Associate Director - Business Development

Are you ready to take your career to new heights? If so, we have an outstanding opportunity for a Business Development Associate Director to join our Asset Finance team dealing with prospects in Mid-Markets (£25m - £500m turnover). This is a newly created role due to growth and a phenomenal opportunity to join our team and help play a key part of the cashflow solution for many trading businesses. Asset Finance is a growth product both within LBG and the UK generally, making this an exciting and important area to develop your career! This role requires a strong profile in the marketplace to identify and deliver high quality new business opportunities, as well as a collaborative working style to deliver a range of Asset Finance products for new clients. You'll be an experienced dealmaker who can develop, manage and drive business performance in order to successfully compete in the Asset Finance sector. What you'll be doing:

• Establishing new relationships for the Asset Finance business.
• Identifying, targeting and prioritising new prospects using our business research and prospecting tools.
• Making first contact with new clients, utilising the Lloyds brand, to arrange meetings, explaining the value Lloyds can bring to clients.
• Building relationships with the clients to generate trust and develop clients' interest in working with Lloyds.
• Work with the client and existing relationship teams to agree credit lines with the new clients.
• Provide full and comprehensive handover to your relationship colleagues remaining available for ongoing support if required., 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.
  
  A proven track record in business development using mostly direct means of establishing contact with clients.
• A proven track record in Asset Finance, able to demonstrate and utilise expert product knowledge to maximise delivery across all channels.
• Experience working with mid or large sized corporate clients within the financial services industry with accountability for the structuring of financial solutions and negotiation of all deals.
• A proficiency in the credit and underwriting process and a fluency in all manner of financial documents- able to analyse, draw insights and make financial services recommendations.
• You'll need to demonstrate how you're wired into local networks with extensive connections in the professional space and able to use these for business development opportunities.
• Maintain strong relationships with the coverage colleagues and key business introducers (external/internal stakeholders) to ensure effective delivery.
  
  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 keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 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.

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. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
• 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