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Group Underwriter | Asset Finance
Our client is a growing asset finance business with ambitious expansion plans and is looking to appoint a Group Underwriter to join their underwriting team. This is an excellent opportunity for a junior underwriting professional to join a business with a strong presence across the UK and play a key role in supporting its continued growth.
The Role
As a Group Underwriter, you will be responsible for delivering risk-based assessments on finance proposals received across the group. You'll analyse financial information, make informed underwriting decisions, and work closely with sales and support teams to ensure high-quality lending decisions are made.
You'll also have the opportunity to contribute to new initiatives, system improvements, and the ongoing development of underwriting processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess and underwrite finance proposals from across the group using a risk-based approach.
- Analyse credit searches, financial accounts, cash flow information, and wider business information to make informed lending decisions.
- Confidently communicate and justify underwriting decisions to sales and support teams.
- Provide constructive feedback to help improve the quality of future submissions.
- Assist with the preparation and presentation of credit papers for senior underwriters, senior management and the Board.
- Support the implementation of new initiatives, pilot schemes, systems and processes.
- Carry out audits on completed deals and make recommendations where appropriate.
- Process financial documentation for own-book deals.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure an efficient workflow.
- Use Microsoft Office and internal CRM systems to manage information and support underwriting activity.
- Provide additional support to the underwriting function as required.
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- Experience as a Junior Underwriter within a financial services organisation, ideally within asset finance.
- An understanding of the asset finance industry.
- Strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail.
- Good judgement and decision-making ability.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- The confidence to explain and support underwriting decisions.
- The ability to build effective relationships with internal stakeholders.
- Experience using Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, and CRM systems.
- An understanding of financial statements, business cash flows and debt servicing calculations would be advantageous.
Our client are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
If you're looking to develop your underwriting career within a growing asset finance business, we'd love to hear from you.
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