A dynamic, reputable, and highly successful specialist lender currently requires a Buy-to-Let Underwriting Manager, (BTL) to join its friendly and vibrant team in Watford.
Competitive salary c£75,000 plus bonus and benefits
With a strong appetite to lend and a passion for delivering excellent customer service, this offers a fantastic opportunity.
Buy-to-Let Underwriting Manager (BTL) Key Accountabilities
- Full responsibility for designing, managing, embedding, and delivering the credit risk management framework and procedures ensuring best practise installed within the underwriting procedures.
- Deputise for Lending Operations Director as and when required
- Management and development of underwriting team to case manage loans from inception to completion.
- Ensure SLAs are maintained and exceeded
- Develop and promote clear standards of performance within underwriting which support the Company Training and Competency Policy
- Implement required training and ensure adequate records of staff training and competence are maintained
- System owner of BTL origination platform which will include helping develop effective systems and processes, providing specifications and UAT
- Mandated to approve high value loans
- Development of highly skilled and competent underwriting team and robust credit risk framework.
- Implement effective underwriting controls across all processes and procedures which minimises the risk of error and promotes compliant and robust underwriting decisions
- Internal and external quality assurance checking identifies no material issues
Buy-to-Let Underwriting Manager (BTL) Skills & Competencies
- Excellent communication skills essential for dealing with brokers, borrowers, and lenders
- Extensive experience of leading, developing and managing a team
- Proactive
- Organised
- Problem solver
- Approachable
Buy-to-Let Underwriting Manager (BTL) Knowledge & Qualifications
- A strong understanding of FCA regulation
- Extensive experience of underwriting
- CeMAP qualified would be advantageous but is not essential
- Personal Attributes
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Analytical, decisive, and assertive
- Takes ownership and responsibility and is results oriented with a proactive
Buy-to-Let Underwriting Manager (BTL) Benefits:
- Contributory Pension scheme
- Private Medical Healthcare
- Life Assurance
- Dental Plan
- Free eye tests
- Annual leave purchase scheme
- Social events
- Refreshments
- 25 days annual leave with bank and public holidays on top
- Perk box
- Superb development opportunities