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Job Description Summary

At Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), we’re driven by a clear purpose - to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are passionate about making a difference to customers, businesses, and communities.

Within Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets (LBCM), the UK Credit Sales team are currently looking for an Associate Director to join their team. This role involves driving and embedding the medium term strategy for the LBCM Bond Financing business area. Demonstrative drive and provision of support within a team of product specialists based in London ensuring the overall business plan is delivered and income generated ensuring customer needs are met.

Job Description

What you’ll be doing:

Working closely with credit trading to ensure an appropriate balance of client service ambitions and desk risk management.

Build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders for core clients, seen as the ‘point person’ for relationship at this level. Provide recommendations with regard to execution of new business/maintenance of existing business.

Champion a strong control and compliance culture by demonstrating a sound understanding of the role in managing risk effectively for the benefit of clients, colleagues and the Bank.

Possess an understanding of the wider financial services industry, regulatory changes and pertinent economic and political factors which may impact on the Group’s business and overall aims.

Establish, develop and maintain relationships with key primary clients/investors to facilitate new, and maintain existing business.

About you:

• You’ll need an entrepreneurial and flexible approach, demonstrating passion, enthusiasm and a ‘can do’ attitude, always being customer and results focused.

• Possess a good understanding of UK client base to drive business and revenues through regular interaction to promote Lloyds credit product offering

• Knowledge and experience of a client facing Credit Business including sales and risk processes

• Ability to build and manage relationships with stakeholders and external clients

• Strong understanding of Fixed Income/Credit Markets

• Proven experience of being able to implement change

• Strong organisational  and time management skills are required

If the above description sounds familiar and you have some experience in Credit Sales then please do get in touch!

What we can offer you in return;

It is a very exciting time to join LBG. Together we'll continue our market leading, ground breaking transformation and you'll help us realise the Group's vision to become the Best Bank for Customers. Here, you'll grow as a person and develop your career.

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll receive;

• Discretionary Performance Share Award

• Generous pension contribution

• A flex benefits cash pot you can adjust to suit your lifestyle (4% on top of your basic salary)

• Private health cover

• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays

In return for your expertise, you'll enjoy our total dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We'll help you perform at your best today, so you can fulfil all your potential in the future.

Lloyds Banking Group is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, and to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. We're an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within our organisation.

We've gained industry recognition including Stonewall Top 100 Employer, Top 30 Employer for Working Families, Gold Standard 2014 from the Business Disability Forum and Top 50 Employer for Women.

We'll ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

This role is considered Certified under the Senior Manager and Certification Regime as either requiring mandatory qualifications or being deemed as a role capable of providing ‘significant harm’ to customers. Due to this, successful candidates and will be subject to enhanced levels of vetting, and required to complete a fitness and propriety attestation on commencement in role. Colleagues performing this role will be required to be complete a fitness and propriety attestation on an annual basis and will also be subject to additional routine criminal and credit checks

As a certified colleague your details will be published on the FCA’s Financial Services Register

This role has been identified as a Client-dealing function under SYSC 27.8.18R as defined in the FCA Handbook

The Person  (“P”) performs the client-dealing FCA certification function for a firm if:
(1)  P is carrying out any of the activities in the table in SYSC 27.8.19R; and
(2)  those activities will involve P dealing with:
(a) a person with or for whom those activities are carried out; or
(b) the property of any such person;
in a manner substantially connected with the carrying on of regulated activities by the firm.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain recover. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.