Relationship Director | S | Corporate and Commercial BankingCountry: United Kingdom
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We have an exciting opportunity for a Relationship Director to join our Belfast team within Corporate and Commercial Banking.
As a Relationship Director, you’ll be responsible for a portfolio of clients in line with the strategy for Corporate Clients, with a focus on client acquisition, maintenance, relationship development and retention together with management of all aspects of risk. You’ll be expected to drive advocacy of Santander UK in the marketplace by developing strong working relationships with key business introducers, prospects, and clients.
You will demonstrate a client centric approach to deliver solutions for corporate clients and new to bank prospects to meet short- and long-term needs working collaboratively with other areas of the Bank.
The difference you’ll make:
1. Demonstrating a client centric approach in managing a portfolio of clients, build strong relationship’s, deliver a client experience second to none and add value by engaging with clients to gain a deep understanding of their business to anticipate their needs and deliver differentiated propositions by working collaboratively with other areas of the Santander
2. Building and manage external relationships promoting Santander’s reputation with clients, prospects, and external stakeholders, including a strong professional advisor network
3. Having a deep understanding of the corporate banking sector and the wider economic, business, and competitive environment
4. Identifying, assess, and mitigate the risk associated with role, including but not limited to, Financial Crime Risk, Credit Risk (from application through ongoing portfolio management), Data integrity, Fraud and Cyber Risk
5. Delivering a consistent and proactive approach to business development, both in relation to new activity and the ownership of and conversation with their prospects
What you’ll bring:
6. A deep understanding of the corporate banking market, proven credit risks skills and ability to structure and execute transactions independently
7. Proven relationship management track record with a track record of business development
It would also be nice for you to have:
8. Working knowledge of Salesforce or similar CRM systems and Office
9. Existing relationships/professional network within the Belfast business community
10. Experience in managing, coaching, and providing on-going development of Relationship Managers and less experienced Relationship Directors within team
What else you need to know:
We want our people to thrive at work and home, and we recognise that many people benefit from flexible arrangements. To enable us to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop we understand the importance of having the right balance of spending time together in an office while maintaining flexibility.
By working this way, we can continue to create moments that matter for everyone. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and we’re happy to discuss specific requirements throughout the recruitment process.
This role is based in Belfast and our current expectation is at least days in an office every week.
If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.
Inclusion
At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.
How we’ll reward you.
As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs.
11. Competitive salary
12. Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus
13. Pension with generous contributions of up to .% from Santander, depending on your own contribution and length of employment with us
14. days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to days after yrs service, with the option to purchase up to contractual days per year
15. £, car allowance per year
16. Company funded individual private medical insurance
17. Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments
18. Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover
19. Share in Santander’s success by investing in our share plans
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