Deloitte - Recruitment
Underwriting Administrator - Leeds or Sheffield | Hybrid
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Role: Underwriting Administrator - Leeds or Sheffield | Hybrid
Location: Leeds (Hybrid)
Start Date: ASAP
End Date: 3-6 Months (initially)
Daily Rate: Competitive (Inside IR35)
Role Overview:
An Underwriting Administrator plays a crucial support role within the underwriting department of insurance companies or financial institutions. Their primary responsibility is to assist underwriters by managing administrative tasks that facilitate the underwriting / lending process.
Key Responsibilities
- Documentation Management: Organizing, reviewing, and maintaining underwriting files and records to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Assessing Financial Circumstances: Take responsibility for assessing the current financial circumstances of our customers who are applying for a lending facility and to provide well-reasoned and responsible credit lending decisions.
- Customer Service Improvement: Work with related business areas to provide guidance and feedback in respect of improving the customer service journey.
- Procedures and Internal Controls: Ensure all procedures and internal controls are adhered to, minimizing fraud, losses, and bad debt. Continuously critically review policies and procedures providing evidence-based recommendations for change.
- Risk Assessment: Reviewing data, checking policy & procedure, and following a decision tree approach to either accept or decline the low risk / non-complex mortgage applications.
- Data Entry and Processing: Inputting client and policy information into underwriting systems and databases.
- Communication Coordination: Acting as a liaison between underwriters, brokers, clients, and other departments to gather necessary information and provide updates.
- Policy Preparation: Assisting in the preparation and issuance of insurance policies and related documents.
- Compliance Support: Ensuring that all underwriting activities adhere to company policies and regulatory requirements.
- Scheduling and Workflow Management: Coordinating meetings, deadlines, and workflow to support underwriting efficiency.
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Skills and Qualifications
- Strong organizational and administrative skills.
- Administrative experience working within a Financial Services organization.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with insurance terminology, lending underwriting processes would be an advantage but not essential.
- Proficiency in relevant software and databases.
Value to the Organization
By efficiently handling administrative duties, the Underwriting Administrator enables underwriters to focus on risk assessment and decision-making, thereby improving overall productivity and service quality.
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