Commercial Relationship Manager (Banking)

About the Commercial Relationship Manager (Banking) role:

Our client is an established Bank with an enviable track record & market leading proposition across the Corporate & Commercial Banking space.

They now have a newly created growth opportunity for a Commercial Relationship Manager (Banking) to join their dedicated regional team.

Purpose of the Commercial Relationship Manager (Banking) role:

This is an exciting opportunity for a Relationship Manager within the Bank’s Commercial business, working with clients typically with a turnover of between £3 million and £10 million. You will have a portfolio of approximately 120 Trading Sector clients based in the Exeter and wider Devon area.

Joining the busy Devon & Cornwall Team, which forms part of the wider South Region within the Lender’s Commercial Bank, your role will be to support clients with all their banking needs including lending, deposits and a wide range of other services. There is an expectation to grow the portfolio and promote the bank with professionals and key influencers in the local Exeter and wider Devon business communities and to develop opportunities and bring more clients to the Group. As well as this there is a responsibility for handling the risk and compliance of the portfolio.

What you'll be doing:

• Providing excellent service to Clients, putting them at the heart of what you do, contributing at every interaction and becoming a "trusted adviser".
• Promoting the bank with professionals and key influencers through your knowledge of the local market
• Providing a range of funding solutions to our clients from our Term Lending and Working Capital product range tailoring them to Client needs
• Building relationships with Group Partner companies and through them bring the whole bank to the client delivering products to meet their needs.
• Handling the risk and compliance of your client portfolio

Our client is adapting, innovating and responding to unprecedented change in the banking sector to ensure they can continue to help Britain prosper and become the best bank for customers. The right candidate will need to be able to embrace change and be willing to adopt new ways of working for the benefit of the clients and the bank.

Ideally you will demonstrate experience and knowledge of the following:

• 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
• 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

For more information about the Commercial Relationship Manager (Banking) role or to apply send your CV now.