and quality control of loans in core system.
  • Review of loan file to ensure all required documents have been executed and received.
  • Review and clear exceptions for trailing documents as received to ensure bank’s security position is properly executed
  • and protected.
  • Daily balancing of internal general ledger accounts.
  • Any other duties as deemed necessary by Loan Operations Manager.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
  • 2-4 years’ experience in a related field
  • Ability to work independently, with minimal direct supervision.
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
  • Working knowledge of loan documentation policies and related government regulations.
Preferred Skills:
  • Working knowledge of TRID, HMDA, FCRA and Reg B.
  • Understanding of legal documentation and experience with commercial loan products.
  • Computer proficiency; knowledge of Laser Pro software, Jack Henry, Excel, Word and Teslar, helpful.
Benefits:
    • 401(k)
    • Dental insurance
    • Health insurance
    • Health savings account
    • Life insurance
    • Vision insurance
Interested in this position? Email your resume to Megan Boyd at mboyd@southernbankoftn.com 

Mortgage Loan Officer - Brentwood/Smyrna/Rutherford County

Our full service residential mortgage department is currently seeking an experienced mortgage loan officer to add to our growing team. Residential Mortgage Loan Originator provides residential mortgage loans to borrowers looking to purchase real estate or refinance an existing mortgage. The MLO is responsible for lead generation as well as working with Bank Officers in managing referrals to the ML and originating quality conventional, FHA, VA and D loans based on secondary market guidelines through existing referral partners as well as generating and developing new prospects through realtors, builders, attorneys, CPAs and other sources.

Job Type: Full-time

Qualifications:
  • Minimum of 2 years residential mortgage origination experience required.
  • Knowledge of secondary market guidelines, laws and regulations related to mortgage lending.
  • Must have the ability to develop business in targeted areas and maintain current referral relationships while expanding new opportunities
Experience:
  • Loan origination: 2 years (Preferred)
  • Sales: 1 year (Preferred)
Benefits:
    • 401(k)
    • Dental insurance
    • Health insurance
    • Health savings account
    • Life insurance
    • Vision insurance
Physical setting: Office

Ability to commute/relocate: Brentwood/Smyrna/Rutherford County: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: One location

Interested in this position? Email your resume to John Pope at jpope@southernbankoftn.com
Bank Teller - Brentwood
The Bank Teller will complete deposits, withdrawals, and other financial interactions while providing excellent customer service to all customers.

Hours: Part-time or Full-Time

Qualifications required:
  • High School Diploma or equivalent
  • Previous experience working directly with the public is preferred.
Responsibilities and Experience:
  • Cashes checks and disburses funds after verifying signatures and sufficiency of funds to support withdrawals.
  • Accepts deposits, confirming accuracy of transaction.
  • Prepares, verifies, and issues cashier checks.
  • Enters transactions in bank's record keeping system, recording all transactions and producing customer receipts.
  • Evaluates checks to verify endorsements, dates, identification of persons receiving payments, bank names, and overall legality of the documents.
  • Identifies and capitalizes on opportunities to promote new banking services.
  • Calculates daily transactions using appropriate technology.
  • Balances all monies in cash drawers at the end of shifts.
  • Accepts and counts inventories of cash each day.
  • Maintains a work area that ensures the safety of all negotiables and confidential records.
  • Prepares monies for deposit or shipment to branch banks or the Federal Reserve Bank.
  • Orders a cash supply to meet daily needs.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.
  • Complete all training by assigned deadlines.
  • Inform management of potential losses and or issues due to errors or fraud.
  • Regular and predictable attendance.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.
Success factors/job competencies:
  • Excellent verbal communication skills.
  • Excellent math skills, including money handling skills.
  • Trustworthiness and the ability to act with integrity.
  • Thorough understanding of customer service.
Physical demands and work environment:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions
in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Physical demands:
While performing duties of job, incumbent is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employees must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception; and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment:
The noise level in the environment is usually minimal.

Interested in this position? Email your resume to Jonathan Whitehurst at jwhitehurst@southernbankoftn.com
 
Bank Teller/Customer Service Representative - Mt. Juliet
The Bank Teller CSR will complete deposits, withdrawals, and other financial interactions while providing excellent customer service to all customers. In addition to Teller responsibilities, the position is responsible as a branch Customer Service Representative (CSR).

Hours: Full-Time
 
Qualifications required:
  • High School Diploma or equivalent
  • Previous experience working directly with the public is preferred.
Responsibilities and Experience:

Teller Responsibilities:
  • Cashes checks and disburses funds after verifying signatures and sufficiency of funds to support withdrawals.
  • Accepts deposits, confirming accuracy of transaction.
  • Prepares, verifies, and issues cashier checks.
  • Enters transactions in banks record keeping system, recording all transactions and producing customer receipts.
  • Evaluates checks to verify endorsements, dates, identification of persons receiving payments, bank names, and overall legality of the documents.
  • Identifies and capitalizes on opportunities to promote new banking services.
  • Calculates daily transactions using appropriate technology.
  • Balances all monies in cash drawers at the end of shifts.
  • Accepts and counts inventories of cash each day.
  • Maintains a work area that ensures the safety of all negotiables and confidential records.
  • Prepares monies for deposit or shipment to branch banks or the Federal Reserve Bank.
  • Orders a cash supply to meet daily needs.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.
  • Complete all training by assigned deadlines.
  • Inform management of potential losses and or issues due to errors or fraud.
  • Regular and predictable attendance.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.
CSR/Deposits Responsibilities:
  • Be able to open new accounts through Deposit Pro and have a working knowledge of checking, savings, money markets, business accounts, safe deposit boxes, check ordering, IRA’s and HSA’s. Compliance with Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/Customer Identification Program (CIP) data collection as it pertains to individuals and business accounts.
  • Set up new accounts onto the core system.
  • Be able to issue and work ongoing with debit cards.
  • Set up of online banking onto the core system and working daily with customer issues.
  • Have a general knowledge of Cash Management, Remote Deposit Capture, and Remote Deposit Anywhere set up and issues.
  • Work with Officer on clearing BSA/CIP/Deposit exceptions timely.
  • Initiating and sending Wire Transfers and Stop Payments.
Success factors/job competencies:
  • Excellent verbal communication skills.
  • Excellent math skills, including money handling skills.
  • Trustworthiness and the ability to act with integrity.
  • Thorough understanding of customer service.
Physical demands and work environment:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions
in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
 
Physical demands:
While performing duties of job, incumbent is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employees must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception; and the ability to adjust focus.
 
Work environment:
The noise level in the environment is usually minimal.
 
Interested in this position? Email your resume to info@southernbankoftn.com
Bank Teller/Customer Service Representative - Floating
The Bank Teller CSR will complete deposits, withdrawals, and other financial interactions while providing excellent customer service to all customers. In addition to Teller responsibilities, the position is responsible as a branch Customer Service Representative (CSR). The Bank Teller will float between all four Middle Tennessee branches.

Hours: Full-Time
 
Qualifications required:
  • High School Diploma or equivalent
  • Previous experience working directly with the public is preferred.
Responsibilities and Experience:

Teller Responsibilities:
  • Cashes checks and disburses funds after verifying signatures and sufficiency of funds to support withdrawals.
  • Accepts deposits, confirming accuracy of transaction.
  • Prepares, verifies, and issues cashier checks.
  • Enters transactions in banks record keeping system, recording all transactions and producing customer receipts.
  • Evaluates checks to verify endorsements, dates, identification of persons receiving payments, bank names, and overall legality of the documents.
  • Identifies and capitalizes on opportunities to promote new banking services.
  • Calculates daily transactions using appropriate technology.
  • Balances all monies in cash drawers at the end of shifts.
  • Accepts and counts inventories of cash each day.
  • Maintains a work area that ensures the safety of all negotiables and confidential records.
  • Prepares monies for deposit or shipment to branch banks or the Federal Reserve Bank.
  • Orders a cash supply to meet daily needs.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.
  • Complete all training by assigned deadlines.
  • Inform management of potential losses and or issues due to errors or fraud.
  • Regular and predictable attendance.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.
CSR/Deposits Responsibilities:
  • Be able to open new accounts through Deposit Pro and have a working knowledge of checking, savings, money markets, business accounts, safe deposit boxes, check ordering, IRA’s and HSA’s. Compliance with Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/Customer Identification Program (CIP) data collection as it pertains to individuals and business accounts.
  • Set up new accounts onto the core system.
  • Be able to issue and work ongoing with debit cards.
  • Set up of online banking onto the core system and working daily with customer issues.
  • Have a general knowledge of Cash Management, Remote Deposit Capture, and Remote Deposit Anywhere set up and issues.
  • Work with Officer on clearing BSA/CIP/Deposit exceptions timely.
  • Initiating and sending Wire Transfers and Stop Payments.
Success factors/job competencies:
  • Excellent verbal communication skills.
  • Excellent math skills, including money handling skills.
  • Trustworthiness and the ability to act with integrity.
  • Thorough understanding of customer service.
Physical demands and work environment:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions
in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
 
Physical demands:
While performing duties of job, incumbent is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employees must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception; and the ability to adjust focus.
 
Work environment:
The noise level in the environment is usually minimal.
 
Interested in this position? Email your resume to info@southernbankoftn.com
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