Underwriting Administrator - Leeds or Sheffield | Hybrid

Deloitte - Recruitment; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Deloitte - Recruitment is hiring an Underwriting Administrator to support the underwriting team in Leeds or Sheffield with hybrid working arrangements. The role starts ASAP and runs for an initial 3–6 month period, offering a competitive daily rate inside IR35.

You will manage documentation, assess lending cases, coordinate with brokers and clients, and ensure compliance across underwriting processes. The position emphasizes accuracy, strong communication, and attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Strong organizational and administrative skills.
• Experience in financial services or insurance environment.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Familiarity with insurance terminology and lending processes is a plus.
• Proficiency with relevant software and databases.

Responsibilities

• Documentation management for underwriting files and records.
• Assess customers' financial circumstances for lending facilities and provide credit decisions.
• Coordinate with related business areas to improve the customer service journey.
• Ensure compliance and minimize fraud, losses, and bad debt.
• Review data and policy procedures, using a decision tree to accept/decline low-risk cases.
• Data entry into underwriting systems and databases.
• Coordinate communication between underwriters, brokers, clients and departments.
• Assist in policy preparation and issuance.
• Support compliance with policies and regulatory requirements.
• Schedule and manage workflow to support underwriting efficiency.

Skills

Organizational skills

Administrative experience

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Insurance terminology

Database proficiency

Job description

Underwriting Administrator - Leeds or Sheffield | Hybrid

Leeds, United Kingdom | Posted on 25/08/2026

Role: Underwriting Administrator - Leeds or Sheffield | Hybrid

StartDate: ASAP

EndDate: 3-6 Months (initially)

DailyRate: Competitive(Inside IR35)

Role Overview:

An Underwriting Administrator plays acrucial support role within the underwriting department of insurance companiesor financial institutions. Their primary responsibility is to assistunderwriters by managing administrative tasks that facilitate the underwriting/ lending process.

Key Responsibilities

• Documentation Management: Organizing, reviewing, and maintainingunderwriting files and records to ensure accuracy and compliance.
  
• Take responsibility for assessing the current financialcircumstances of our customers who are applying for a lending facility andto provide well-reasoned and responsible credit lendingdecisions.
  
• Work with related business areas to provide guidance and feedbackin respect of improving the customer service journey
  
• Ensure all procedures and internal controls are adhered to,minimising fraud, losses and bad debt. Continuously critically reviewpolicies and procedures providing evidence-based recommendations forchange.
  
• Reviewing data, checking policy & procedure, and following adecision tree approach to either accept or decline the low risk /non-complex mortgage applications
  
• Data Entry and Processing: Inputting client and policy informationinto underwriting systems and databases.
  
• Communication Coordination: Acting as a liaison betweenunderwriters, brokers, clients, and other departments to gather necessaryinformation and provide updates.
  
• Policy Preparation: Assisting in the preparation and issuance ofinsurance policies and related documents.
  
• Compliance Support: Ensuring that all underwriting activitiesadhere to company policies and regulatory requirements.
  
• Scheduling and Workflow Management: Coordinating meetings,deadlines, and workflow to support underwriting efficiency.
  

Skills and Qualifications

• Strong organizational and administrative skills.
  
• Administrative experience working within a Financial Servicesorganisation
  
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
  
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
  
• Familiarity with insurance terminology, lending underwritingprocesses would be an advantage but not essential
  
• Proficiency in relevant software and databases.
  

To be successful in this role youshould meet the following requirements:

• You will contribute to the team performance expectations, throughexcellent customer service, the provision of lending standards, fraudidentification, and good customer outcomes.
  
• Drive achievement against expectations for revenue generation,customer satisfaction and cost containment
  

Value to the Organization

By efficiently handling administrativeduties, the Underwriting Administrator enables underwriters to focus on riskassessment and decision-making, thereby improving overall productivity andservice quality.