Agriculture - Corporate Manager

Job Title: Agriculture - Corporate Manager

Location: Cheshire

Salary: Competitive

About the Agriculture - Corporate Manager

Our client is a growing bank with a fantastic, innovative proposition and a market leading product suite

& sustainable approach to lending. Due to their ongoing growth the company now has an exciting opportunity for an Agriculture - Corporate Manager to join their newly established Corporate team.

Purpose of the Agriculture - Corporate Manager role;

The Agricultural Portfolio Manager role is predominantly home based and customer facing. The role is a critical part of the Bank’s Relationship Management offering.

The Agriculture - Corporate Manager will support the bank’s mission which is to create and grow a sustainable, customer-focused, and innovative bank that supports and champions the financial health of the rural economy.

The Agriculture - Corporate Manager will be responsible for:

• Work with colleagues across the business to perform onboarding due diligence checks (KYB) to ensure AML policy and regulatory standards are met.

• Conduct calls with customers to assist with the due diligence checks and to ensure smooth onboarding and ongoing due diligence.

• Be part of the senior management team in keeping CRM records accurate for management reporting requirements

• Support Corporate team to attract and grow a portfolio of quality corporate businesses via Credit based solutions.

• Be the exemplar and support the team with approved credit deals to execution through good collaborative contact with our professional’s network.

• Assist team with annual credit & account reviews with a primary focus on existing Bank customers with drawn facilities which includes but is not limited to annual GDPR consents (Marketing, data storage, SBI numbers, environmental categorisations) to a high standard

• Have an understanding of what "good" looks like in the Bank’s target markets in terms of business and agronomic performance.

• Support the ongoing monitoring and management of conditions subsequent for existing drawn facilities.

• Identify, manage and report on any early warning signs for deteriorating credit & risk profiles, credit scoring etc.

• Support the Corporate offering to become an integral part of the Bank’s brand through both digital and physical marketing platforms.

• Pro-actively engaging with stakeholders at all levels to build collaborative relationships, that promotes a positive and respected conduct and compliance culture across the business.

• Assistance in the monthly compilation of the commercial board & CORC reports

• Assist and improve the banks processes, especially those that pertain to better execution of products that ultimately results in a better customer and banker experience.

• Ensure that the Bank’s Corporate offering has a reputation as the UK’s specialist agricultural banking provider.

• Deliver excellent collaboration across all business units and key stakeholders, especially credit, operations and compliance.

Skills of the Agriculture - Corporate Manager:

• Agricultural / Commercial banking experience.

• Interpret and critique financial information.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Confident and self-motivated.

• Resilient nature.

This is a fantastic opportunity to utilise your experience within a dynamic growing organisation & to be part of their increasingly successful story.

For more information about the Agriculture - Corporate Manager role or to apply send your CV now.