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The BDM position is an exciting new business role, where you will be working alongside your Business Development Director and local relationship teams to drive our Corporate & Commercial banking growth strategy. We are a highly successful team, who are over 5 years into our current growth plans in the UK.
We are a team of positive, passionate, and driven individuals who are very proud of our internal culture and high-level colleague engagement scores. The BDM vacancy has come about due to promotion, and pro-active delivery of our people succession plans. Come and talk to us if you feel you have the right attributes and experience to join a game changing team and really make a difference to our new business aspirations in Scotland & Northern Ireland.
The difference you’ll make:
Working closely with the Business Development Director to generate and drive new business activity leveraging all routes to market.
Leveraging new business tools and systems to deepen penetration in the market & increase contact in the local prospect pools, alongside the Business Development Director.
Understanding prospect data and targeting opportunities in line with our Risk & Sector/Cohort models.
Conceiving, co-ordinating and leveraging specific connectivity and events in collaboration with the Regional Director, Relationship Directors and Product Partners.
Being highly organised and responsible for calling programmes and creating / managing the Keep in Touch strategy (KIT) alongside the Business Development Director.
Proactively driving engagement of key Marketing/Media collateral and initiatives to further support the creation of pre-pipeline opportunities.
What you’ll bring:
Experience / passion for new business and origination.
Ability to communicate at all levels, and capability to influence & persuade others.
It would also be nice for you to have:
Experience and knowledge of Corporate & Commercial Banking.
Some experience of financial analysis, to assess prospects in line with CCB Risk appetite.
Knowledge of related risks with ability to identify, assess and manage them appropriately.
Ability to demonstrate managing multiple stakeholders at various levels.
What else you need to know:
This role will be based in Edinburgh.
We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).
If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.
We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.
Inclusion
At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.
How we’ll reward you.
As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs.
£500 annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits.
Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
Free access to a range of digital health services, including GP.
Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more.
Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates. Including: medical insurance, dental insurance, and health assessments.
Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.
Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships.
As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services
Learn more about our benefits and family friendly policies
Right to work in the UK.
Every individual must have the right to work in the UK to commence employment with Santander either by way of nationality, visa or work permit. If you do require a working visa / permit this will not influence our decision on whether to progress your application. However, if you do not have a right to work, or an application for a working visa / permit is unsuccessful, Santander will not proceed with your application and will withdraw any conditional offer previously made.
What to do next:
If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.
If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through email. You can contact us at resourcing@santander.co.uk.
Additional Information:
We welcome applications on the understanding that, should you be offered this role, there may be no relocation package available. Santander will pay the employer mandatory government fees that are required to pay in connection with visa sponsorship. You may be liable for your own personal employee immigration and relocation costs.