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19.08.2025 Expiry Date:
03.10.2025 Job Description:
What you will do: Manage an active portfolio of Regional commercial banking customers and grow the bank with the acquisition of new borrowing customers. Develop and deliver your business plan, responding to internal risk challenges, external market challenges, and regulatory requirements. Develop and maintain active and influential relationships with key market professionals and players, as Metro Bank’s external face to the Commercial market (customers & professionals), building our brand and reputation in this key marketplace. Manage all aspects of risk, including credit, operational, and regulatory. Manage, influence, and build an internal network across Metro Bank to ensure a One Team approach for customers and colleagues. Liaise with other internal stakeholders to deliver required propositions, pricing requirements, risk policies, and reporting set and managed within appetites. Be a role model for the Regional Commercial Team and Metro Bank when dealing with customers, intermediaries, and colleagues. And... we are a bank, so risk is a part of everything we do. We love people who take responsibility, do the right thing for customers, colleagues, and Metro Bank, and have the courage to call out any concerns. What you will need: Understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank, and all our stakeholders. Proven track record of relationship management skills and sector knowledge within commercial/corporate banking environments. Excellent credit underwriting skills, with a history of lending to Medium & Large SMEs. Track record in successfully building, maintaining, and growing valuable commercial banking relationships. Excellent negotiation skills with the ability to interact and influence senior/executive management internally and externally. Experience as a Commercial Banking Director/Manager/Business Developer or equivalent. Experience in lending to trading businesses across sectors such as hospitality, leisure, manufacturing, logistics, food production, professional services, etc. Our promise to you… We will ensure you are well-rewarded with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and colleague discounts. We will provide training to help you succeed and offer internal opportunities for career progression (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions). Most of our roles offer hybrid working arrangements, built around your role and home life, wherever possible.
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