Relationship Manager

About us

Join one of the UK’s fastest growing and award-winning banks.

We are a team of ambitious, passionate, hardworking, and committed people who have successfully created and launched one of the UK’s newest specialist property finance banks. We are on the lookout for exceptional new team members, with ambition and drive, to join us on our exciting growth journey.

If you are looking for a company with accelerated career progression and you thrive in a fast-paced environment where your work is valued, highly rewarded and makes a real impact then GB Bank is waiting for you.

Role purpose

GB Bank have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Relationship Manager that specialises in property backed lending, and in particular those with bridging and portfolio Buy-to-Let finance experience, to join our team.

In this exciting role, you will be responsible for originating new business, working to targets, predominantly within specialist property financing sector, and will have an existing network of Brokers and Introducers, as well as other key business relationships.

In this role you’ll find yourself…

• Origination of new specialist property lending enquiries to agreed targets and managing these through the credit approval process to completion with the support of an Assistant Relationship Manager and the Loan Completions Team
• The provision of exceptional levels of customer service to attract and retain both new and existing customers leading to strong and long lasting customer relationships;
• Delivering fantastic service to your broker network and ensuring that GB Bank are at the forefront of their thoughts for their client’s future lending needs
• Negotiating and structuring of loan applications and proposals to send to the Credit Team right from initial review and through to credit approval and loan completion.
• Supporting the Portfolio team in carrying out periodic credit reviews, covenant monitoring and post completion conditions on all existing customers;
• Responsibility for building and maintaining new relationships with key professionals including clients and brokers with additional knowledge of and regular contact with solicitors and valuers where required.

A bit about you – You are/have most of the following:

• A proven property lending Relationship Manager/Director with a similar organisation, and be consistently meeting your lending targets with a desire to exceed expectations
• Strong business development skills with broad market knowledge and presence;
• An existing network of Brokers and Introducers who can support you and enable your own success at GB Bank
• Candidates must have a strong credit track record with in depth knowledge of credit and lending to businesses from inception to draw down, ideally with a focus on bridging finance
• Knowledge of risk management, core lending and financial analysis skills;
• Excited to hit the ground running and to make an instant positive impact on the Bank and the communities that we operate in

What we can offer you:

8% company pension contribution and 3% individual contribution (which you can opt to increase)

30 days holiday every year - which includes your birthday off + bank holidays on top

Work from Anywhere - for four weeks of the year you can work from anywhere worldwide

Flexible working - you 'own the way you work' and we are proud to have been recognised as being one of the top 100 most flexible companies to work for in the world.

Top tier private medical cover with WPA - includes no excess + you can add family through salary sacrifice

Death in service at 4 x base salary with Aviva

Mental health support - through a helpline and counselling sessions

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Various surprise and delight moments throughout the year to help build team connection

What else do I need to know?

Location: London-Based (In-person)

Salary: £70,000 - £90,000 per annum

Hours: 35 hours per week

How to Apply:

Please submit both your CV and cover letter to careers@thegbb.co.uk, linking your experience to our requirements in order to have your application considered.

We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of their age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity.

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