Senior Underwriter

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom The City & Capital Group Full time

The City & Capital Group are delighted to be representing one of the most respected and successful specialist property finance lenders who have retained our services in order to appoint a confident and diligent Senior Underwriter to their growing team atan exciting time.


Our client is achieving record performances for lending on a regular basis, backed by excellent longstanding funding lines and further increased investment.

The result has seen the lender double in size over the last 12 months, with ambitions to achievethe same again over the coming period.

The lender offers a range of loans designed for commercial borrowers, such as property investors and developers. This includes solutions such as bridging finance, development exit loans and a range of Buy to Let propositions.

There are plans to broaden theproduct set moving forward too, with a view to ensuring they can continue to always support the needs of borrowers, with loan options ranging between £250k - £30m.

This is a key appointment for the lender at an extremely busy time.

Within the role you will work closely with the businesses BDM's & brokers to assess & support their deals from a credit management perspective.

You will manage and maintain a pipeline ofactivity to ensure loans are actioned & funded in line with SLA's.

This may include joining credit committee meetings and actively influencing sanctioning decisions to the highest level.


The Senior Underwriter position reports directly in to the 'Head of' department and will be ably supported by the more junior underwriting team member within the team as you take responsibility for larger or more complex cases.


There will be an element of mentorship for the juniors in your team to, which fits in nicely with the promote from within policy our client operates.

They are renowned for supporting employee development and due to their rapid growth, are regularly seekingindividuals to take that 'step up' within, to take on more senior challenges, such as management or more complex roles.


Therefore this is certainly one for those that are ambitious and keen on an opportunity where success in your role can lead to bigger rewards and career growth.


Due to the nature of the role the ideal individual will have an excellent knowledge of property finance credit risk principles and must be comfortable working within a fast faced and dynamic environment.


As a Senior Underwriter you will be confident and comfortable in making commercial decisions on loans with a view to identifying ways to fund them.

This role is not a tick box exercise, thus experience in the sector is critical to be qualified for this position.


Senior Underwriter - Required Experience:

  • Previous experience within Underwriting or Credit Risk, Property Finance
  • Must have worked within non automated underwriting based role
  • Demonstrable success against objectives in previous roles key
  • Experience in dealing with brokers and borrowers directly is sought after

Ideal Personal Attributes:

  • Highly analytical & numerical with a strong attention to detail
  • Happy working in a dynamic and fast paced environment
  • Confident diary manager and results orientated against set deadlines
  • Ambitious and keen to drive career forward within
  • Equally confident working alone or as part of a team


The salary on offer is up to c£70k, which will be relevant to experience and performance at interview, as you would expect.

Higher offers may also be considered for exceptional experience.


In addition our client operates an excellent bonus structure that will reward you for the success that you bring to the company.

This structure is uncapped and will assist you with increasing annual earnings substantially based on your delivery. Happy todiscuss the detail.


Most notably, due to the exciting level of investment and funding at play, as well as the progressive and forward thinking culture of the business, this is a genuine opportunity for you to propel your own earnings and career standing quickly within, onceexcellent performance has been delivered.

This role will be based in the lenders lovely Mayfair offices, Monday - Friday.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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