Are you an experienced Underwriter looking to join a successful, family-owned business where you’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team? Based in Rotherham with hybrid working available, this is a great opportunity to join a business with a fantastic culture, where people are genuinely valued. You’ll be supported to develop your knowledge and experience, with plenty of opportunity to progress as the business continues to grow.
Job Overview
As an Underwriter, you’ll play an important role in ensuring lending applications are assessed and processed accurately and efficiently. Your responsibilities will include:
- Assessing and processing 1st and 2nd charge lending applications, ensuring they meet agreed lending criteria and company standards.
- Managing applications throughout the underwriting and packaging process, ensuring information and documentation is complete and accurate.
- Completing DIPs, arranging valuations and preparing cases for submission to underwriting.
- Liaising directly with brokers and customers, providing regular updates, answering queries and delivering a high standard of service throughout the process.
- Managing and prioritising your own caseload, working to agreed SLAs and keeping relevant stakeholders updated on case progression.
- Supporting new lending referrals and working closely with colleagues to ensure applications progress smoothly and efficiently.
Person Specification
We’re looking for someone who enjoys being hands-on, takes pride in doing a great job and will fit well into a close-knit team. Ideally, you will have:
- Previous experience within lending, underwriting or packaging, with exposure to 1st and/or 2nd charge lending particularly beneficial.
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to review information thoroughly and identify discrepancies or missing information.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage and prioritise a varied workload effectively.
- A proactive, hands-on approach, taking ownership of cases and following them through to completion.
- Excellent communication and customer service skills, with the confidence to build positive relationships with brokers, customers and colleagues.
- A real team-player mentality and a great personality – approachable, adaptable and happy to get stuck in and support the wider team when needed.
On Offer
Offering a salary of £32,000 per annum, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly, family-owned business that genuinely supports and encourages development and career progression. You’ll benefit from hybrid working and no weekend work, alongside 22 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service), the option to buy and sell holidays, pension, life assurance, income protection, virtual GP, EAP, wellbeing initiatives and a range of additional employee benefits.
We are committed to providing a fair and inclusive recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please inform your consultant. Please note, while we are unable to respond to all unsuccessful applications, we are happy to keep your details on our CRM system and consider you for future opportunities. If you wish to have your details removed at any time, please contact hello@incconsulting.co.uk with your request.