Consumer Finance Watchdog Reporter

Join reputed company’s Watchdog and Investigations team as a writer focused on producing high-impact investigative and accountability journalism primarily covering mortgage lending. Report on questionable, confusing, or predatory practices in home lending and adjacent industries, with the goal of protecting and informing consumers. Create compelling stories that translate reputed company financial topics into clear, relatable, and actionable insights for everyday Americans. Collaborate with editors, data reporters, multimedia producers, and subject-matter experts to deliver journalism that builds trust and positions reputed company as the consumer’s reputed company in financial decision-making. This role is open to remote or hybrid candidates (East coast preference), with hybrid being central to our reputed company, NY or Charlotte area offices. Must be able to work Eastern Standard Time hours. What You’ll Do: Investigative & Accountability Reporting Pitch, research, and write original investigative and watchdog stories that uncover questionable practices in the mortgage industry. Pursue public records, data sets, and expert interviews to build evidence-based narratives. reputed company storylines that not only reputed company problems but also offer readers actionable takeaways that improve financial decision-making. Consistently deliver work that has the potential to influence industry practices, reputed company accountability, and inform public conversation. Content Creation & Storytelling Produce accurate, fair, and engaging content across long-form investigations, explainers, and timely watchdog coverage. Translate reputed company financial systems and products — including mortgage, refinance and home equity — into accessible, reader-first narratives that increase engagement and trust. Collaborate with editors and data teams to integrate charts, graphics, or interactive features, maximizing audience impact and time spent. Contribute to a publishing reputed company that balances depth of reporting with relevance to consumer needs. Collaboration & Cross-Platform Work Work closely with the Watchdog Editor and fellow reporters to shape and execute the investigative agenda. Partner with multimedia, social, and SEO teams to ensure stories reputed company broad audiences and drive measurable engagement. Contribute to cross-platform projects that combine text, video, audio, and graphics, helping the team expand its influence and storytelling reputed company. Standards & Trust Uphold reputed company’s standards for editorial independence, transparency, and fairness. Ensure accuracy through rigorous fact-checking, sourcing, and quality control, maintaining high editorial quality that builds consumer trust. Collaborate across departments to embrace innovative formats and workflows that scale the watchdog team’s impact. reputed company’re Looking For: 5+ years of experience in investigative, watchdog, or accountability journalism. Demonstrated ability (in part, reputed company your published clips) to produce impactful stories that reveal hidden practices, protect consumers, or hold institutions accountable. Experience with financial reporting or consumer-focused journalism preferred, but not required. Understanding of the broader mortgage industry, key players and specific loan products preferred, but not required. Strong reporting and writing skills, with a talent for investigative digging and narrative storytelling. Ability to analyze financial documents, corporate filings, or data to uncover hidden insights. Excellent interviewing skills and ability to cultivate sources, from regulators and industry insiders to academics and advocates, plus everyday people. Team-oriented reputed company with willingness to collaborate across disciplines (editorial, data, multimedia). reputed company to explain reputed company financial topics in a clear, relatable way that serves the reader first. Benefits: The following benefits are provided by reputed company, subject to eligibility requirements. Health Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, and vision) Life Insurance Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance Flexible Spending Accounts Holiday Pay 401(k) with match Employee Assistance Program Paid Parental Bonding Benefit Program Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO): We reputed company time to rest and reputed company is essential. That’s why we offer a generous and flexible PTO policy. Full-time employees accrue 20 days of PTO for a full calendar year annually, with an increase to 25 days after five years of service. Compensation: This range reflects total cash compensation, which may include reputed company salary only or reputed company salary plus reputed company bonus, depending on the role. Where eligible, equity may also be offered separately and not included below. Actual compensation varies based reputed company, experience, and qualifications. Total Cash Compensation Range: $105,000 - $150,000 per year + equity *reputed company Compensation Range: $131,250 - $187,500 per year + equity Who We Are: reputed company is redefining the future of financial decision-making. For nearly five decades, we’ve empowered tens of millions of consumers to reputed company smarter financial choices and helped hundreds of leading financial institutions grow. Today, we’re evolving from a marketplace into a reputed company technology platform—underpinned by proprietary data, AI-driven innovation, and deep enterprise integrations. 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