Mortgage Broking / Settlements Officer
Your Team, Your Way
SettlementDedicated, not shared

Settlements Officer

Coordinate settlement bookings with lenders and solicitors, and clear conditions on time — so settlement day goes smoothly.

This role · right now Screenshot Monitor
On shift · clearing settlement conditions for file #LN-3382
Active today6h 58m of 8h
Aggregator CRM
38%
Lender portals
28%
Settlement platforms
22%
Microsoft 365
12%
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Illustrative sample — actual report via screenshotmonitor.com
Stage 01 · Intake

Application Intake

Gather client documents and prepare files for submission.

Stage 02 · Processing

Processing & Packaging

Verify documents and lodge applications with lenders.

Stage 03 · Assessment prep

Credit & Compliance Prep

Prepare serviceability and compliance documentation for review.

Stage 04 · Settlement

Settlement

Coordinate settlement bookings and clear conditions.

Stage 05 · Client care

Client Service

Keep clients updated through every stage of the loan.

Loan lifecycle shown left to right — this role's stage is highlighted above.
Why Virtual Team

Five reasons clients stay past the first hire

Dedicated

One resource, only yours

No shared queue, no rotating cast. Your dedicated resource works exclusively for you and stays.

Leadership

25 years of Australian market experience

Founder Rohit Sahdev's 25 years in the Australian market, including senior leadership at Telstra, shape how every dedicated team is managed.

Transparent

You always know what your team is doing

Every dedicated resource works behind Screenshot Monitor — auditable activity and reporting, not a black box.

Flexible

No more "That's not my job."

Your dedicated outsourced resource adapts to what your business needs, takes ownership and grows their career by stepping up to new challenges.

Built for now

Capacity without the hiring squeeze

Skilled and reliable operational talent is harder to hire locally right now. A dedicated resource adds capacity without adding to that pressure.

The outcome this role is built for

More settlements landing on time — because conditions are tracked and cleared proactively instead of discovered at the last minute.

Role scope

What this role owns day to day

Core responsibilities

  • Coordinate settlement bookings with lenders and solicitors
  • Track and clear outstanding settlement conditions
  • Prepare settlement figures and statements
  • Keep all parties updated on settlement timing

Works inside

Aggregator CRMLender portalsSettlement platformsMicrosoft 365

Reported on weekly

Settlement readinessFiles ready ahead of booked date
On-time settlement rateSettlements completed as scheduled
Condition-clearing turnaroundSpeed of resolving outstanding conditions
Error rateSettlement figure discrepancies
Flexibility

Works your hours. Picks up the work.

Australian business hours

Aligned to your primary time zone and holiday calendar for day-to-day coverage.

9am–5pm style coverage, matched to your roster

Extended coverage

Stretch shift start/end times around settlement deadlines and month-end peaks.

Early-start or late-finish shifts, by agreement

Peak-season scaling

Additional dedicated resources during EOFY and peak refinance periods.

Scale up seats for seasonal volume, scale back down after

What "no that's not my job" looks like in practice: a condition sits with a party outside the usual process — a solicitor, a second lender — and it still gets chased until cleared instead of waiting for someone else to notice.

What stays with your authorised staff

No fund release or legal certification. Coordination and administration only — settlement authorisation remains with authorised local personnel.

Why this role is hard to scale locally

The market backdrop for settlements hires

29% cash-flow risk

of Australian small businesses expected difficulty meeting financial commitments in June 2026.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 2026
3.3% wage growth

Australian wage growth over the year to the March quarter 2026 (3.2% in the private sector), raising the cost of hiring locally.

Source: ABS Wage Price Index, March quarter 2026
46% rising costs

of Australian businesses reported rising operating expenses in June 2026 — 65% citing overheads, 40% citing staffing costs.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 2026

Statistics checked in July 2026 from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and ServiceNow. See our Challenges We Solve page for full sourcing and context.

Not exclusive to mortgage broking

The same skillset, in industries with their own paperwork-heavy pipeline

Strip away the lender-specific tools and this role is a recognisable shape: gather documents, verify them against a checklist, and move a case through defined stages against a deadline.

Common today

Doing this in-house with stretched staff, or paying a third party

  • Settlement coordination competes with other priorities
  • Conditions get missed until settlement day
  • Communication between parties is inconsistent
The alternative

A dedicated settlements officer, outsourced to us

  • One resource whose only job is tracking settlements
  • Reports to your own operations lead, not a third party
  • Same Screenshot Monitor transparency, direct to you
Where this shape of role also fits

Real Estate & Property Management

Property settlement coordination is a near-identical role in a different transaction type.

Trust accounting · CRM

Financial Services & Insurance

Policy activation and claims payout coordination share the same milestone-tracking shape.

Policy/claims systems

Construction & Engineering

Contract close-out and final payment coordination mirrors settlement tracking closely.

Contract admin platforms

Professional Services & Consulting

Engagement close-out and final invoicing follow a similar milestone-and-condition tracking model.

Project/billing tools
Transparent reporting, on this role too
Screenshot Monitor active
Daily
Activity & app-usage log
Weekly
Reviewed with your team lead

No guessing what this role worked on. Full sample report on the Mortgage Broking page →

How it works

Discovery, role design, and a candidate you interview yourself.

You define outcomes, tools and work hours. We source, screen and put forward candidates you interview and approve. Once live, your resource follows your systems, escalation model and reporting cadence — reviewed together on a schedule you set.

See the full onboarding model
Common questions

Questions about hiring a dedicated Settlements Officer

Cost depends on experience level, working hours and specific responsibilities. Tell us your requirements and we'll put together a proposal for a dedicated Settlements Officer.
Yes — working hours are agreed during setup to align with your operational needs, whether that's standard Australian business hours or extended coverage.
A dedicated Settlements Officer works exclusively for your business, inside your own systems, reporting to your nominated manager — not a shared resource split across an agency's other clients.
We shortlist candidates against your actual role requirements, you interview and approve before anyone starts, and your dedicated resource is trained on your specific systems and processes from day one.
Your Team, Your Way

Ready to add this role to your team?

Tell us your settlement volumes and lender panel — we'll shortlist candidates against your actual task list.

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