Business Unit: Strategic Finance
💰: £60,000 - £75,000 per annum DOE + benefits🎁
📍: Various locations across the UK - London & South area, Midland’s area, Yorkshire & Northeast, area, Northwest area, East Scotland area, or West Scotland area.
📑: Permanent
Our team❤️
Exciting opportunities exist within our Strategic Finance team. Our Strategic Finance team supports commercial, corporate, PLC and private equity backed businesses in our region and across the UK. If you're passionate and ambitious about playing a key role in helping shape and grow our business, then please read on.
You’ll play an important role in maintaining a strong market presence for the Bank, originating and executing new Commercial Business and Mid Corporate opportunities. You will be responsible for working with the Relationship Director(s) to generate additional income and strong returns for the Bank, whilst always delivering a simply brilliant customer experience.
We are looking for dynamic people, who are ready to make a real difference and win new customers. In return, we’ll encourage and reward you, helping you deliver a Simply Brilliant Experience, while building a successful career.
What you’ll be doing😎
* Generating new opportunities, Targeted and Focused on Large Commercial and Mid Corporate Businesses within Geographical patch.
* Being aligned to the Risk Appetite at all times.
* Being accountable for risk and compliance to identify signs of stress and risk with the aim of minimising the Bank’s exposure to bad and doubtful debt
* Acting according to the strategy and growth plan to optimise income and build a targeted portfolio through effective origination and execution of high-quality lending opportunities.
* Analysing and interpreting accounts to inform decision making for new deals including calculating key ratios, interpreting cash flow forecasts, credit modelling and sensitivity techniques and assessing management teams according to best practice in Strategic Finance in line Dilligencia Training methodology within credit risk and control framework and appetite
* Structuring and recommending Commercial/Mid Corporate lending proposals for credit decisioning.
* Displaying strong organisational skills and effective project management ability.
* Key to the role will be the establishment and continued management of external professional relationships adopting a 2-way relationship model that produces quality referrals from Professional Network
We need you to have🤩🌟
* A background working within a Business Banking team.
* A proven track record in originating and securing Commercial lending opportunities.
* Experienced in managing all aspects of a deal process from inception to completion – including preparation of detailed and well researched credit papers, leading negotiations with Management Teams, Advisors and Funding Partners, the instruction and review of detailed Due Diligence reports, overseeing of complex legal processes and the management of all aspects of a deal completion process.
* Strong capability in building media relationships and generating opportunities including writing for journals and preparing publications.
* A business degree or significant financial services experience within a Business Lending Environment.
* Detailed and up to date knowledge of UK financial markets with the focus on the Commercial Banking segment.
* Expert knowledge of banking products and services.
* Up to date knowledge of financial analysis and modelling tools and techniques.
It's a bonus if you have but not essential🧁
* Relevant vocational financial services qualification – e.g. Chartered Institute of Bankers, Chartered Accountant etc.
* In depth understanding of risk and compliance requirements in line with the role
Red Hot Rewards 🔥🎁🧨
* 25 days holiday per year, increasing over time to 30. Plus, an option to buy more, giving you even more choice.
* Private medical insurance
* A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement
* Access to an annual performance-related bonus
* Training and development to help you progress your career
* A great selection of additional benefits through our flexible benefits scheme
* Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones
* Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early. Please ensure to submit your applications as soon as possible.
🕕Applications Close: 7 Jan 2026 (11.55pm GMT)