At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage relationships with SMEs, driving growth and delivering tailored financial solutions.
- Company: Join Lloyds Banking Group, a leader in transforming finance for good.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, generous pension, flexible working, and 30 days holiday.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace with excellent career development opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by helping businesses unlock their potential and thrive.
- Qualifications: Strong relationship-building skills and experience in commercial banking are essential.
End date: Wednesday 26 August 2026.
Salary range: £0 - £0.
We support flexible working - click here for more information on flexible working options.
Flexible working options: Hybrid working, job share.
Location: Bridgend/Port Talbot/ Swansea/ Cardiff
Salary: Competitive package available
Hours: Full Time
Working Pattern: Hybrid - currently involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, at your office location.
About this opportunity
We're looking for a passionate and driven Relationship Manager to take ownership of a high-profile SME portfolio in Bridgend/Port Talbot/ Swansea/ Cardiff. It is a strategically important portfolio with strong growth potential. Your role will be pivotal in enhancing client confidence, retaining existing business, and driving new opportunities. You'll work with businesses turning over between £3m-£10m, helping them unlock their potential through tailored financial solutions. You'll be the face of Lloyds Bank to existing and new clients, building trust, delivering value, and driving growth in a region where relationship management is key.
What will you be doing?
- Taking ownership of new business acquisition activity, building a strong pipeline of opportunities and converting prospects into long-term banking relationships.
- Collaborating with specialist product colleagues to bring the best of the Bank to clients, ensuring appropriate solutions are identified and delivered at every stage of their growth journey.
- Supporting high profile client relationships, putting the client at the heart of what you do, adding customer value at every interaction and becoming a "trusted advisor".
- Proactively identifying and delivering Commercial Banking solutions to meet the business needs of these clients - including day-to-day banking, payments, deposits, cards and lending.
- Building a strong network of internal and external partners to open doors and create opportunities.
- Leading the charge to win new-to-bank clients through strategic outreach and relationship building.
- Establishing relationships with Group Partner companies and through them bringing the whole Bank to the client, delivering products to meet their needs.
- Handling the 'Risk' side of your client portfolio including supporting clients with developing ESG strategies and supporting their journey to Net Zero.
Why Lloyds Banking Group?
We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.
What we need from you:
- Proven ability to build and maintain strong client relationships and influence external partners.
- A track record of winning new business in a competitive environment within corporate or commercial banking.
- Strong credit and risk management skills, with experience in evaluating propositions and making confident recommendations.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills, including understanding legal documentation and commercial terms.
- A proactive, self-starting approach with the ability to work independently and as part of a high-performing team.
This is a place for you.
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. 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.
Benefits
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual performance-related bonus
- Share schemes including free shares
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
- A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. 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. With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers. Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.
Should you wish to contact us for any reason, please email us at: careers@lloydsbanking.com
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