Specialist Senior Mortgage Underwriter

• Extensive mortgage underwriting experience with strong expertise in credit risk, affordability assessment and responsible lending.
• In-depth knowledge of complex and specialist residential lending, including non-standard income, adverse credit and higher-risk cases.
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements, including MCOB, Consumer Duty, AML, Financial Crime and Data Protection.
• Proven ability to assess complex customer circumstances and make clear, balanced and well-reasoned lending decisions.
• Confidence managing policy exceptions, multiple risk factors and complex stakeholder discussions.
• Excellent communication, influencing and relationship management skills, with the ability to coach and support colleagues.

• Experience of specialist lending propositions and customers who sit outside traditional lending models.
• Knowledge of Open Banking, automated decisioning and technology-enabled underwriting.
• Ability to interpret portfolio trends and emerging risks to support lending decisions and continuous improvement.

Location: Head Office, Nottingham (Hybrid working, minimum 2 days per week)

Salary: Up to £55k (Depending on experience)
Salary will be pro rata to 6 months FTC

• A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market data, annual discretionary bonus scheme, Medicash healthcare scheme, 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave.
• Commitment and dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We help you to own and grow your potential so you can be at your best in your current role and to support your future career aspirations.
• For all full-time roles we work a 35-hour working week to promote a work/life balance, we want you to be at your best inside and outside of work.
• A friendly and inclusive culture where teams genuinely strive to do the right thing by their colleagues and our customers.
• A strong sustainability agenda - we're continually finding new ways to be kinder to the environment by reducing our carbon footprint.
• We're passionate about giving back to the communities in which we serve as well as supporting local charities as part of the Samuel Fox Foundation. One of the many ways you can get involved is to use the 2 days per year paid leave to volunteer for causes or charities that are important to you.
• Your health and wellbeing is our priority, we encourage this through a suite of support resources, including a team of trained mental health first aiders.

Application process: Please apply via the application button which will direct you to our careers site. If you require any adjustments to assist you in applying, please contact [email protected]

As a Specialist Senior Mortgage Underwriter, you'll assess and approve both standard and complex mortgage applications within your delegated authority, delivering fair, timely and well-reasoned outcomes for customers and brokers.

Alongside managing a portfolio of specialist cases, including complex income structures, adverse credit, non-standard properties and Extraordinary Borrower (EOB) scenarios, you'll act as a technical expert within the team. You'll support underwriting referrals, mentor colleagues, contribute to policy development and help drive consistent, high-quality underwriting decisions across the Society.

• Assess and approve residential mortgage and further advance applications within delegated authority.
• Manage complex and specialist cases, including self-employed applicants, adverse credit, multiple income streams, non-standard properties and Extraordinary Borrower (EOB) scenarios.
• Review affordability, creditworthiness, property security and customer circumstances to make informed lending decisions.
• Refer cases outside mandate or risk appetite appropriately.
• Deliver fair, consistent and risk-based lending decisions aligned to policy and risk appetite.
• Consider customer vulnerability, affordability sustainability and foreseeable harm in all decisions.
• Identify and escalate credit, fraud, conduct or operational risks where appropriate.
• Maintain clear and robust decision records.
• Act as a subject matter expert for complex underwriting cases.
• Support colleagues with referrals, technical guidance and best practice.
• Share insights on emerging risks, market trends and specialist lending.
• Build strong relationships with brokers, customers and internal stakeholders.
• Communicate lending decisions, requirements and conditions clearly and professionally.
• Support the delivery of excellent customer and broker outcomes.
• Contribute to specialist lending propositions, underwriting policy and process improvements.
• Support changes to products, policy, systems and decisioning tools.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of regulation, market developments and emerging risks.

Contract type: 6 month FTC

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours

Here's a taste of what you will be doing as a Specialist Senior Mortgage Underwriter at Nottingham Building Society: -