Mortgage Investment Analyst

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London, Greater London, England
3-5 Years Experience
Insurance
The Role
Responsible for administration and maintenance of Dutch residential mortgage investments at Rothesay. Involves risk monitoring, underwriting new opportunities, and managing relationships with internal and external counterparts. Requires fluency in Dutch and English and 3+ years' experience in a relevant role.
Summary Generated by Built In

Rothesay is the UK’s largest pensions insurance specialist, purpose-built to protect pension schemes and their members’ pensions. With over £68 billion of assets under management, we secure the pensions of more than one million people and pay out, on average, approximately £200 million in pension payments each month.

Rothesay is dedicated to providing excellence in customer service alongside prudent underwriting, a conservative investment strategy and the careful management of risk. We are trusted by the pension schemes of some of the UK’s best known companies to provide pension solutions, including British Airways, Cadbury, the Civil Aviation Authority, the Co-Operative, Morrisons, Smiths Industries and Telent.

At Rothesay, we are striving to transform our industry. We believe deeply in creating real security for the future and our leadership in finding new and better ways to do that is the key to our success. To do that, we need the very brightest original thinkers to bring creativity as well as rigour. Rothesay is a rewarding place to work, where quality people can thrive and prosper. We pride ourselves on the connections our people build, many of whom have been with us for over ten years.


Job title:                        Mortgage Investment Analyst

Reports to:                    Team Manager

Role type:                      Permanent

SMCR classification:    Certified Person

 

The team:

The mortgage team at Rothesay is responsible for deployment into mortgage assets in both whole loan and structured finance mortgage opportunities. The team actively manages our programmatic partnerships and the overall book risk while maintaining the ability to react swiftly to new market opportunities. All members of the team are empowered to drive their own careers and seek out additional responsibilities.

 

Job Responsibilities:

 The role is responsible for the administration of Rothesay’s Dutch residential mortgage investments and maintenance of originator and servicer relationships.

Responsibilities include:

  • Ongoing risk monitoring and measurement for the existing portfolio
  • Lifecycle management of the existing portfolio
  • Key contact point for both internal and external counterparts
  • Pricing and underwriting of new business opportunities


The successful candidate will be carrying out the below tasks:

  • Comparison of asset rates to internal required hurdle returns
  • Trade bookings
  • Product design and oversight (e.g. reviewing underwriting criteria and assessing the risk impact)
  • Pipeline management
  • Co-ordination with internal operations (e.g. Risk, Finance, Operations, and developers)
  • Risk management of mortgage portfolio (e.g. prepayment risk, default risk and climate risk)
  • Pricing / underwriting of prospective portfolio transactions which can include cashflow modelling or running existing cashflow models
  • Management reporting
  • Process improvement (identification, design and implementation with internal developers)
  • Modelling of other related opportunities in other jurisdictions / markets


Skills and experience required:

 

  • Fluent Dutch and English speaker
  • 3+ years’ experience in a relevant role
  • Previous role ideally in day-to-day management of residential mortgage assets within a Dutch bank, insurance company or non-bank origination platform
  • However, a trade support or risk management role in a rates or credit trading business can be considered
  • Proven experience of financial analysis and execution of core risk management functions
  • Comfortable with identifying risks and issues, ask challenging questions and manage successful resolution, whilst also building effective long-term relationships
  • Highly motivated self-starter: ability to initiate and manage work with sense of urgency
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and stay focused on risk management
  • Strong analytical and presentational skills
  • Ability to deliver above and beyond core functions
  • Completion of the CISI Regulations, Securities and Derivatives Exams desirable, but not mandatory. We can support the study towards achieving this if not already completed.


Rothesay competencies

 

  • Technical skills - Demonstrates strong technical skills required for the role, pays attention to detail, takes initiative to broaden their knowledge and demonstrates appropriate analytical skills
  • Drive and motivation – Be a self-starter; successfully handles multiple tasks, takes initiative to improve their own performance, works intensely towards extremely challenging goals and persists in the face of obstacles or setbacks.
  • Teamwork – Demonstrate evidence of being a strong team player, collaborates with others within and across teams, encourages other team members to participate and contribute and acknowledges others' contributions.
  • Communication skills - Communicates what is relevant and important in a clear and concise manner and shares information/new ideas with others.
  • Judgement and problem solving - Thinks ahead, anticipates questions, plans for contingencies, finds alternative solutions and identifies clear objectives. Sees the big picture and effectively analyses complex issues.
  • Creativity / innovation - Looks for new ways to improve current processes and develop creative solutions that are grounded and have practical value.
  • Influencing outcomes - Presents sound, persuasive rationale for ideas or opinions. Takes a position on issues and influences others' opinions and presents persuasive recommendations.


Disclaimer 

This position description is intended to describe the duties most frequently performed by an individual in this position. It is not intended to be a complete list of assigned duties, but to describe a position level.  The role shall be performed within a professional office environment. Rothesay has health and safety polices that are available for all workers upon request.  There are no specific health risks associated with the role.

Inclusion

Rothesay actively promotes diversity and inclusivity. We know that our success depends on our people and that by nurturing a culture that values difference, we create a stronger, more dynamic business. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability or age.

The Company
HQ: London
423 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

Rothesay is the UK's largest pensions insurance specialist, purpose-built to protect pension schemes and their members’ pensions. With over £47 billion of assets under management, we secure the pensions of more than 825,000 people and pay out, on average, approximately £200 million in pension payments each month.

Rothesay is dedicated to providing excellence in customer service alongside prudent underwriting, a conservative investment strategy and the careful management of risk. We are trusted by the pension schemes of some of the UK’s best known companies to provide pension solutions, including Asda, British Airways, Cadbury’s, the Civil Aviation Authority, National Grid, the Post Office and telent.

At Rothesay, we are striving to transform our industry. We believe deeply in creating real security for the future and our leadership in finding new and better ways to do that is the key to our success. To do that, we need the very brightest original thinkers to bring creativity as well as rigour. Rothesay is a rewarding place to work, where quality people can thrive and prosper. We pride ourselves on the connections our people build, many of whom have been with us for over ten years.

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