Underwriting Team Manager
Responsibilities:
* Managing a team of underwriters and origination personnel, including their workflows, and reporting this to Risk Manager.
* Ensuring the highest level of quality for the wider team.
* Underwriting new applications from start to finish, in line with our lending policies with an ideal minimum pipeline of 15 cases at any one time.
* Maintaining regular contact with our brokers, solicitors, and valuers to ensure the best possible service levels.
* Constant risk assessment of each case as it develops for your own pipeline and the wider team. Presenting and mandating of credit papers to credit committee and whilst clearly demonstrating commercial risks and creditworthiness of the borrower and strength of the underlying asset.
* Working with finance and treasury functions to ensure cases are funded in a timely manner.
* Regularly update internal teams or stakeholders of pipeline work and case progression
* Maintain a constant review on efficiencies in policy and processes whilst maintaining the highest possible standards.
* Adherence to personal and team based KPIs.
* Working to deadlines and prioritising workflow.
* Regular check ins with Risk Manager to ensure the needs of the business are being met.
Knowledge:
* Minimum 5 years specialist finance underwriting experience
* Hold a lending mandate of £500,000 or greater.
* CeMAP qualified is desired.
* Demonstrate technical knowledge of specialist finance underwriting Great communication skills Well-developed relationship building skills.
* Understanding of mortgage regulatory requirements
* Thrive in an expanding and changing environment.
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Nouvo Recruitment (London) operate as an independent recruitment agency with over 20 years of experience supporting clients and candidates nationally across the UK