Head of Real Estate & Housing Business Origination

New Yesterday

About this opportunity

We're passionate about looking after our customers. Are you? If so, we could be a great fit!

We have an exciting opportunity to lead the hard-working and successful Real Estate & Housing Business Origination Team.

You'll build powerful networks to support the team to bring the whole bank to customers and will mentor, develop and support your team to be the most capable and effective they can be for our clients. You'll have a key external focus too, being a positive ambassador for the Group in the market.

Our Relationship Management division has a rich heritage of supporting businesses and the economic prosperity of the nation, passionate about UK businesses and those with strong links to the UK. We provide customers with the support they need to help them grow, handle risk and improve efficiency, and we continue to invest in our relationship teams and deepen our product expertise to deliver a first-class service.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Contribute, as a member of Real Estate & Housing Leadership Team, to the strategic leadership and planning of the Sector in partnership with other senior members of staff under the overall direction of the Head of Real Estate & Housing.
  • Through inspiring leadership and promotion of Equal Opportunities, motivate, develop, mentor and appraise team members, so that individual and collective performance delivers stretching business goals.
  • Develop the capability of the Relationship team and utilise specialist knowledge to support them in all aspects of their work, specifically developing their own local business plans and run their client portfolio to ensure full adherence with all policy and compliance requirements.
  • Provide oversight to developing, structuring and assessing client proposals to meet customer requirements and find opportunities to further develop income; guiding, recommending and supporting implementation of the appropriate solutions.
  • Regularly evaluate the team’s performance against business objectives, including the supervision of regulated products (where the role requires), recognising individual / team achievement and taking corrective action where appropriate.
  • Provide the appropriate support to the relationship management of clients and introducers in and across client segments, ensuring effective response to their business needs through all the available offers. Regularly interacting with complex clients at MDs, FDs and Boards of Director level.
  • Promote the bank’s image in the local community/market with a range of partners including influential, high value clients in order to support development of new business opportunities.

Qualifications

  • Highly proficient at building and maintaining positive relationships with external professionals.
  • Specialist credit and real estate sector knowledge along with a track record delivering excellent client experiences.
  • Experience leading and developing a high performing team

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch.

We’d love to hear from you!

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Location:
United Kingdom
Salary:
£125,000 - £150,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Finance