Mortgage Underwriter Specialist

5 days ago

Solihull, Solihull, United Kingdom Legal & General Full time

Job Title: Mortgage Underwriter Specialist

We are seeking a highly skilled Mortgage Underwriter Specialist to join our team at Legal & General. As a Mortgage Underwriter Specialist, you will be responsible for providing and delivering resolution on medium to high risk or complex cases received by the underwriting team, in line with Group Service Levels, whilst adhering to strict audit and underwriting guidelines and criteria.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Fully understanding of the Underwriting process and its controls ensuring all activity is compliant, ensuring the delivery of a high level of technical underwriting
  • Assessing and processing applications where case is within mandate ensuring acceptability of risk and liability, then authorise as per Legal & General Home Finance (LGHF) guidelines escalating to Underwriting Manager/Technical Manager for more complex cases or queries
  • Interacting with customers by telephone, e-mail and letter in order to gather information required to process and assess applications
  • Applying knowledge to mentor and coach others, providing advice, guidance and technical input in order to improve understanding and job related skills
  • Delivering a high standard of customer service and monitoring the standard exhibited by Junior Underwriters and Underwriting Administrators, highlighting areas for improvement to the Underwriting Manager
  • Analysing underwriting data to identify trends and produce necessary reports or findings, including statistical information where appropriate in relation to underwriting activity and bring to the Underwriting management and team's attention for review

Qualifications:

  • Experience as a Mortgage Underwriter
  • Previous experience underwriting equity release, residential or buy to let cases
  • Minimum of GCSE English and Mathematics or equivalent
  • Understanding of Anti Money Laundering (AML), 'Treating Customers Fairly' (TCF), Data Protection requirements
  • Strong verbal and written skills and attention to detail
  • Computer literate in Microsoft

Benefits:

  • The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
  • Generous pension contribution
  • Life assurance
  • Private medical insurance (permanent employees only)
  • At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years' service
  • Competitive family leave
  • Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice
  • There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
  • In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

About Us:

Legal & General is a leading financial services organisation, named in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future. We're one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurers. Connecting to form a unique business model which drives value for our customers and society. And enabling our people to create impact through work that is meaningful and valued.

Why Join Us:

We strive to be open, mindful, and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs. It doesn't matter if you don't meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose. If you're open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.

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