Senior Mortgage Underwriter (Complex Lending)

Senior Mortgage Underwriter (Complex Lending) £275 - £325 per day 6 months - potential for extension.Remote with potential for very occasional travel. Senior Underwriter experienced in complex lending with current mandate required to join an award winning building society. We need a "safe pair of hands" who can hit the ground running, immediately take on an active lending mandate, and help manage a high-volume pipeline of complex, intermediary-led mortgage applications. Key Deliverables: Provide immediate, mandated manual underwriting capacity across DIPs, FMAs, and completions. Assess complex credit profiles, with a specific focus on complex income structures and self-build finance. Manage high-level broker communications, delivering prompt, pragmatic, and commercially aware lending decisions. Navigate the pipeline efficiently using core systems (Finova/MS Teams) while adhering to strict MCOB, TCF, and Consumer Duty regulations. Provide mandate-level sign-off for more junior members of the underwriting team when required. The Ideal Contractor: A proven interim professional or a highly experienced permanent underwriter available at short notice. Must have recent experience holding a senior lending mandate within a Building Society or Specialist Lender. Deep technical knowledge of manual underwriting, self-build, and complex income. CeMAP qualified. ..... full job details .....