Associate Director

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Work type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Manchester, Leeds City, Leeds, Crossgates, Leeds, Hunslet, Leeds, Moortown, Hybrid
Categories: Premium Business

Business Unit: Commercial Banking:
Specialist Sectors – Health and Social Care
Salary range: £40,800 - £51,000 per annum DOE + Benefits
Location: UK Hybrid – Manchester or Leeds
Contract type
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Permanent

Our Team

Exciting opportunities exist within our successful specialist National Sectors team right now. If you're passionate and ambitious about playing a key role in helping shape and grow our business, alongside working with colleagues and businesses that work exclusively in the delivery of health and social care, then please read on.

• Assist with both portfolio and origination in generating and optimising income and return on equity. The role is focussed on the care sector, with an opportunity to work on a variety of transactions and a skillset transferable to other areas within National Sectors and Strategic Finance.
• Maintain excellent levels of customer service for existing borrowers and provide new to bank customers with a seamless on‑boarding experience, working collaboratively with colleagues across the business.
• Assist in the relationship management and sourcing of high‑quality customers, strengthening the brand visibility in the local and national marketplace.
• Evaluate and manage opportunities with existing and new customers.
• Assist the team and network effectively with key players in the sector to reinforce Virgin Money’s reputation as one of the foremost banks providing appropriate and innovative funding solutions in this area.
• Generate sustainable and attractive returns in line with the bank’s overall business lending strategy.

• Experience working in corporate banking, understanding networks and stakeholders, systems and work processes.
• Knowledge of financial and non‑financial appraisal techniques together with exposure to credit report writing.
• Cash flow analytical skills with experience of reviewing customer's financial statements including excel and performance monitoring.
• Excellent stakeholder management with the ability to build relationships with existing and new customers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to help and support internal decision‑making process in getting things done – right first time – for the customer.
• Experience in striving for excellence and creating a best practice service environment that drives positive customer outcomes.

• A relevant industry or vocational financial services qualification e.g. Chartered Accountant, Chartered Banker etc. is beneficial.
• Knowledge of – and ideally passion for – care

• 25 days holiday per year, increasing over time to 30. Plus, an option to buy more, giving you even more choice.
• Private medical insurance
• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement
• Access to an annual performance‑related bonus
• Training and development to help you progress your career
• A great selection of additional benefits through our flexible benefits scheme
• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early. Please ensure to submit your applications as soon as possible.

Virgin Money is so much more than just a bank. As part of the Nationwide group,together we're the UK's first full‑service mutual bank serving millions of retail and business customers and all driven by our purpose;
Banking but fairer, more rewarding and for the good of society. With us, you’ll be part of an organisation uniquely positioned to make a difference to the lives of customers, communities and broader society and embark on a collaborative, customer obsessed, and fun‑filled career journey. Embrace the weekdays, enjoy fantastic perks, and make a meaningful positive difference. Time to discover what it means to be part of the first mutual full‑service banking provider.

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