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Buy-to-Let Underwriting Manager

D&R Recruitment Limited
Posted 13 days ago, valid for 6 days
Location

Watford, Hertfordshire WD24 4LH

Salary

£30,000 - £36,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan
Life Insurance

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  • A reputable specialist lender is seeking a Buy-to-Let Underwriting Manager to join their team in Watford.
  • The position offers a competitive salary of approximately £75,000, along with bonuses and benefits.
  • Candidates should have extensive experience in underwriting and team management, with a strong understanding of FCA regulations.
  • Key responsibilities include managing the credit risk framework, developing the underwriting team, and ensuring compliance with performance standards.
  • The role also involves serving as the system owner for the BTL origination platform and approving high-value loans.

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

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.