Business Development Associate, Mid Corporates

JOB TITLE: Business Development Associate, Mid Corporates  

LOCATIONS:  London

SALARY: £48,987 to £54,430

HOURS: Full-Time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy. 

What you’ll be doing

You’ll support the Business Development Director(s) in driving new business growth across the Mid Corporates London & South region. The role focuses on supporting origination activity, enhancing the region’s market presence, and delivering high‑quality business development, marketing and client engagement initiatives!

This is a developmental role, designed to build strong foundations in business development, stakeholder engagement and franchise building, with a clear pathway towards progression into a Business Development Director role over time.

Your roles and responsibilities will include:

• Supporting Business Development Directors with identifying, researching and progressing new‑to‑bank opportunities across priority sectors and geographies.

• Preparing for prospect and introducer meetings, including company research, sector insight, pitch materials and follow‑up actions.

• Maintaining and tracking business development pipelines, ensuring activity, outcomes and next steps are clearly captured and progressed.

• Coordinating closely with Relationship Directors, Associate Relationship Managers and product partners to support opportunity progression.

• Playing a key role in the planning and delivery of regional client, introducer and sector events, including logistics, invitations, attendee tracking and post‑event follow‑up.

• Supporting regional marketing campaigns and engagement initiatives aligned to business development priorities.

• Creating and maintaining marketing materials such as tombstones, credentials, deal highlights and case studies, ensuring accuracy, consistency and timely updates.

• Supporting market and introducer mapping activity, helping to build insight into key professional firms, networks and influencers across the region.

• Contributing to regional business development planning, reporting and review activity.

• Operating within agreed risk appetite, conduct standards and governance frameworks, building a strong understanding of the Bank’s proposition and credit processes.

Why join us

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. ​

What we’re looking for

• 1 to 2 years of early‑career experience in business development, relationship support, marketing, events in a commercial banking / financial services environment.

• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to deadlines.

• Confident written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage professionally with internal and external stakeholders.

• A proactive, commercially curious mindset with an interest in markets, sectors and client strategy.

• High levels of energy, motivation and resilience, with a desire to build a long‑term career in business development within Commercial Banking.

• A collaborative approach and willingness to learn from senior colleagues while taking ownership of defined activities.

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.

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

• 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready to make an impact? Apply today.​