What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Loan Officer - Michigan position at Better?
Better is reimagining home finance and making it faster, cheaper, and easier for everyone to become a homeowner. We leverage creative technology and innovation to make the home buying journey more approachable and understandable and home finance more affordable and accessible. Here are some interesting facts to help you get to know Better:
- We’ve funded over $100 billion in loans for our customers, more than any other fintech
- Yahoo! Finance - Best Mortgage Lender for First Time Homebuyers of January 2025: Best lender for quick approval
- Yahoo! Finance - Best Mortgage Lenders of 2025: Best online mortgage lender
- Fintech Breakthrough Award: Best Lending Innovation Award
- Money Magazine - 8 Best Mortgage Lenders of 2025: Best for fast closing
- We are Forbes’ Best Online Mortgage Lender for 2023
- We have raised over $1.2 billion in equity capital to transform the mortgage industry, the largest financial asset class in the world
We are a place where smart, hungry, ambitious people who want to recognize their full potential thrive.
A Better opportunity
We’re looking for best in class mortgage loan officer (internal title of loan consultant) as part of our quest to make a Better Mortgage available to all Americans! At Better, our team of loan officers is responsible for helping us continuously innovate and ensure we’re bringing superior customer service to the mortgage industry. As part of the team, you’ll be on the front lines of making every borrower’s mortgage experience better, empowering them to make one of the most important financial decisions of their life. Your work will expose you to other critical pieces of a technology company giving you many opportunities to share customer insights and ultimately improve Better's core technology and message.
\n- Acting as a loan officer for your own pipeline of loans
- Guiding pre-approved borrowers through their home buying process or helping customers save money or leverage home equity to consolidate
- Building relationships with your buyer’s realtors and keeping them informed throughout the transaction
- Providing an exceptional experience for borrowers and realtors
- Meeting and, ideally, beating set sales targets each month
- Maximizing lock and fund conversions for leads provided to you
- We don't have a monopoly on great ideas and welcome yours. We encourage you to collaborate with our OPS, IT, Product, and Marketing teams to make our process and customer experience Better
- Located in the Troy, Michigan area
- Active NMLS license in at least 3 states
- At least 2 years of experience in mortgage lending
- A hungry mentality and desire to work in a competitive sales environment with our dynamic lead engine our Loan Officers on average receive double the customer opportunities
- High degree of integrity and work ethic
- Ability to think critically and problem solve complex scenarios
Company Benefits
Our total rewards package consists of a base salary with no draw, incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Some of our benefits include:
- Benefits eligibility effective DAY ONE
- *$0 medical plan premium offering coverage nationwide paired with our Health Savings Account that includes an employer - contribution (*Additional Medical, dental, vision plan options also all with nationwide coverage)
- Flexible PTO
- Immediate virtual mental health support by licensed therapists for our employees and their eligible dependents age 6 and up! First few visits at no cost to you!
- Personalized care for every fertility and family care journey for our employees and their partner!
- Dependent care benefits (i.e. childcare and/or elder care costs) and commuter benefits both include a company match!
- Discount programs and perks including pet Insurance!
Disclaimer
Better Home & Finance Holding Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment for our employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status, or any other reason protected by law.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Better will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.