Business Development Director - Asset Finance

Team

Location Guildford Office

County Surrey

Ref # 4351

Closing Date 26-Jan-2018

Metro Bank is growing, and growing FAST! We need to hire the right people, into the right roles, at the right time, to deliver our ambitious growth plans. We need amazing colleagues to join the Revolution and come with us on the next stage of our journey

Do you enjoy lending money to help businesses grow? Have you got amazing knowledge of everything Asset Finance? Would you like to be part of a growing Bank; a Bank with direction and ambition; a Bank that is not held back with red tape and legacy issues? If this sounds like you….. read on

So what would you be doing?

• Creating fans in your customer network by telling them about the positive, proactive and relationship focused Asset Finance proposition at Metro Bank
• Attending networking events and developing long lasting relationships with professional introducers to ensure you are acquiring, keeping and growing a portfolio of 
customers who have Asset Finance needs
• Identifying and executing lending opportunities from customers, enabling them to grow and achieve their business goals and aspirations
• Being a sounding board to your customers. Talking to them about all of our full range of banking services, from lending, deposits, invoice finance, cash management and coming soon Trade and FX 
• You can also talk to them about switching their whole Banking relationship to Metro Bank to enjoy the unparalleled levels of service and convenience provided through our fantastic Store network, dedicated call centres and online banking service
• Building amazing relationships with your internal colleagues to provide our customers with a first class experience across all areas of Metro Bank

You need to be this kind of person…

• Passionate about providing unparalleled levels of service and convenience for customers
• Prepared to stick at something – we get nervous if someone has jumped from job to job
• Able to work and learn quickly in a fast paced, fun and dynamic environment

We always support colleagues to develop their skills.  But to be successful in this job you really do need to already be able to do most of these wonderful things...

• Demonstrate a passion for understanding and getting to know businesses. These businesses will all have Asset Finance needs and could span a lot of different industry sectors. You will need to be an expert in the Asset Finance field 
• Writing credit papers – you will need to understand a balance sheet and have a good eye for detail. It’s important that you ask lots of questions to make sure that we are lending responsibly and keeping the Bank safe. You will have previous experience of writing credit papers for Asset Finance deals 
• Understand the differences and things to look out for when lending money to the Asset Finance sector. Acquire, keep and grow a network of Asset Finance professionals who seek out your expertise whenever they are looking to borrow money for their next venture

IMPORTANT FOOTNOTE;
Thanks for reading our job advert.  We do our very best to bring to life what it’s like working as part of the team at Metro Bank.  We also know that sometimes some candidates (especially women, research tells us) may be put off applying for a job unless they think they can tick every box.  So if you are really excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren’t sure if you are 100% there yet… go on… why not give it a whirl? Good luck!

• This role is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime. This means that If you are successful in your application, we are required to carry out additional checks that will be repeated annually while you are in this role. For more information you can visit the FCA website or ask your recruiter who can explain further.

Important Footnote

IMPORTANT FOOTNOTE;
Thanks for reading our job advert. We do our very best to bring to life what it’s like working as part of the team at Metro Bank. We also know that sometimes some candidates (especially women, research tells us) may be put off applying for a job unless they think they can tick every box. We also know that diverse teams really are the best teams! So whoever you are, if you are excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren’t sure if you are 100% there yet… go on… why not give it a whirl? Good luck!

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