SME Relationship Director, Trading Sectors - Berkshire

Lloyds Banking Group; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 15%

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Discounted shopping

30 days holiday

Wellbeing & parental leave

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking an SME Relationship Director for the Berkshire region. The role blends strategic growth with hands-on client management, delivering tailored Commercial Banking solutions to mid-market businesses with turnovers between £10m–£50m.

In this hybrid position, you’ll build trusted relationships, lead revenue growth, and collaborate with internal teams while supporting ESG initiatives and risk governance. Join a leader in UK business banking with strong community ties.

Qualifications

• A consistent track record of winning new business in a competitive environment within corporate or commercial banking.
• To be seen as the “go to” banker in their geographic area of responsibility.
• Maintaining a high profile with external influencers and the local business community to achieve the Bank’s stated aim of being the best bank for clients.
• Demonstrable credit experience, skilled at evaluating propositions and making confident and effective commercial recommendations to the Credit team.
• Strong communication skills with experience in building, crafting, and maintaining relationships with clients and influential external partners.

Responsibilities

• Build Trusted Relationships: Act as a strategic advisor to high-value clients, placing their needs at the centre of everything you do.
• Deliver Tailored Solutions: Proactively identify and provide Commercial Banking services, including day-to-day banking, working capital support, payments, deposits, cards, and lending.
• Drive Growth: Lead initiatives to attract new clients through strategic outreach and relationship building, while expanding revenue, balance sheet, and client base.
• Be a Local Leader: Maintain a strong presence in Berkshire, engaging with business communities and influencers to position the Bank as the leading partner for clients.
• Collaborate for Success: Forge strong partnerships with internal teams and external partners to unlock opportunities and deliver comprehensive solutions.
• Champion Sustainability: Support clients on ESG strategies and their journey to Net Zero.
• Manage Risk Effectively: Oversee lending assessments and contingent liabilities, ensuring compliance with asset quality and policy guidelines.

Job description

End Date Monday 16 November 2026 Salary Range £0 - £0

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Job Description Summary

Job Description

JOB TITLE: SME Relationship Director, Trading Sectors - Berkshire

SALARY: Competitive package available

LOCATION(S): Berkshire

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least 1 day per week, or 20% of your time, at one of our office sites. The remainder of your time will be spent supporting and meeting clients.

About The Role

In this role you’ll play a key part in shaping our market presence and helping businesses achieve their financial goals and ambitions.

You’ll manage a diverse portfolio of new and existing SME clients with turnovers between £10m–£50m, ensuring outstanding client experiences while driving growth in income, balance sheet, and market share.

By delivering tailored financial solutions and building strong, trusted relationships, you’ll position Lloyds as the leading bank for businesses across Berkshire.

Your work will combine strategic growth, risk management, and community engagement, making a real impact on local businesses and the wider market.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Build Trusted Relationships: Act as a strategic advisor to high-value clients, placing their needs at the centre of everything you do.

Deliver Tailored Solutions: Proactively identify and provide Commercial Banking services, including day-to-day banking, working capital support, payments, deposits, cards, and lending.

Drive Growth: Lead initiatives to attract new clients through strategic outreach and relationship building, while expanding revenue, balance sheet, and client base.

Be a Local Leader: Maintain a strong presence in Berkshire, engaging with business communities and influencers to position the Bank as the leading partner for clients.

Collaborate for Success: Forge strong partnerships with internal teams and external partners to unlock opportunities and deliver comprehensive solutions.

Champion Sustainability: Support clients on ESG strategies and their journey to Net Zero.

Manage Risk Effectively: Oversee lending assessments and contingent liabilities, ensuring compliance with asset quality and policy guidelines.

What You’ll Need:

A consistent track record of winning new business in a competitive environment within corporate or commercial banking.

To be seen as the “go to” banker in their geographic area of responsibility.

Maintaining a high profile with external influencers and the local business community to achieve the Bank’s stated aim of being the best bank for clients.

Demonstrable credit experience, skilled at evaluating propositions and making confident and effective commercial recommendations to the Credit team.

Strong communication skills with experience in building, crafting, and maintaining relationships with clients and influential external partners.

A collaborative teammate with the drive and passion to succeed both individually and as part of the wider team.

An understanding and appreciation of the different types of Commercial Banking risk and how to minimise these effectively.

About Working For Us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

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.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns.

And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

Benefits

• A generous employer 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

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities.

With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.

We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve.

Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different.

Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers.

Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.

Should you wish to contact us for any reason, please email us at: [e-mail] For more Flexible Working Options please use the free text search, e.g. job sharing, variable hours, to identify relevant matches.