KFS Recruitment
Senior Underwriter
Senior Underwriter at KFS Recruitment, based in Fleet, South East England, paying £55,000 - £60,000 per annum. This is a permanent role with hybrid working.
- Pay
- £55,000 - £60,000 per annum
- Hours and contract
- Permanent · Hybrid
- Location
- Fleet, South East England
- Closing date
- Sector
- Finance & Accounting
Bang in line with the market for finance & accounting
Reference 57492248
About the role
Senior Underwriter
Bridging and Buy to Let Finance
Hampshire
Hybrid
We are working with a well established lender who specialise in Bridging and Buy to Let finance, who are looking to recruit a Senior Underwriter to support business needs.
Key Responsibilities:
- To utilise mandate to underwrite mortgage applications
- To manage a pipeline of cases ensuring key stages are achieved as quickly as possible and keeping the broker informed and updated
- To undertake fraud checks using third party tools
- To act as a referral point for the wider underwriting team, for case referrals both within and outside of mandate, including Senior Lending Team (SLT) referrals
- To undertake monthly audits of the underwriting team and provide feedback on areas for improvements and any development needs
- Daily allocation and review of DIP’s on submission, to ensure Terms are available
- Daily activities planning and pipeline information for the lending and wider team
- Ownership of data held within the sourcing systems, to ensure products can be identified and key criteria reviewed
- Working with the Processing team to ensure all documentation is issued, accurately and all requirements and offer conditions are appropriate and clear
Skills and Experience
- Excellent audit results for own work, showing no current or historic issues with quality of underwriting or activities undertaken
- Previous experience of buddying a junior member of the team, to achieve their mandate
- Exposure to large loan underwriting and referrals to senior management team
- Strong underwriting background and having held a mandate of at least £500k
- Experience underwriting BTL or Bridging (or both!)
- Cemap
Reference: 57492248 · Posted 1 week ago · Closes 7 Dec 2026 · Listed via KFS Recruitment
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