Settlement Officer

**About Us**:
Rabobank Australia is the world’s leading specialist in food and agribusiness banking. We are structured as a cooperative. Our purpose is clear: we enable our clients to feed the world sustainably. True to our cooperative origins, our focus lies with our clients and our employees, not shareholders, so we always put people first. Our great working conditions, broad training programs and the opportunity to work together for the greater good are reasons why our employees love working with Rabobank.

Rabobank has an opening for Settlements Officer. This role will be part of our Settlements Team which is centralised in Sydney.

**What will keep you busy**:

- Establishing and maintaining a strong working relationship with the Branches, Panel Solicitors and Bank’s Client Service department to enhance customer service and minimise errors
- Checking of executed letters of offer and ancillary documentation to enable instructions to solicitors to be issued
- Instructing solicitors to prepare documentation in line with Credit Approval and letters of offer
- Providing advice to branches on Settlements and Securities requirements and processes
- Liaising with Panel Solicitors and Branches to ensure documentation is produced, in a timely manner, in line with credit approval and Bank’s requirements (within commercial parameters)
- Ensuring compliance with all pre-settlement credit and special conditions
- Authorising and executing documentation
- Ensuring timely and accurate preparation of forms/authorisation in T24/Globus for release of funds
- Providing suggestions to continue to refine processes, policies and procedures to enhance the efficiency of settlements and the maintenance of securities within the risk appetite of the Bank.

**Experience and skills you will bring to the role**:

- Preferably 3 - 5 years’ experience in a loan settlements officer or administrator role or similar
- Banking experience with exposure to Agri / Rural Loan processing preferred
- Exposure to loans processing (preferably commercial loans) and exposure of loan documentation and mortgage processing
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to present a professional approach and maintain collaborative relationships with all stakeholders (internal and external)
- The ability to work proactively in partnership with external Panel Solicitors to ensure a high level of service and quality output is provided
- Ability to plan, prioritise and work to deadlines

**What we're proud to offer you**:

- 2 Wellbeing Leave days
- Rabobank values the development of its people, and has a great Education Assistance Program to assist with professional development
- An inclusive Parental Leave policy
- We provide an incentive for eligible employees to receive 1 extra week Annual Leave. With an option to also purchase another 2 weeks Annual Leave
- Rabobank recognises that employees need to protect their financial wellbeing, in the event of serious illness, injury, or even death. Rabobank provides eligible permanent employees with employer-funded Death, Temporary & Permanent Disability (TPD) and Income Protection Insurance
- As part of Rabobank's global Corporate Social Responsibility, Workplace Giving aims to encourage employees to contribute to our community. Rabo Workplace Giving program matches employee donations to selected Social Partners

Rabobank is committed to a culture where diversity and inclusion is valued, respected and encouraged. We welcome applicants from diverse cultures, faith and sexual orientation

Please note, due to the holiday period 23 December to 9 January there may be a delay in response. Thank you for your patience.