Underwriting Assistant

1 week ago


Cape Town, South Africa The Legends Agency Full time

Job Title: Underwriting Assistant

Reports to: Risk Director 

Salary: R30k - R40k/month (Suitability dependent)

Location: Hybrid, Cape Town

About Us

Our client is a fast-growing fintech lending company based in the UK. They specialize in legal cases.

Minimum Requirements:

  • University Graduate (Degree related to Law, Finance, Business or Accounting)
  • Minimum of 2 years in complex lending, financial services or legal sector. 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to speak to solicitors at large law firms and the ability to present to senior management.
  • Ability to manage a large number of cases

Key Responsibilities

  • Managing the collation of applications for funding and compiling supporting documentation for review by the underwriting team.
  • Undertaking initial due diligence on complex financial matters and prospective borrowers.
  • Compiling schedules of assets.
  • Communicating with solicitors and prospective borrowers both over email and on the telephone, to ensure receipt of all information required for underwriting.
  • Ensuring the companys compliance policies e.g. AML & data protection etc are adhered to in line with FCA regulations
  • Updating senior members of the team on a regular basis on the status of applications across a large number of cases in the application workflow.
  • Keeping borrowers and solicitors updated about the status of applications
  • Preparing loan documentation
  • Collating executed documentation


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