Relationship Director – Commercial Banking – SME West and East Yorkshire

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Relationship Director to enhance their Commercial Banking division. This role focuses on managing high-value SME clients, providing tailored financial solutions, and driving growth within the portfolio. You will play a pivotal role in developing client relationships, mentoring team members, and supporting clients in their journey towards sustainability. The company is committed to transforming finance for good, offering a hybrid work environment and a comprehensive benefits package, making it an exciting opportunity for those passionate about client success and financial services.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping benefits

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives

Generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience in building and maintaining client relationships.
• Skilled at evaluating financial propositions and making recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-profile client relationships and add value at every interaction.
• Identify complex solutions to meet business needs and support clients.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Proven credit experience

Financial and numerical skills

Legal documentation understanding

Risk management understanding

Leadership skills

Team player

Job description

Relationship Director – Commercial Banking – SME West and East Yorkshire

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JOB TITLE: Relationship Director - Commercial Banking - SME West and East Yorkshire
LOCATIONS: Wellington Place, Leeds

SALARY: Competitive package
HOURS: Full-time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, in the office or visiting customers.

About this opportunity

At Lloyds Banking Group we're driven by a clear purpose - to help Britain Prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are passionate about making a difference to customers, businesses, and communities.

Our Commercial Banking division has business clients across a wide variety of sectors - from small businesses to multinational corporations.

We're looking for a Relationship Director to support high value clients within the SME portfolio with all their bespoke financial requirements including lending, deposits plus a range of other products and services. The portfolio consists of around 65 groups.

There is an aspiration to grow the portfolio through bringing more of the Bank's proposition to our existing clients and building out our franchise.

Within a strong team of successful professionals, this is a great opportunity for someone to join a high performing team across the West & East Yorkshire Area.

As a senior colleague within the Commercial SME business, you'd be a key part of our market presence, supporting high profile local clients, developing key business opportunities and representing the Group with Senior Stakeholders across the professional community.

Key Responsibilities:

• Handling and developing high profile client relationships, putting the client at the heart of what you do, adding customer value at every interaction and becoming a "trusted advisor"
• Identifying and evaluating complex expertise-led solutions against a range of criteria to find the ones that best meet business needs
• Uncovering emerging issues and/or needs and identifying potential causes, related issues, barriers and key partners to find the best way forward
• Establishing relationships with Group Partner companies and through them bringing the whole Bank to the client, delivering products to meet their needs
• Handling the 'Risk' side of your client portfolio including supporting clients with developing ESG strategies and supporting their journey to Net Zero.
• Mentoring & stretching the development of others in the team, whilst also investing in opportunities for your own personal development.

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

What we need from you

• Strong communication skills with experience in building, creating and maintaining relationships with clients and influential external partners.
• Proven credit experience - skilled at evaluating propositions and using that experience to make confident and effective commercial recommendations to the Credit team.
• Strong financial and numerical skills
• Detailed understanding of legal documentation, together with the ability to effectively negotiate legal and commercial terms.
• Understanding and appreciation of the different types of risk in a lending environment and how to minimise such Risk
• Leadership skills - able to nurture, coach and motivate team members in order to ensure that team performance is maximised.
• Skilled team player as well as a proven self starter with a drive and passion to succeed individually and as part of the wider team

About working for us!

You'll enjoy our dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We'll help you perform at your best today, so you can fulfil all your potential in the future.

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance

• Industries

  Banking and Financial Services

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