Job Overview
Are you ready to take your career to new heights? If so, we have an outstanding opportunity for a Business Development Associate Director to join our Asset Finance team dealing with prospects in Mid‑Markets (£25m‑£500m turnover). This newly created role is part of a growing segment of Asset Finance at Lloyds Banking Group, offering a key part of the cash‑flow solution for many trading businesses. You will identify and deliver high‑quality new business opportunities and collaborate to deliver a range of Asset Finance products for new clients.
Responsibilities
* Establish new relationships for the Asset Finance business.
* Identify, target, and prioritise new prospects using business research and prospecting tools.
* Make first contact with new clients, utilising the Lloyds brand to arrange meetings and explain the value Lloyds can bring.
* Build relationships with clients to generate trust and develop interest in working with Lloyds.
* Work with the client and existing relationship teams to agree credit lines with new clients.
* Provide a full and comprehensive handover to relationship colleagues and remain available for ongoing support if required.
Qualifications & Skills
* Proven track record in business development using direct means of establishing contact with clients.
* Proven track record in Asset Finance, with expert product knowledge to maximise delivery across all channels.
* Experience working with mid or large‑size corporate clients within the financial services industry, accountable for structuring financial solutions and negotiating deals.
* Proficiency in the credit and underwriting process and fluency in analysing financial documents to make recommendations.
* Strong local networks with extensive connections in the professional space, capable of leveraging these for business development opportunities.
* Maintain strong relationships with coverage colleagues and key business introducers (internal and external stakeholders) to ensure effective delivery.
Diversity & Inclusion
Lloyds Banking Group is a Disability Confident Leader, guaranteeing interviews and reasonable adjustments for applicants with a disability, long‑term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, and our workplace supports employees of all backgrounds. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments, flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns, and a suite of wellbeing initiatives to meet individual needs.
Benefits
* Generous pension contribution up to 15%
* Annual performance‑related bonus
* Share schemes including free shares
* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
* 30 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
* Range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
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