Underwriter

GetGround; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm is seeking an Underwriter to develop new finance products aimed at improving property investment accessibility. You will be responsible for leading underwriting processes and collaborating with teams to ensure successful product launches. Ideal candidates should have over 2 years of experience in underwriting or loan servicing in dynamic environments, possess strong communication skills, and a metrics-driven mindset to match our growth ambitions. This position requires on-site presence in Waterloo four days a week.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of underwriting and/or loan servicing experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Hands-on experience in regulated lending.
• Obsessed with 'time to decision' and 'capital deployment speed'.

Responsibilities

• Lead the underwriting and servicing for new financial products.
• Manage the operational rollout for market-leading performance.
• Collaborate with a leadership team to ensure product launch success.

Skills

Underwriting experience

Loan servicing experience

Strong communication skills

Detail-oriented

Metrics-driven approach

Job description

Job Overview

We are searching for an Underwriter to join our team. This is a pivotal hire for our vision to make property investment more accessible. You will be instrumental in deploying a new suite of innovative finance products in partnership with BuyAssociation (BA), driving stock volume across all of our sales channels.

Office and Environment Policy

To maintain our high-velocity culture and ensure seamless collaboration during the high-complexity launch phase, you will be expected to work from our Waterloo office 4 days per week. This physical presence is essential for real‑time problem‑solving as we integrate our teams and systems to hit our ambitious growth targets.

The Opportunity

This is a rare opportunity to build a new product category and a high‑performance team from the ground up. You will be architecting the processes that allow us to scale. You will play a central role in our 2026 strategic roadmap, acting as the critical bridge between our technical systems and capital deployment.

What You Will Do

• Architect and Execute Underwriting: Lead the underwriting and servicing for our new financial products.
• Optimise and Scale: Manage the operational rollout to ensure market‑leading performance.
• Empower Distribution: Facilitate the uptake of our new products via our agent network.
• Stakeholder Synergy: Collaborate closely with a high‑profile leadership team to ensure high‑complexity products are launched successfully in 2026.
• Drive Technical Integration: we expect to use AI powered systems to make underwriting smart and scalable.
• Performance Monitoring: Own the metrics that matter, reporting directly on core KPIs to the wider business and working with our finance team to report to our capital providers.

You Should Apply If You

• Possess 2+ years of underwriting and/or loan servicing experience within a fast‑paced environment.
• Have direct, hands‑on experience in regulated lending.
• Have a "Building Mindset" where you thrive when creating new products and systems from scratch rather than just maintaining the status quo.
• Are a metrics‑driven professional, obsessed with "time to decision" and "capital deployment speed" to match our impact focused culture.
• Are highly organised and detail‑oriented, capable of navigating the high‑complexity requirements of multi‑layered capital deployment.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence internal stakeholders and external partners alike.

What we are building

The first end‑to‑end real estate investment offering - making the dream of owning real estate more accessible to everyone globally.

Diversity & inclusion at GetGround

We encourage applications from all sections of society and we believe in the criticality of an inclusive culture. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis as protected by law.

• 42% of our employees identify as female or non‑specified, 58% as male.
• 22 nationalities represented across offices in 5 countries.
• Our work on Design Accessibility.
• Inclusion is at the heart of our culture - we celebrate and reflect on key D&I and cultural events such as: Black History Month, International Women's Day and Pride.

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