SENIOR UNDERWRITER
Our client is growing year on year and due to this, are looking for a Senior Underwriter to manage more junior members of the team whilst ensuring all loans are processed in accordance with the company’s lending policies and procedures.
Key Responsibilities:
* Manage a pipeline of bridging cases and prioritise accordingly
* Underwrite bridging loan applications within company lending criteria by making quality lending decisions
* Always maintain a high level of communication with interested parties including brokers, applicants, surveyors and solicitors
* Work closely with other departments within the company including sales, compliance, finance and collections
* Maintain oversight of a loan post completion and follow up on any offer conditions prior to handing the loan to collections
* Keep up to date with current best practice and regulatory requirements
* Keep all records up to date
* Represent the company at events as required
* Attend broker training sessions
* Train and mentor more junior members of staff
Key Competencies:
* Experience of underwriting bridging finance loans including FCA regulated loans and development finance
* Excellent understanding of compliance aspects of the role including the regulatory environment and Consumer Duty principles
* Ability to adopt a pragmatic approach to underwriting
* Commercially aware
* Excellen...