UK Corporate Associate Director

4 weeks ago

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Barclays Full time

As a UK Corporate Associate Director in the UK Real Estate Coverage business area of Corporate Banking youll seek to understand our clients’ objectives, opportunities and challenges, and work with them to achieve their business ambitions. We offer expert industry insight across the sector, working with product specialists to deliver the appropriate financial solutions for our clients. Youll effectively manage, develop, and grow a portfolio of Real Estate customers with a specific focus on Commercial Investment, Commercial Development, as well as Residential Investment and Development through excellent customer service and deepening relationships and proactively maximise all opportunities within your local market, to attract and gain new customers to the Bank.

To be successful in this role youll have:

  • Commercial Effectiveness: Including Client /Customer Focus and Commerciality
  • Control Environment: Including Risk Management
  • Business Skills: Including Delivering Solutions and Decision Making
  • Personal & Interpersonal Skills: Including Communication & Influence and Collaboration

Additional skills include:

  • Accredited in Lending/ professional related qualification.
  • Technical knowledge of relationship management, lending, and post sanction fulfilment
  • Industry knowledge and understanding of key drivers for business owners.
  • Client portfolio management experience
  • Successful track record of business development and acquiring new customers.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow

Purpose of the role

To establish and nurture profitable partnerships with corporate clients. Its the bridge between the banks offerings and clients needs, ensuring mutual benefit and long-term success.

Accountabilities

  • Management of client relationships to identify the clients financial goals, challenges, and risk tolerance to support the analysis of data obtained from various sources, including the investment portfolio and cash flow, to identify trends, insights, areas for improvement and additional services to support client needs.
  • Research and understanding of the clients industry trends, regulatory landscape, and competitive environment to inform strategic recommendations.
  • Design of customised solutions that address the clients specific needs and objectives, incorporating a range of products and services from the banks portfolio.
  • Communication of the value proposition of proposed solutions, justification of recommendations, and negotiation of terms that are beneficial for both the client and the bank.
  • Provision of guidance to clients to support their financial decisions, risk management and wealth management strategies and updates on market trends to ensure a positive and continuous relationship.
  • Assessment of financial, legal, and operational risks associated with client relationships, and implementation of measures to minimise potential losses.
  • Documentation of all client interactions, transactions, and agreements to ensure transparency and auditability, and communicate findings effectively to support product development, service offerings, and the overall bank strategy.
  • Monitoring of client satisfaction, revenue generated, and other relevant metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of relationship management efforts.
  • Execution of market research and analysis to support the identification of potential new opportunities, market trends, and customer needs, to develop strategies for business growth.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

  • To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
  • Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
  • If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
  • OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
  • Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
  • Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
  • Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
  • Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
  • Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
  • Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
  • Communicate complex information. Complex information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
  • Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

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