Job Title
Relationship Manager
Reporting To
Cluster Business Leader
Job Code ID
COB5G66GG
Business Unit
Commercial Banking
Grade/ Level
G7
Sub Business Unit
Medium Enterprises
Management Band
Junior Management
Location
PAN India
Number of Direct Reports
NA
Financial Metrics (Budget, Revenue, etc.)
- Gross Disbursement
- Incremental AMB Book Growth (Asset AMB Book) Trailing 3 Months AQB calculations (Indicative only)
- Incremental Non-Fund EOP
- Total Income Forex income & Trade Fee & Processing Fee
- Incremental CA BS AMB Growth Liabilities
- Incremental TD BS AMB Growth Liabilities
Total Team Size
NA
- Drive acquisition of new-to-bank clients and deepen existing relationships be delivering a comprehensive suite of banking products and solutions
- Achieve agreed objectives across assets, liabilities, and fee income, with a focus on sustainable growth, cross-sell and increased wallet share
- Meet clients’ requirements through seamless coordination with internal teams, ensuring superior service delivery, adherence to risk and compliance standards, and continuous improvement in VOC scores.
Strategy & Planning
- Formulate and execute client acquisition and portfolio growth strategies in alignment with the Bank’s overall business objectives.
- Define performance goals at the beginning of the year in consultation with reporting managers and continuously track progress.
- Translate market insights and client intelligence into actionable business plans.
- Contribute to product and process enhancements by providing structured feedback from client and market interactions
- Governance on Internal Audit
- Retail Cross Sell
- Retail Cross Sell
- PF
- FX
- Liability NTB
- Non-Fund (AYB)
- CASA Growth (AYB)
- Overdue Renewal
- Trade Target
- Fresh Slippages
- Advances Growth (EOP)
- Governance on Exceptions
- PSL (NCF/WS/SMF) focused growth - Organic
- Total NII (Asset + Liab)
- Productivity
- Asset NTB
- Term Deposit Growth (AYB)
- Product Penetration
- Return Upliftment
- Journey TAT
- Liability Focus
Core Responsibilities
Revenue Generation
- Deliver financial targets relating to earnings, asset growth, liability mobilization, and fee income across multiple product groups.
- Optimize profitability by balancing pricing, portfolio mix, and capital utilization.
- Identify cross-selling opportunities to maximize wallet share and deepen client engagement
Relationship Management
- Acquire and cultivate new client relationships by understanding their financial and strategic requirements
- Act as the trusted advisor and single points of contact for clients, ensuring long-term partnership and retention
- Drive superior customer experience through proactive engagement and high-quality service delivery
Communication/PR of Bank’s products
- Undertake brand communication initiatives to reinforce the Bank’s positioning in the market.
- Effectively articulate product value propositions through structured presentation, workshops, and client meetings
- Differentiate the Bank’s offerings from competition through solution-driven engagement.
Market Research
- Demonstrate deep understanding of clients’ industries, market conditions, and competitive landscape through primary and secondary research.
- Anticipate client needs by analyzing sectoral trends, regulatory changes, and economic conditions
- Provide actionable insights to product, credit and strategy teams for portfolio development
Credit Appraisal
- Conduct rigorous analysis of client financials including income statements, balance sheets, cash flows, ratios and projections
- Evaluate management quality, industry risk, and economic factors to structure sound credit proposals.
- Ensure timely renewals, reviews and continuous monitoring of portfolio exposures
Documentation and Compliance
- Maintain the highest standards of documentation, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and legal soundness
- Ensure strict adherence to regulatory requirements (KYC, AML, FEMA, RBI guidelines)
- Coordinate with risk, operations, and product teams to ensure seamless compliance across the transaction lifecycle.
- Build expertise in both traditional and digital banking solutions, including CMS and API base offerings.
Self-Management Responsibilities
- Define annual performance objectives with reporting managers and ensure consistent progress tracking
- Take ownership of personal learning by identifying developments needs and bridging gaps through training, mentoring, and industry exposure
- Demonstrate mastery of role-specific competencies and actively develop new capabilities
- Stay abreast of industry developments, regulatory changes, and emerging best practices through continuous education and professional networking
Risk and Internal Control
- Rigorously apply the Bank’s risk policies and frameworks to mitigate credit, operational, reputational, and compliance risks
- Monitor early warning signals in the portfolio and initiate timely correction action
- Ensure audit readiness through disciplined information management, documentation, and adherence to internal control systems
- Promote a culture of compliance and risk awareness across all client and internal interactions
Internal
Risk team: For assessment of working capital limits to clients.
OSD/CSD: For limit set up and trade transactions
External
Trade & Business Associations: For tie ups and generating leads for acquisition of Trade clients.
Interact with credit bureaus and relevant stakeholders
Minimum Qualification Which Are Essential To Execute The Role.
Education
- Essential: Bachelor’s degree in any field
- Preferred: Master’s degree is preferred
Experience
Essential A minimum of 0-6 years of relevant experience with at least 0-3 years in a similar role
Prior experience in BFSI sector/General industry in Relationship manager’s role
Competencies
- Customer
- Professional Entrepreneurship
- Drive for Results
- Influence and Impact
- I Quality Focus
- Good knowledge of banking & trade finance products
- Good communication, interpersonal & presentation skills
- Strategist: Is future focused, self-driven
- Creates discipline in getting things done
- Positive & result oriented
- Develops people capabilities