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Senior Buy-to-Let Underwriter

Jems Recruitment Ltd

London

Hybrid

GBP 40,000 - 70,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced mortgage underwriter to join their dynamic team. In this hybrid role, you will manage and underwrite Buy to Let cases, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards while providing excellent service to introducers. This position offers a supportive and progressive work environment with significant opportunities for career advancement. If you have a strong background in underwriting and are ready to take the next step in your career, this is the perfect opportunity for you to thrive and grow within a stable organization.

Benefits

Bonus
Contributory pension
Private healthcare
Life insurance
Generous annual leave
Season ticket loan

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of underwriting experience, ideally with buy-to-let exposure.
  • Experience in a regulated environment with senior mandate level.

Responsibilities

  • Underwrite and approve Buy to Let mortgage applications.
  • Manage a pipeline of applications from receipt to completion.
  • Liaise with introducers for accurate underwriting decisions.

Skills

Underwriting
Credit Risk Assessment
Relationship Management
Regulatory Compliance

Education

5 years+ experience in underwriting
Experience in regulated environments

Job description

  • Hybrid role 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely
  • Full range of benefits including bonus, contributory pension, private healthcare, life insurance, generous annual leave, season ticket loan and more
  • Mortgage underwriting role ideally with some buy-to-let experience
  • Excellent stability, as well as career growth

Working within a well-established and expanding team environment, you will be underwriting and approving a pipeline of Buy to Let cases from application to completion.


Duties include:
  • Underwriting a higher risk profile of mortgage applications
  • Managing new applications, incoming post and pre-submission referrals within set service standards
  • Proactively managing an assigned pipeline of applications from receipt to completion
  • Liaising with a pre-approved panel of Introducers to provide quick, accurate and reliable underwriting decisions
  • Providing input to and approval of Credit decisions within own delegated mandate
  • Acting as a referral point for other mortgage underwriters within team, and complete coaching and training activities where required
  • Adhering to internal policy and regulatory requirements FCA, PRA, AML, Prevention of Financial Crime, Data Protection
  • Make lending decisions in line with Credit Risk Policy and mandate level
We are looking for candidates who have:
  • 5 years+ underwriting experience or credit exposure within Buy-to-Let
  • Experience working within a regulated environment
  • Currently holds a more senior mandate level
  • Previous relationship management of introducers or external customers

If you have experience of working within Buy to Let mortgages and are looking for the next step in your career, call us or apply today.


There is excellent progression available across the company, with the ability to develop within the team and gain higher mandate levels. In addition to this, you will be joining a team orientated culture which is extremely supportive, progressive and stable.

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