Director of Corporate Relationships

Benefits of working at Together

• 26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays
• Free access to company holiday homes
• Buy & sell holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus plus an additional Shared Reward Bonus
• Matched pension contribution
• Health cash plan plus Private medical insurance
• Life assurance and Critical illness cover
• Travel season ticket loans and Ride to work scheme
• Free local gym access
• Local bar / restaurant discounts

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Company Description 

We’re Together. For over 50 years, we’ve helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to mortgages and secured loans.

We take the time to understand our customers and our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can’t or won’t. Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 900 colleagues help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £7 billion loan book. 

As a Director of Corporate Relationships, you will lead and manage a team of Portfolio Directors & Relationship Managers, responsible for the ongoing management and growth of the Corporate portfolio.

You will provide credit risk focused relationship management with a commercial edge, supporting the safe growth of customers within their Aggregate Credit Limit, as well as identifying when off track and providing structured support through turnaround strategies or consensual workout strategies. All whilst ensuring we deliver best in class portfolio relationship management.

As a Director of Corporate Relationships, we are looking for someone to:

• Manage the Corporate Portfolio Team to ensure the successful management of the portfolio – well managed growth whilst managing the risk profile, including early identification of customers potentially facing stressed & / or distressed situations, implementing turnaround strategies and techniques to minimize credit risk
• Be a brand ambassador for the company, in all interactions with corporate customers and external advisors. Fundamental in enhancing the reputation of the business and driving how we interact and support our key corporate customers, to ensure that we are maximising mutually beneficial relationships
• Challenge and manage team members on case strategy and act as mandated authority for customer management strategy decisions; ensuring the team are supported to maximise the growth of their respective portfolios
• Manage the application and performance of aggregate credit limits (ACLs) across portfolio accounts
• Introduce and manage the annual lending review of all corporate customers
• Work with the first line Credit & Portfolio Risk team, and the Second Line Credit Risk team in the management and development of credit risk policies and standards, ensuring appropriate governance of changes and evidence of key controls
• Regular reporting and analysis that informs all key stakeholders of the risks on the portfolios and performance against risk appetite
• Work with the Corporate Recovery Team to support on appropriate strategies for key exposures

Essential

• Lending/underwriting experience across commercial and/or residential assets
• Relationship management experience
• Leadership experience of managing/working as part of a high performing corporate lending team
• Strong understanding of risk management principles across the credit lifecycle, credit analytics and policies
• Experience of working with multiple stakeholders to improve the customer journey
• Strong ability to lead and influence key stakeholders

If you feel you have some of the skills mentioned above, but not all, please do still apply and we would be happy to have a further discussion with you in regards to your suitability for the role.

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Together embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference – we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

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Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.