Senior Underwriter

2 weeks ago


Camden Area, Greater London, United Kingdom Valorem Partners Full time

Job Title:

Bridging UnderwriternPosition: Permanent, Mon-FrinLocation: West End, London, office Mon -Thurs – WFH on FridaynSalary flexible - depends on experience + Bonus +Generous Benefits+ Excellent career progression.


Our client is a successful property finance lender operating in the non-regulated market, providing bridging finance for both residential and commercial properties.


With solid investment and new recent funding, they have ambitious plans to continue growing throughout 2024 and expand the credit team and due to this success and to meet their growth plans, they are looking to hire a Senior Underwriter that can add immediate value to the team with their bridging underwriting experience and knowledge to support the Head of Lending to deliver a best-in-class service and experience to their clients and broker partners.


This is a superb opportunity to join a growing and successful team where you will have the benefit of working closely with the founding Directors and Head of Lending as the most Senior Underwriter in the team and provide support to them by helping to shape the success of the team.

You will have a genuine opportunity to make a contribution utilising both your experience and knowledge to drive improvement around processes and efficiencies.


As the team continues to grow there is scope for the role to evolve into a leadership role.nThis opportunity will suit an experienced Bridging Underwriter who is keen to step up and take on a more senior role and where they can really put themselves in the spotlight to enhance their career and development.


You will also benefit working closely with the Directors and as the most senior hire in the credit team you will play an integral part in the success of the team.nAs most of our client's credit decisions are made in house you will have more speed and certainty on cases completing, and you will get exposure to bigger more complex cases.


Responsibilities:

nnew lending requests for bridging loans and analyse credit documentation and ensuring all loan conditions are met throughout the drawdown process.nbroker calls on specific cases under review; manage customer the sales and credit team and Surveyors, Solicitors and Clients to effectively manage the lending to articulate rationale for lending decisions to various levels of internal and external to the risks attributed to a loan application ensuring that the proposal is both suitable and fit for purpose.napplication forms, loan documentation, credit reports, valuation reports, bank statements and land registry reports.nindicative terms and loan offer lettersnnew investors and preparing investment memorandums for investors.nclient statements for investors and borrowers.ndocuments assessed in line with internal policies and procedures as well as regulatory guidelines.ncontacts in the CRM meetings and providing loan updates to ad-hoc duties and providing assistance as and when the preparation and gathering of loan related documentation.


Experience:

n3 years of experience in underwriting non-regulated bridging finance managing cases through to completion.nCandidates should be able to complete Credit Papers in full including KYC, AML checks.nConfident in their ability to complete full valuation audits.nCompetent with their underwriting ability to request information from the borrower / broker.ncustomer service skills with experience in forming and maintaining relationships with intermediaries and managing case load and processing applications quickly and effectively.norganised, and able to work on your own initiative, with a flexible approach to your approach to the role and keen and confident in managing the of Microsoft office applications, Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

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