Average Bridging Underwriter salary in the UK

Job Title: Senior Bridging Underwriter Location: Borehamwood Hybrid 1 day WFH Salary: Up to circa £80,000 DOE Hours: Monday to Friday 9 am to 5.30 pm Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidaysPrivate medical insuranceEmployer contributory pension schemeQuarterly social eventsState-of-the-art office/ Top-of-the-range IT setup and equipmentIn-house chefs providing breakfast, lunch, and snacks Monday-FridayBicycle hire schemeMonthly incentives, including "Star of the Month" and birthday vouchersEarly Friday finishRegular in-house learning and development sessionsElectric car and cycle-to-work schemeLife insuranceAnnual discretionary bonus About the role of Senior Bridging Underwriter: This is a hands-on, senior role where you will oversee a team of underwriters and origination staff, ensuring high-quality credit decisions and efficient workflows. You will maintain your own pipeline of deals, present cases to credit committees, and build strong relationships with brokers, solicitors, and valuers.This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded underwriter to bring technical expertise, leadership, and strategic insight to a fast-growing and dynamic lending environment. Responsibilities for the role of Senior Bridging Underwriter: Manage a team of underwriters and origination staff, overseeing workflows and performance.Underwrite bridging loan applications from start to finish, ensuring adherence to lending policies.Maintain a personal pipeline of deals while supporting team workloads.Assess risk continuously and provide clear, commercially aware credit decisions.Present cases to credit committees, clearly outlining borrower risk, asset strength, and lending rationale.Build and maintain strong relationships with brokers, solicitors, valuers, and other stakeholders.Monitor team KPIs, deadlines, and productivity to ensure high-quality, efficient outcomes.Identify opportunities to improve underwriting processes, policies, and efficiencies.Collaborate with finance and treasury teams to ensure timely funding of cases.Keep up-to-date with regulatory requirements and industry best practices in both regulated and unregulated bridging lending. Experience required for the role of Senior Bridging Underwriter: Experience in both regulated and unregulated bridging is highly desirable.Proven ability to manage a team or have held a senior role along with a personal deal pipeline.Strong track record in credit assessment and presenting cases to committees. For more information regarding the role of Senior Bridging Underwriter, please get in touch with us. Stellar Select is acting as an employment agency and is a corporate member of the REC. Due to a high volume of applications, we will only contact you if your application has been successful. We aim to contact all successful contacts within two business days.

UnderwriterBridging FinanceLondonWe are currently working with a fast-growing lender, who are looking for a Bridging Underwriter to join the team.The Sales and Underwriting teams are currently expanding, to ensure the business can grow and continue to deliver exceptional service.Your main responsibility will be to work within the Underwriting team, to ensure effective risk management and seamless drawdown of funds to borrowers.Responsibilities:Liaising with valuers, solicitors, and intermediariesEnsuring all files are complete and accurateEnsuring all deals comply with the Company’s lending criteriaCompleting all credit papers accuratelyProjecting positivity, professionalism, and knowledge across all communicationsWorking closely with the whole business to ensure deals progress smoothly and efficientlyKey skills / Experience:Analytical and methodical thinkingAbility to take ownershipSuccessful task management, to deliver high quality servicePrevious underwriting experience within Financial Services (Ideally bridging finance)Ability to communicate at all levelsA can-do attitudeA flexible approach to workA confident communicatorSelf-motivation

Fraser Carver Executive Search are working with a new to market Bridging & Development Finance Lender in central London who are looking for a number of very experienced Bridging Underwriters to join their Credit team.My client is very well funded with solid institutional funding lines in place and having hired an excellent sales team they are now looking for a couple of heavyweight bridging underwriters to support the already impressive deal flow. They have extremely ambitious plans for growth over the next couple of years as such this is a great opportunity to get involved at the beginning of their journey..Key duties include:Managing the full lending process from application to drawdownAssessing bridging loan applications and analysing creditworthiness of complex casesPreparing detailed credit proposals for Credit CommitteeReviewing valuation reports and due diligence documentationDrafting offer documents and ensuring conditions are satisfied pre-completionLiaising with brokers, solicitors, valuers, surveyors, other lenders and internal teams to progress casesExperience required:Proven track record within bridging underwriting and structured lendingDeep knowledge of structuring bridging dealsStrong understanding of property-based lending, underwriting and risk assessmentExcellent communication and stakeholder management, experience working with C levelAnalytical mindset with the confidence to make informed decisionsA proactive, problem-solving mentality and a commitment to great customer outcomesAbility to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative team environmentThis role requires 4 days working in the offices in central London so please consider this when applying. We are also unfortunately unable to provide sponsorship so UK work eligibility must be in place or not required.NB: Salary listed is reflective of years of relevant experience.