Senior Underwriter

SENIOR UNDERWRITEROur 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 staffKey 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...