Head of Underwriting - Remote Digital Asset Financing

Tether Ltd.; Craigavon; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tether Ltd. is seeking a Head of Underwriting to drive underwriting across Digital Asset Financing. This senior, hands‑on role requires strong financial and credit analysis, sound commercial judgement and a deep understanding of counterparty risk.

You will assess financing opportunities, evaluate counterparties and structure transactions balancing commercial objectives with risk controls. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders to enable execution, monitor exposures and continuously

Qualifications

• 7+ years of underwriting, credit risk or digital asset financing experience.
• Strong financial analysis and counterparty assessment skills.
• Understanding of collateral types including BTC/ETC and custody transfers.
• Experience structuring loans with LTV, margins and risk thresholds.
• Due diligence of counterparties including ownership structures and governance.
• Ongoing risk monitoring with timely escalation of emerging risks.
• Excellent communication with senior stakeholders and decision-makers.

Responsibilities

• Lead credit assessment of borrowers from due diligence through to approval recommendations.
• Analyse counterparty financial statements, liquidity, leverage, trading strategy and overall creditworthiness.
• Evaluate digital asset collateral, collateral coverage, market liquidity and liquidation risks.
• Assess operational and custodial setup of counterparties.
• Structure terms, recommending appropriate LTV, tenor, covenants and margining.
• Identify and assess counterparty, market, concentration and operational risks.
• Prepare underwriting assessments and present recommendations to decision-makers.
• Monitor existing exposures and recommend mitigation measures.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to enable efficient transaction execution while maintaining underwriting standards.
• Continuously enhance underwriting methodologies in response to evolving digital asset markets.

Skills

Financial analysis

Counterparty assessment

Loan structuring (LTV, margins)

Credit risk evaluation

Risk monitoring

Stakeholder communication

Decision making under pressure

Quantitative analysis

Job description

Tether Ltd. is seeking a Head of Underwriting to drive underwriting across Digital Asset Financing. This senior, hands‑on role requires strong financial and credit analysis, sound commercial judgement and a deep understanding of counterparty risk.

You will assess financing opportunities, evaluate counterparties and structure transactions balancing commercial objectives with risk controls. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders to enable execution, monitor exposures and continuously