An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced intermediary leader to join our highly successful and evolving Accord Sales Team!
About the role
As a Regional Sales Manager, you will lead a team of telephony and field-based development managers, executing the strategy for the Accord Intermediary business while supporting the broader mortgage distribution division. Additionally, you will lead the implementation of Accord’s Inclusion & Diversity strategy, ensuring these principles are embedded in business operations. Other responsibilities include:
* Coaching and developing the team, ensuring that lending quality and service objectives are achieved and support all direct reports to build and continue strong effective long-term relationships with intermediaries and internal colleagues.
* Understanding the strategic direction of Intermediary Distribution and its regional impact.
* Developing comprehensive business plans (short, medium, and long term) to meet mortgage goals and enhance skills.
* Ensuring the business development team supports sales and operations to achieve lending, quality, and service targets, collaborating with Underwriting and other teams.
* Partner with all departments to deliver a top-tier customer experience based on simplicity, empathy, and trust.
* Support the retail broker program, retail sales network, and other cross-functional areas.
* Act as the first line of defence to ensure compliance with Accord’s terms, policies, governance framework, and inclusion & diversity charter.
Please Note: This role covers London and the South East, and includes a company car allowance.
About you
We are seeking an experienced leader with a deep understanding of inclusive leadership within the intermediary industry. In addition, you will also have:
* Previous experience in mortgage sales including successful management of large national/regional accounts ideally in the intermediary sector
* Sales, negotiation and presentation skills to senior levels i.e. CEO, CFO & Business Owners
* Excellent knowledge of lending products, criteria, systems and regulatory procedures and of the wider market developments, including competitor activity.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills internal and external with the ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders.
* Demonstrates strong digital literacy and proactively embraces new and emerging technologies to work more efficiently, improve effectiveness, and implement digital developments that drive operational improvement.
* Understanding of proposition development and risk
* Proven ability to foster and manage relationships effectively.
About our Benefits
We offer lots of fantastic rewards that you can make the most of in and out of work, including:
* Holiday. You’ll get 25 days plus Bank Holidays, as well as the option to buy up to a further 5 days.
* Bonus. At YBS we work collaboratively and share in our success together, so when we reach our goals were all rewarded with an on target bonus of 7% of eligible pay (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%).
* Pension. We know how important it is to save towards the future, that’s why we’ll contribute up 11% into your YBS pension.
* Healthcare. Health and wellbeing are an important part of life at YBS, when you join us you’ll have access to a range of health benefits to suit your life including private medical insurance, dental and healthcare plans.
* My Benefits. When you join YBS you’ll have access to our self-service benefits portal, where you can access a range of retail, hospitality and health discounts,
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