Valuation Quality Control/Review Appraiser

Overview 

• World Business Lenders (WBL) is a privately held portfolio lender specializing in real estate-secured business loans for underserved businesses. WBL operates with a fully remote, multinational workforce and an experienced executive leadership team. 
• Typically, the work schedule is from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, though additional hours may be required based on business needs. 

About the Role 

• The Valuation Quality Control/Review Appraiser will serve as a subject matter expert in residential or commercial real estate appraisal. The role is responsible for reviewing appraisals and other valuation reports prepared by internal analysts and third-party providers, identifying material deficiencies, and recommending property values to the appropriate committee.  

• This position is focused on appraisal review, quality control, collateral risk assessment, and communication of clear, supportable valuation recommendations. It also entails producing appraisals from start to finish. 

 What Success Looks Like  

• Consistently delivers accurate, timely, and defensible valuation recommendations. 

• Identifies material appraisal deficiencies and effectively communicates collateral risks. 

• Provides clear, well-supported recommendations to credit and investment committees. 

• Maintains high-quality, consistent appraisal review standards and supports junior analysts. 
   

What You'll Be Doing (Core Responsibilities)

• Review residential or commercial appraisals, evaluations, broker price opinions, automated valuation models, inspections, and related valuation reports.  
• Assess the accuracy, completeness, credibility, and suitability of each report for its intended use.  
• Evaluate property characteristics, highest and best use, zoning, market conditions, comparable selection, adjustments, income assumptions, capitalization rates, cost estimates, and value reconciliation.  
• Identify unsupported assumptions, mathematical errors, stale data, weak comparables, excessive adjustments, material omissions, and other valuation deficiencies.  
• Return deficient reports for correction, clarification, or additional support.  
• Develop an independent recommendation of property value based on the appraisal, supporting market evidence, internal records, inspections, and other available information.  
• Recommend acceptance, modification, rejection, or further investigation of submitted valuation conclusions.  
• Prepare concise written summaries of findings, risks, and recommended values.  
• Present valuation recommendations to Investment Committee, Asset Resolution Committee, Initial Credit Review Committee or other decision-making committees.  
• Explain valuation methodology, assumptions, market evidence, and collateral risks to management and committee members.  
• Recommend additional appraisals, inspections, environmental reports, engineering studies, or other analysis when existing information is insufficient.  
• Review work completed by junior analysts and provide technical guidance on appraisal methodology, comparable analysis, adjustments, and report documentation.