Senior Underwriter

4 weeks ago


Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Paragon Banking Group PLC Full time

About The Role

Let's grow together

As a Commercial Lending Specialist at Paragon Banking Group PLC, you will play a key role in supporting the intermediary sales channel and helping UK SMEs achieve their ambitions. With a focus on building strong relationships with our introductory sources, you will work closely with our introducers to structure proposals that work for both customers and SME Lending.

You will be responsible for assessing transactions within your lending mandate or for recommendation to a higher mandate holder where required. Your excellent communication skills will enable you to work effectively with brokers on a daily basis to maximise opportunities and get to the right decision as quickly as possible.

About You

What you'll bring to the team

You will have strong commercial lending experience in both secured and unsecured lending, with a solid understanding of funding a wide range of assets and lending structures. Your ability to work in a direct and broker origination model will enable you to provide primary support to our brokers as well as SME Lending's internal and external sales teams.

About Us

Paragon perks

  • Generous holiday allowance, with a day off for your birthday
  • Paid community volunteering
  • Company-wide, profit-sharing bonus
  • Pension plan - we'll contribute up to 10% of your annual salary
  • Life assurance and personal accident cover

Be flexible

We promote flexibility around how and where we work so that you can achieve a healthier work-life balance. Emerging from the pandemic, most teams are moving towards hybrid working, splitting their week between the office and home.

Be yourself

We welcome diversity and we care about inclusion. That's why we want you to be your whole self at work. We believe an inclusive workplace is good for each of us, great for our customers and better for our business.

Be heard

We listen to your point of view, with our People Forum and regular employee surveys making sure you can use your voice and influence our future.

Be well

We offer a range of support to help you care for your wellbeing, from our free Employee Assistance Programme to our qualified Wellbeing team who are on hand to connect you with the help you need to get more out of life.

Be better

We want you to reach your potential and, as a Platinum Investors in People employer, we'll encourage you to learn and develop by building a personalised development plan together with your manager.

Be a part of it

Our employees tell us that the best thing about Paragon is the people. So, if you're looking for an energetic, friendly team with a great set of values to help you take the next step in your career, apply now and let's grow together.



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