Assistant Relationship Director, Corporate Banking

RBS; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

RBS in the East Midlands is seeking an Assistant Relationship Director focused on corporate banking. You will build relationships with existing and prospective customers, book appointments, and prepare well-researched collateral for meetings, with hybrid work between client sites and our Nottingham office.

You’ll drive outreach, use strategy planning tools, and develop shadow portfolios while seeking lending opportunities and delivering customer-focused service.

Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge of corporate banking, including related systems, processes and products.
• Ability to work with limited supervision on routine banking tasks.
• Excellent communication skills with a customer-focused mindset.
• Ability to prepare high-quality pitch documents and derive insights for customers.

Responsibilities

• Assist with services and sales portfolio administration, focusing on attracting new customers.
• Identify opportunities to benefit customers and prospects with products and services.
• Act as a point of contact for other teams and maintain a positive presence in the bank.
• Develop and manage shadow portfolios and customer referrals.
• Demonstrate effective use of contact and strategy planning tools.
• Maintain an entrepreneurial attitude with all customers.

Skills

Excellent communication

Corporate banking knowledge

Credit & lending principles

Pitch documents

Strategy planning tools

Education

Certificate in Lending Skills

Tools

CRM systems

Strategy planning tools

Job description

Join us as an Assistant Relationship Director in Corporate Banking

• We’re looking for an excellent communicator to establish and build relationships with our existing and prospective customers within the East Midlands area
• Specialising in corporate banking, you’ll be booking appointments and preparing well researched collateral for customers and prospect meetings
• This is an opportunity to further develop an extensive range of skills, as we’ll provide you with externally recognised qualifications to help you excel in your role
• Your time will be split between client meetings at their premises, collaborating with colleagues in our Nottingham office, minimum two days a week, or as required, with the remainder working remotely

What you’ll do

As an Assistant Relationship Director, you’ll be assisting with all services and sales portfolio administration activities, with a focus on attracting new customers. You’ll also look for opportunities to benefit our customers and prospects with products and services, all the while aiming to exceed their expectations.

We’ll look to you as a point of contact for other teams, so you’ll need to maintain a positive presence in other parts of the bank.

You’ll also be:

• Working with management to achieve business wins, by developing and managing shadow portfolios and customer referrals
• Demonstrating the effective use of contact and strategy planning tools
• Maintaining an entrepreneurial attitude with all existing and prospective customers

The skills you’ll need

In this role, you’ll need to have experience and knowledge of corporate banking, including knowledge of related systems, processes and products. You’ll also need to be able to work with limited supervision on routine banking tasks. Crucially, we’ll need you to have excellent communication skills, with the ability to keep a customer focused mindset.

You’ll also be expected to have:

• The ability to work to customer deadlines and expectations
• An understanding of credit and lending principles
• The ability to prepare high quality pitch documents and use thought leadership to bring insights to customers

What else you need to know

Achieving a Certificate in Lending Skills is just one of the ways we’ll help you to thrive in your role.

A Certificate in Lending Skills is a professional qualification awarded by the Chartered Institute of Bankers that’s widely recognised across our industry, and designed to equip you with the knowledge, understanding and skills relating to the commercial lending environment in our digital age.

With 18 months to complete your studies, you’ll have the ability to tailor a journey to your own individual learning needs too, which will combine self-study in the form of workbooks and e-learning, and workshops.

Hours

35

Job Posting Closing Date:

07/10/2026

Ways of Working:Hybrid