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Business Development Director - Invoice Finance - West Midlands

Metro Bank

Business Development Director - Invoice Finance - West Midlands

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Metro Bank, Little Bromwich, Birmingham

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

Posted 1 week ago, 25 Apr | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: ebd3de4beedf489eb80193b625abd97f

Full Job Description

  • Be accountable for delivering the Metro Bank brand and business model for Invoice Finance/Commercial Banking


  • Grow our Invoice Finance book by creating fans from business and commercial customers - you will achieve this through business development and promotion of the Metro Bank brand. Your routes to market are direct to bank business and commercial customers, direct to new customers and via referrals from brokers, accountants, and other intermediaries


  • Consistently deliver an amazing customer service, which in turn will create fans


  • Face a range of challenges from business development (lending) to deposit generation - you need to be able to build key relationships with other departments such as Credit, Lending and Securities, and Lending Operations


  • Make lending decisions to support Metro Bank's business goals whilst reinforcing the correct Metro Bank operational processes and ensuring we get things right the first time for the Customer

    Ability to maximise the customer relationship whilst being compliant during customer interactions with awareness of TCF (Treating Customers Fairly)


  • Detailed knowledge and understanding of the products we offer with a primary focus on invoice finance


  • Ability to understand financial accounts


  • Experience in preparing credit write ups and submitting deals to underwriting


  • Strong understanding of the invoice finance sector and experience structuring deals in this area (including factoring, invoice discounting, and asset based lending)


  • Excellent knowledge of commercial banking and lending with general commercial awareness


  • Excellent communication and customer service skills, with the ethos of providing amazing customer service


  • The ability to tell the Metro Bank story to new customers successfully and creating new fans as a result


  • Understanding of the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders

    We will make sure that you are well-rewarded by providing you with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and a number of colleague discounts!


  • We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions!).


  • We are also all about balance so we offer the opportunity for hybrid and flexible working built around your role and home life, wherever possible.