Asset Finance Manager

Your role: Asset Finance Manager

Why you’ll want to work with us: At Danske Bank, we’re driven by a clear purpose: to help customers, colleagues, and society thrive. We believe that what we do genuinely makes a positive difference and that our culture and ways of working create a unique place to grow your career. This includes investing in our people’s personal growth and wellbeing to ensure everyone feels that they belong and are set up for success. We value diversity in its broadest sense which we know makes us stronger as a business and invites all colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. Our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy is central to our purpose and shows up in how we work every day. Driving sustainability is a key strategic priority for us. We’re passionate about giving back to the communities in which we live and work.

Your benefits: There’s much more to working at Danske Bank than just a salary but for this role we are offering a competitive salary. We also offer an attractive range of flexible benefits centred on wellness, financial, psychological, physical and social. Everyone’s circumstances are different, and our benefits can be tailored to your needs. For example, if you want to buy more holidays or need to avail of medical treatment, then we have a range of benefits for you.

What would a typical day look like for you? As Asset Finance Manager you will proactively manage the Bank’s asset finance portfolio to ensure good customer outcomes and promote a strong customer experience throughout the product lifecycle. Engaging with clients to develop and maintain strong relationships, understand business needs, provide tailored solutions and act as a trusted adviser to clients offering guidance on financing options. Proactively engaging across Corporate Banking, Business Centres, Agri-Business, Small Business and Private Banking to promote asset finance products and services.

• Maintain detailed knowledge of the business, corporate and specialist business products and services available and how these satisfy the needs of the customer, to identify and recommend to the customer opportunities for cross selling.
• Analyse company or individual financial information and related information to determine suitability for Asset Finance products and solutions, and to structure a solution on this basis.
• Ensure the effective management of risk and the asset quality of all business conducted.
• Contribute to the development of a high performing team through coordination of efforts and sharing of best practice and professional knowledge while working closely with colleagues in credit, operations and relationship management teams.
• To ensure customers’ business conducted complies with all existing legal, regulatory and voluntary code obligations, and all Bank standards, policies, processes and procedures.

Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role:

• Strong client focus with a proven track record of delivering excellent customer experiences and quality service delivery.
• Proficiency in analysing financial statements and market trends to make informed decisions.
• Ability to collaborate and positively influence stakeholders externally and across the organisation.
• Strong time management skills with ability to meet pressing deadlines, deliver at pace and be flexible to adapt to change.
• Ability to identify improvement opportunities, share best practice and create culture of continuous improvement.
• Proven track record of self-development and continuous learning, with drive to support team development.

How we work: Our belief is that we are "Better when Together" and want to balance the benefits of teaming up in person with flexible working where possible. We will be supportive and flexible to your circumstances, so for roles that offer a hybrid option we ask colleagues to attend their base location a minimum of 3 days a week so they can connect, collaborate and learn together. Some of our roles are customer facing which means that it’s really important to be able to work with customers face to face and hybrid working isn’t appropriate.

Danske Bank is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. That means that, as a committed equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of (but not limited to); gender, ethnicity, background, nationality, generation, age, working style, religious background, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and cognitive diversity, including neurodiversity.