Area Director – SME Banking, Commercial Coverage
Lloyds Banking Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Poole • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £83,411 - £98,130 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the dedicated Dorset and Bath Commercial Coverage team.
- Create strong connections to help the team, offer full bank services to customers, and guide your team to reach their highest potential for clients.
- Contribute to the strategic leadership and planning of the sector.
- Collaborate with other senior staff members.
- Motivate, develop, mentor, and appraise team members, ensuring individual and collective performance delivers ambitious business goals.
- Develop the capability of the Relationship team by applying specialist knowledge to support them in all aspects of their work.
- Provide oversight in developing, structuring, and assessing client proposals to meet customer requirements, finding opportunities to further develop income, and supporting implementation of appropriate solutions.
- Regularly evaluate the team’s performance against business objectives, including the supervision of regulated products, recognizing individual and team achievements, and taking corrective action where appropriate.
- Provide the appropriate support to the relationship management of clients and introducers across client segments, ensuring effective response to their business needs.
- Regularly interact with complex clients at MDs, FDs, and Boards of Director level.
Requirements
- Highly proficient at building and maintaining positive relationships with external professionals.
- Specialist credit knowledge along with a proven track record of delivering excellent client experiences.
- Experience leading and developing a high-performing team.
Benefits
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual performance-related bonus
- Share schemes including free shares
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
- A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
credit knowledgeclient proposal developmentperformance evaluationbusiness goal achievement
Soft skills
relationship buildingteam leadershipmentoringmotivationcollaborationstrategic planningcommunication