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Relationship Director - Commercial Banking – SME Yorkshire

  • Posted 7 days ago
  • Permanent
  • 132898
  • Leeds
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Tuesday 22 July 2025

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JOB TITLE: Relationship Director – Commercial Banking – SME Yorkshire
LOCATIONS: Wellington Place, Leeds

HOURS: Full-time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, in the office or visiting customers.

About this opportunity

We’re looking for a passionate and driven Relationship Director to join our high-performing SME Commercial team. If you thrive on building relationships, spotting opportunities, and making a real impact, this could be your next big move.

You’ll work with businesses turning over between £10m–£25m, helping them unlock their potential through tailored financial solutions. You’ll be the face of Lloyds to existing and new clients, building trust, delivering value, and driving growth.

As a senior colleague within the Commercial SME business, you'd be a key part of our market presence, helping local clients, developing key business opportunities and representing the Group with Senior Stakeholders across the professional community.

What will you be doing?

  • 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.

What we need from you

  • Strong communication skills with experience in building, creating and maintaining relationships with clients and influential external partners.
  • A track record of winning new business in a competitive environment within corporate or commercial banking.
  • Skilled team player as well as a proven self-starter with a drive and passion to succeed individually and as part of the wider team.
  • Detailed understanding of legal documentation, together with the ability to effectively negotiate legal and commercial terms.
  • Understanding and appreciation of the different types of risk in a lending environment and how to minimise such Risk.
  • Proven credit experience – skilled at evaluating propositions and using that experience to make confident and effective commercial recommendations to the Credit team.

About working for us!

You'll enjoy our dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We'll help you perform at your best today, so you can fulfil all your potential in the future.

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

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. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!
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