Mortgage Paraplanner

My client is a successful, award winning, Independent Mortgage and Protection Brokerage. The company's main focus is to provide the highest level of service and the best, most impartial advice available to its clientele. The firms clients are both UK and internationally based, they are often of a HNW nature.

Due to business growth, the company are currently keen to recruit a Mortgage Paraplanner (handling Residential and BTL mortgage cases, plus associated Protection cases) to join their established team based within their modern South West London office. This is predominantly an office based role, with the opportunity to also work from home on one day per week.

This is a great opportunity for either an established Mortgage Paraplanner, for an experienced Mortgage Administrator who is keen to work within a more technical position or possibly for an experienced Mortgage Advisor/Broker who is now keen to move away from an advice based role but that still wants to use their technical mortgage product knowledge to good effect.

The working hours within this position are Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 17:00pm, including a daily 1 hour lunch break. You will work in a great environment and within a successful team who work well within a friendly, productive culture.

The company will provide you with the opportunity to successfully develop your career further, allowing this to be a long term/career based opportunity. This could mean that in time you progress for example into either a Team Leader role or into a Mortgage and Protection Advisor role, if of course you would like to. Again if you would like to, the company will happily support your further study of industry based qualifications such as the CeMAP qualification.

Key responsibilities:

Job activities will include:

* You will aid the companies Managing Director and Mortgage and Protection Advisor’s by completing mortgage and associated protection product research, assisting to source the ideal mortgage and protection products to meet specific clients criteria.

* You will liaise between the companies Managing Director, Mortgage and Protection Advisor's, Mortgage and Protection Administrator’s, the Mortgage Lenders, Protection Providers, Solicitors and the company's clients to aid the progress of mortgage and protection cases successfully through to their completion.

* You will provide excellent levels of service.

* You will use relevant mortgage product sourcing software and the various lenders online platforms/portals to submit Residential & BTL mortgage applications suitably.

* You will use relevant protection product sourcing software and the various protection providers online platforms/portals to submit insurance applications suitably.

* Ensuring all work meets the required FCA compliance standards.

Key candidate attributes:

* Strong Mortgage Paraplanning/Administration experience gained within the independent market, ensuring that you are familiar with multiple lenders mortgage products and online portals/platforms.

* Strong organisation and planning skills.

* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

* Must demonstrate technical ability and be confident with mortgage case terminology.

* Must be able to demonstrate initiative and ability to time manage and prioritise mortgage and protection applications suitably.

* Enjoy working within a team.

* Desire to progress in a professional and growing business.

The successful candidate will receive a competitive starting basic salary of circa £40,000 which is negotiable based upon skill-set/role experience.

Plus benefits which include, a pension scheme, 25 day’s annual leave per annum (plus an additional day’s leave is provided for each of your first 5 years of service at the company), team trips abroad and a bonus scheme which is based upon the business' performance and compliance levels. These bonuses are paid monthly and typically equate to an additional £3,000 to £4,000 annually. All leading to a possible first year annual OTE of up to circa £43,000 to £45,000 within this role.

If you are interested within this vacancy and if you believe that your experience/skill-set is well suited to the role then please do apply on-line.

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