Head of Underwriting - Charles Street
Head of Underwriting - Charles Street
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Job Description
As our Head of Underwriting you will work as part of our Charles Street division which operates with great success supporting professional property developers investors and SMEs to access bespoke funds for a wide variety of property based lending including Bridging finance Buytolet commercial mortgages Development Loans and subcharge loans.
This role will focus on leading and mentoring the Underwriting team ensuring that we develop a high performing team that makes sound underwriting decisions and delivers excellent customer service.
As our Head of Underwriting we are looking for someone to:
- Lead motivate and manage the Underwriting team through a programme of 121s skills gap analysis appraisals training and coaching to improve performance and develop colleagues
- Implement an effective case management process that ensures adherence to policies and procedures to provide a best in class service
- Monitor and report on the performance of the prefunding team through tracking KPIs to celebrate success and / or identify areas of improvement
- Underwrite your own cases for higher value more complex loan requests. Leading by example demonstrating sound judgement and thorough analysis to mitigate risk making the right decisions against our lending criteria
- Identify opportunities for improvements in processes highlighting bottlenecks delays and / or inefficient processes to enhance speed and customer experience
Qualifications :
Essential
- Extensive Commercial Underwriting experience
- Significant experience of having managed an Underwriting Team
- Skilled in the ability to coach upskill support and manage a high performing team
- Strategic planning ability to determine resource requirements and implement effective ways of working
- Ability to influence at all levels
Desirable
- Experience of bridging and term loans
If you feel you have some of the skills mentioned above but not all please do still apply and we would be happy to have a further discussion with you in regards to your suitability for the role.
Additional Information :
Together embraces diversity and inclusion and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference we celebrate it support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds perspectives and skills.
If you feel youd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process please dont hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.
Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference financial and criminal record checks.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
