Underwriter

Underwriting 

🌏 Oxford / London / Manchester / Remote (commuting distance to any of our offices)

💷 Salary - from 35k p.a. plus yearly bonus scheme 

⏰ 37.5 hours a week, shift patterns 9am to 5.30pm, 10am to 6.30pm, 11.30am to 8pm. 

Weekend shifts are Saturday 10-6pm and Sunday 10-4pm – you’ll work 1 in every 4 weekends

💖 Our perks  

• 🌏25 days holiday (rising to 28 after 3 years’ service) plus bank holidays, to take time to recharge and do something you love.  
• 🤒 Private Medical - via vitality, with reward schemes paid for you and your family.
• 🤒 Health cash plan - via health shield for employee's and children claiming money back for dental, optical, etc
• 👍Pension – Oodle will contribute 5% of your salary into your pension pot to help you save for the future. 
• 🥝Free breakfast, drinks and fruit in the office – you can help yourself to cereals, toast, fizzy drinks and lots of fruit. 
• 🤟Employee discounts – discounts you can access anywhere, anytime for all major shops. 
• 👌1 day volunteer day per year – an opportunity to give back to the community each year. 
• ⭐Mental health care – 6 free counselling sessions via our EAP (Employee Assistance Programme). 
• 🤧Paid sick leave – enhanced company sick pay.   
• 👨‍Enhanced family leave – we provide enhanced family leave for primary and secondary caregivers.

🚗 Oodle – who are we? 🚗

For too long car buyers have had to negotiate a confusing, tired, and fragmented marketplace that is light years behind other retail sectors. Until now. We are ripping up the rule book and breaking the mould of a lender in the used-car market. Oodle Car Finance is changing the way people buy cars, by putting our customers’ needs front and centre by building modern, digital, retail processes around what the customer actually needs.

We primarily provide loans for our customers and link them up with some of the UK’s best car dealers. Since launching in 2016 the company has seen huge growth and success as it attempts to disrupt the second biggest retail market in the UK.

We only hire exceptional individuals to join our team. We need outstanding people with strong academic achievements, along with buckets full of energy, desire, curiosity, and a can-do attitude to thrive in a fast-paced (and fun) entrepreneurial environment. Everyone at Oodle has an input on how we develop and how we change the game.

🙌 The Role

Underwriter at Oodle Car Finance. 

As an Underwriter you will be responsible for assessing consumer credit applications from customers, making an informed decision whether to lend. These decisions are to be made in accordance with the companies lending policies, making sure the customer satisfies relevant credit reference checks. You will also identify potential fraudulent applications, liaising with other departments to investigate the situation. The underwriters are responsible for assessing customers’ ability to repay loans, making credit decisions in line with company criteria, credit policy and within service level agreements to ensure excellent customer journeys.

What you’ll be getting up to:

• Underwrite all customer types and score bands within defined risk policy guidelines.
• Support the underwriting department in the completion of the necessary onboarding checks to ensure that customer applications are within Oodle’s risk appetite.
• Review CRA documentation to identify any analyse any possible risks in the customers profile and make lending decisions based on the information identified.
• Undertake detailed analysis of financial documentation to ensure that declared income is recorded correctly and that the finance application is affordable for the customer.
• Reviewing KYC documentation submitted by customers to ensure their legitimacy.
• Liaise with customers and dealers to ensure quick turnaround times on all applications.
• Support and provide guidance to members of the offshore team and payout function in the completion of day-to-day activities.

The role will be a great fit if you have:

• Ability to manage high volume of task and meet deadlines.
• Ability to understand and interpret financial information.
• Strong focus on ensuring good customer outcomes.
• Previous experience in financial services as an underwriter.
• Knowledge of regulations relating to Consumer Duty, Compliance, Data Protection, Anti Money Laundering, Consumer Credit Directive and Consumer Credit Act.

Desirable:

• Experience working within the Motor Finance sector.
• Good working knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

👩‍💻 Hiring Process  

• ☎️ Preliminary Interview (30 mins) 
• 📹 Face to Face Interview (1 hour)
• 🏢 Final Round (30 mins with Head of Financial Crime)

💚 Our Values   

Our values are our personal brand and lay the foundation of what we care about the most. They provide us with guidance, so we can work towards the same goals. They are our DNA and are kept at the forefront of our Oodler’s mind when making business decisions.   

• Embrace being human – empathy and diversity make us stronger.   
• Strive for awesome – it’s awesome when we do better every day.   
• Everyone’s a builder – we’re in this together and we win as a team.   
• Bravely honest – we’re honest with ourselves and everyone else.   
• Think customer – they’re at the heart of everything we do.  

To find out more about our culture and what happens at Oodle check out our LinkedIn and Instagram.  

Oodle is proud to be an inclusive workplace and we recognise diversity of experience, thoughts and backgrounds leads to better customer outcomes and an environment where our colleagues can thrive. We have several DEI networks which are made up of our ‘Oodlers’ who strive to make positive impacts to our cultures. 

We’d love if you could submit your application online, but if you need an alternative method or need reasonable adjustments to take part in the interview process, please email [email protected]