Job Title: Agriculture - Corporate Manager
Location: Cheshire
Salary: Competitive
About the Agriculture - Corporate Manager
Our client is a growing bank with a fantastic, innovative proposition and a market leading product suite
& sustainable approach to lending. Due to their ongoing growth the company now has an exciting opportunity for an Agriculture - Corporate Manager to join their newly established Corporate team.
Purpose of the Agriculture - Corporate Manager role;
The Agricultural Portfolio Manager role is predominantly home based and customer facing. The role is a critical part of the Bank’s Relationship Management offering.
The Agriculture - Corporate Manager will support the bank’s mission which is to create and grow a sustainable, customer-focused, and innovative bank that supports and champions the financial health of the rural economy.
The Agriculture - Corporate Manager will be responsible for:
- Work with colleagues across the business to perform onboarding due diligence checks (KYB) to ensure AML policy and regulatory standards are met.
- Conduct calls with customers to assist with the due diligence checks and to ensure smooth onboarding and ongoing due diligence.
- Be part of the senior management team in keeping CRM records accurate for management reporting requirements
- Support Corporate team to attract and grow a portfolio of quality corporate businesses via Credit based solutions.
- Be the exemplar and support the team with approved credit deals to execution through good collaborative contact with our professional’s network.
- Assist team with annual credit & account reviews with a primary focus on existing Bank customers with drawn facilities which includes but is not limited to annual GDPR consents (Marketing, data storage, SBI numbers, environmental categorisations) to a high standard
- Have an understanding of what "good" looks like in the Bank’s target markets in terms of business and agronomic performance.
- Support the ongoing monitoring and management of conditions subsequent for existing drawn facilities.
- Identify, manage and report on any early warning signs for deteriorating credit & risk profiles, credit scoring etc.
- Support the Corporate offering to become an integral part of the Bank’s brand through both digital and physical marketing platforms.
- Pro-actively engaging with stakeholders at all levels to build collaborative relationships, that promotes a positive and respected conduct and compliance culture across the business.
- Assistance in the monthly compilation of the commercial board & CORC reports
- Assist and improve the banks processes, especially those that pertain to better execution of products that ultimately results in a better customer and banker experience.
- Ensure that the Bank’s Corporate offering has a reputation as the UK’s specialist agricultural banking provider.
- Deliver excellent collaboration across all business units and key stakeholders, especially credit, operations and compliance.
Skills of the Agriculture - Corporate Manager:
- Agricultural / Commercial banking experience.
- Interpret and critique financial information.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Confident and self-motivated.
This is a fantastic opportunity to utilise your experience within a dynamic growing organisation & to be part of their increasingly successful story.
For more information about the Agriculture - Corporate Manager role or to apply send your CV now.