Nr. Edinburgh/Hybrid working

Up to £30k per annum

Are you a mortgage professional, seeking a new opportunity where you can build your skills with a specialist, niche lender? Our client is a specialist mortgage brokerage and one of the UK’s leading experts in self-build, custom-build, renovation and conversion finance.

Our client is seeking an experienced, mortgage expert to join their specialist mortgage team. Playing a key role in supporting customers throughout their mortgage journey, you will be part of a collaborative and high performing team.

Duties will include:

• Responsible for packaging and progressing mortgage applications from Decisions in Principle, through to mortgage offer.
• Assessing cases and issuing clear requirements to customers and Mortgage Advisers.
• Reviewing financial documentation and supporting application documentation.
• Packaging and submitting fully reviewed, quality-checked mortgage applications to lenders.
• Actively chasing outstanding information to progress applications.

The successful individual will possess:

• Previous experience in mortgage case management.
• Experience processing mortgage applications from DIP through to offer.
• Strong communication and relationship building skills.
• CeMap would be highly desirable but not essential.

Along with a competitive salary, our client offers hybrid working of 3 days per week based at head office and the remainder working remotely (full office presence would be required for the probationary period - 3 months), company pension scheme, life insurance, bonus scheme and more.

If this sounds like your next role, please apply today!  

Hybrid – once per week office presence - East of England  

Salary to £50K + Annual Company Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Our client, a customer centric, residential and BTL mortgage and savings provider, is looking for a Business Development Manager to join their Intermediary Sales team.

The successful candidate will be a team player adept at relationship building and mortgage case management. In this fast paced, busy team you will provide telephone-based assistance with complex mortgage cases and also be responsible for developing and managing relationships with mortgage intermediaries across England & Wales either face to face or via Teams; increasing broker engagement, driving mortgage applications and supporting brokers with complex lending enquiries, criteria and product solutions.

You will be expected to work out of the office once a week, potentially more initially for training. There will be a need for occasional overnight stays (6-8 per year for events/roadshows), but this is not a regular requirement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing intermediary relationships and supporting the telephone BDM team with calls (criteria queries, case management) fostering a culture of trust and rapport.
• Attending industry events/roadshows.
• Act as the first point of contact for brokers, providing expert support on lending criteria, products and complex case enquiries.
• Manage and maintain a healthy pipeline of business, ensuring strong conversion rates from application through to completion.
• Deliver telephone based, face-to-face and Teams meetings, presentations and consultations to intermediary firms.

To be considered you must have:

• CEMAP qualification or equivalent.
• Recent experience within the mortgage or intermediary lending market. A background in a building society environment or IFA or non-vanilla banking mortgage lending environment would be welcomed.
• Experience either in a sales, telephone BDM, advising, underwriting, broker support or relationship management capacity.
• A strong understanding of complex residential and Buy to Let mortgage products, lending criteria and the mortgage application journey.
• Strong relationship-building, problem-solving, decision-making skills with an energetic team focused attitude.
   

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced mortgage BDM or someone with strong specialist mortgage market knowledge and excellent relationship management skills, who is looking to move into a Business Development Manager position.

In return, you'll receive a competitive salary, generous bonus based on individual and team performance and an excellent benefits package. You will be provided with support from the BDA’s and field-based travel is only around 6 times each year.

If you're passionate about the mortgage market and ready to take the next step into a rewarding Business Development role, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and we'll be in touch promptly.

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to join a small team within a dynamic, innovative, and fast-growing established fintech lender. You will support customers in arrears by managing inbound and outbound contact across phone, email, SMS, and WhatsApp. The role focuses on understanding customer circumstances, agreeing sustainable repayment solutions, identifying vulnerable customers, resolving issues, and maintaining accurate records while meeting quality and performance targets

You will be required to be in the office in Milton Keynes up to 4 days each week. 

Duties of the Collections Consultant will include:

• Handling inbound and outbound calls across phone, email, SMS, and WhatsApp within SLA.
• Contacting customers in arrears to discuss their situation and agree sustainable repayment arrangements.
• Setting up and maintaining repayment plans, direct debits, and forbearance arrangements accurately.
• Processing IVA and DMP notifications.
• Identifying vulnerable customers and applying the appropriate vulnerability process.
• Completing all case records and call notes accurately after every interaction.
• Meeting daily and monthly contact and quality targets.

The successful candidate will possess:

• Experience in a consumer debt collections team.
• Familiarity with IVA and DMP processes and the account actions they require.
• Good negotiation/objection handling skills and an empathetic nature.
• Skills to work within a team and a strong, clear communication style.

In return, you will be working in a progressive and dynamic environment and rewarded with a fantastic benefits package including a matched contribution pension, medical cover and funds towards gym membership. If you have the relevant experience and this role appeals, please apply today and we will be in touch with you promptly.

Reporting to the Finance Director, the FP&A ALMIS contractor will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing the company’s financial planning and modelling capabilities through ALMIS, supporting budgeting, forecasting, stress testing and prudential assessments. The role helps ensure the company has robust financial models, dependable MI and effective system functionality to enable informed strategic decision-making, meet regulatory obligations and support future transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities include:

• Maintaining and enhancing the company’s financial planning and modelling capability, ensuring models, assumptions and outputs are accurate, robust and well controlled.
• Supporting the delivery of budgets, corporate plans, forecasts, stress testing, sensitivity analysis and prudential assessments to inform strategic decision-making.
• Acting as a Finance subject matter expert for ALMIS, leading model development, system enhancements, reporting improvements and process automation opportunities.
• Supporting regulatory and transformation initiatives, including ICAAP, ILAAP, Recovery Planning, Going Concern assessments and wider Finance system developments.
• Leading testing, validation and implementation of ALMIS upgrades and Finance system changes, ensuring effective controls, documentation and audit evidence are maintained.

The successful candidate will possess:

Essential

• Proven experience using ALMIS, specifically the Planner module.
• Significant experience in financial modelling, planning or finance systems within a regulated environment (ideally within a Building Society or financial services organisation).
• Experience developing and maintaining financial planning, forecasting or balance sheet management models.
• Demonstrable experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis and stress testing processes.
• Experience of system testing, validation and implementing system or model changes.

Desirable

• Accountancy, treasury, risk or compliance qualification (or working towards one).
• Knowledge of PRA/FCA regulatory requirements and supervisory expectations, including ICAAP, ILAAP, Recovery Planning, ALCO and Board reporting.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with ALMIS and FP&A skills to join a supportive financial services organisation on a 3–6-month contract. Working with the Finance Director, you will play a key role in enhancing financial planning, modelling, forecasting and regulatory capabilities through ALMIS. Offering hybrid or remote working, a competitive day rate/salary dependent on experience, and the opportunity to support strategic finance initiatives, this role is ideal for an ALMIS specialist or finance professional with strong modelling and planning experience.

Staffordshire/Hybrid

£competitive + benefits

Our client is a heritage specialist lender ready to evolve beyond tradition and grow its specialist lending offering. Be part of the team modernising a trusted brand for today’s more complex mortgage market.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced finance professional, to be responsible for the delivery of the financial planning, financial control, reporting and regulatory obligations of the organisation. The Head of Finance provides leadership across the finance function, helping ensure the organisation remains financial resilient, well controlled and positions to achieve its long-term strategic objectives.

Duties will include:

• Lead the financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes, including the annual Corporate Plan, periodic reforecasts and longer-term strategic projections, ensuring delivery in accordance with agreed timescales.
• Own and develop the financial modelling capability, including profitability, capital, liquidity, margin, growth and cost projections, utilising ALMIS and associated planning tools.
• Lead the production of scenario analysis, stress testing and sensitivity assessments to support Executive and Board decision-making.
• Provide insightful analysis of financial performance, identifying key trends, risks, opportunities and recommended management actions.
• Support the Finance Director in the leadership and development of the Finance function, promoting a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and commercial awareness.
• Lead the month-end and year-end reporting processes, ensuring the timely production of accurate management accounts, statutory accounts and supporting financial analysis.
• Provide senior Finance oversight of treasury, capital, liquidity and balance sheet reporting, ensuring outputs are accurate, understood and appropriately challenged

The successful individual will possess:

• Be a qualified accountant:  ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.
• Strong experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling.
• Strong understanding of financial performance drivers, including margin, capital, liquidity, cost base and profitability.
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to develop others and create resilience across the Finance function.
• Experience working in financial services.

Our client offers a hybrid approach, with ideally 2 days per week based at head office, along with a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

If this sounds like your next role, please apply today!

Staffordshire/Hybrid

£competitive + benefits

Our client is a heritage specialist lender ready to evolve beyond tradition and grow its specialist lending offering. Be part of the team modernising a trusted brand for today’s more complex mortgage market.

As their Regulatory Reporting Manager, you will be responsible for the regulatory reporting framework and supporting effective governance across Finance, Treasury and Risk. By ensuring regulatory returns, prudential documentation and governance processes are accurate, timely and well controlled, the role supports sound decision-making, regulatory compliance and the long-term financial sustainability.

Duties will include:

• Manage the preparation, review and submission of regulatory returns to the PRA, FCA, Bank of England and other relevant bodies.
• Ensure regulatory returns are accurate, complete, timely and supported by appropriate evidence and review.
• Coordinate the maintenance and review of key Finance and Treasury-related policies, ensuring updates are timely and appropriately approved.
• Assist with the preparation and maintenance of key regulatory documents, including ICAAP, ILAAP, Recovery Plan and related Board materials.
• Support Treasury and ALCO reporting, including liquidity, funding, capital, stress testing and treasury performance information.

The successful individual will possess:

• Strong experience in regulatory reporting.
• Experience working in financial services.
• Strong understanding of regulatory reporting requirements in a PRA/FCA-regulated environment.

Our client offers a hybrid approach, with ideally 2 days per week based at head office, along with a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

If this sounds like your next role, please apply today!

Our client, an innovative and fast-growing specialist mortgage lender, is looking for an experienced Lending Operations Manager – Mortgages, to lead and enhance their mortgage operations function.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a business with ambitious growth plans, where you’ll play a pivotal role in driving operational excellence across the mortgage origination journey. You’ll lead a high-performing team, improve processes, optimise performance and work closely with key stakeholders to deliver outstanding service and customer outcomes.

Duties of the Lending Operations Manager will include:

• Lead the day-to-day management of mortgage operations across the full origination lifecycle, ensuring service levels and quality standards are consistently achieved.
• Manage pipeline volumes, workflow allocation and team capacity to improve efficiency and turnaround times.
• Identify and deliver process improvements & automation opportunities.
• Develop and monitor operational KPIs, using MI.
• Lead & develop a team of 12 mortgage professionals, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and high performance.
• Work closely with Risk, Sales, Compliance and Technology teams to implement operational improvements and support business objectives.
• Ensure compliance with FCA regulations, Consumer Duty requirements and internal controls.
• Manage operational escalations, resolve service issues and ensure excellent outcomes for customers and broker partners.

The successful candidate will possess:

• Proven experience managing mortgage operations within a regulated lending environment.
• Strong knowledge of the residential mortgage origination process and intermediary lending.
• Previous experience leading and developing operational teams.
• A track record of delivering process improvements and driving operational efficiency.

You’ll be joining a collaborative, supportive business that genuinely values its people and offers the opportunity to make a real impact during an exciting period of growth.

In return, you’ll receive a competitive salary, annual performance bonus, growth share scheme and an excellent benefits package including 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, hybrid working, health cash plan, employer pension contribution, salary sacrifice schemes and an Employee Assistance Programme.

If you’re looking for your next leadership opportunity within a progressive mortgage lender, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and we’ll be in touch promptly.