Corporate Relationship Manager

Metro Bank Plc; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Metro Bank Plc is seeking a Corporate Banking professional to support Corporate Banking Directors and Managers. The role involves evaluating lending opportunities, maintaining customer relations, and ensuring credit risks are managed effectively. Candidates should have strong credit underwriting abilities and a background in commercial banking. Benefits include a competitive salary, annual bonus, healthcare, and opportunities for career advancement in a diverse and supportive environment.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Attractive pension scheme

Healthcare

Life assurance

Colleague discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in credit writing, financial analysis and report writing.
• In-depth knowledge of commercial lending process.
• Experience in commercial or corporate banking, preferably in a similar role.

Responsibilities

• Support CBDs & CBMs to manage a portfolio of customers.
• Evaluate complex lending opportunities and manage risks.
• Maintain influential relationships with market professionals.

Skills

Credit underwriting

Financial analysis

Relationship management

Understanding of SME's/Mid-Corporates

Job description

We have been awarded the “Most Loved Workplace”! At Metro Bank, people come first – our culture is all about bringing the best out in our colleagues, and making sure everyone feels valued, respected, seen and included. We strongly believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace and to find the very best person for the job, we always look across a wide range of diverse communities.

Responsible for liaising with and supporting our Corporate Customers with ongoing product services, whilst also supporting Corporate Banking Directors & Managers across the team with value-adding activities to ensure annual financial and risk objectives are achieved for the team.

What you will do:

•You will be supporting CBDs & CBMs to manage a complex portfolio of customers by ensuring all credit and operational risks task are managed and completed in a timely fashion.

•You will be evaluating complex lending opportunities and management/testing of financial metrics/conditions, along with ‘Risk’ based considerations.

•You will have excellent credit underwriting skills, with a track record of understanding large SME’s/Mid-Corporates.

•You will maintain active and influential relationships with key market professionals, through representing the Corporate Banking Team and building our brand reputation in the marketplace.

•You will always act with integrity and set the tone as an advocate of Metro Bank, so as to be considered a role model for the Corporate Banking Team and Metro Bank when dealing with customers, intermediaries and colleagues.

•You will maintain active and influential relationships with key market professionals, through representing the Corporate Banking Team and building our brand reputation in the marketplace.

•You will gather information from the customer; assess, analyse and interpret financial information such as financial statements, management accounts, profit and loss statements.

And... we are a bank so risk is a part of everything we do. We love people who take responsibility, do the right thing for customers, colleagues and Metro Bank and have the courage to call out any concerns.

What you will need:

•You will understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholder

•You will have excellent credit underwriting skills, with a track record of understanding large SME’s/Mid-Corporates

•You will be experienced in credit writing, financial analysis and report writing.

•You will experience in commercial or corporate banking experience, preferably in a role of similar responsibility in the past.

•You will have in-depth knowledge of the commercial lending process, from start to completion.

•You will manage multiple responsibilities within a quick and ever-changing environment with the ability to prioritise and negotiate constantly.

•You will have direct involvement with developing relationships both internally and externally at a range of different seniority levels.

•You will have passion for our values, culture with a keen interest in our commercial customers and offerings

Our promise to you…

•We will make sure that you are well-rewarded by providing you with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and a number of colleague discounts!

•We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions!).

•We are also all about balance so most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid working built around your role and home life, wherever possible.

Diverse teams really are the best teams. We know that candidates (especially women, research tells us) may be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box. We also know that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t always doable, and while we can’t accommodate every flexible working request we are happy to be asked. So if you are excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren’t sure if you are 100% there yet… why not give it a whirl? Please note that sometimes we may close a job earlier for applications if we are inundated with amazing candidates.. Good luck!

#LI-Loveyourjobatlast #LI-Hybrid

#LI-REMOTE