Business Manager - Central South

What is the opportunity?

This is an exciting opportunity to be an Ambassador for Bank of Ireland both internally and externally within the local community, ensuring that our customers are put at the heart of everything we do. You will be responsible for the development of valuable new customer relationships. This will involve extensive networking and attendance at external events and developing/maintaining the Bank's relationship with intermediaries and business partners.

This role will be based in Newry Business Centre and cover the Central South of province.

In this role you will:

• Ensure lending proposals are effectively structured and proactively led ensuring maximisation of portfolio opportunities and acquisition of new business customers
• Maintain a culture of excellence with regard to SME and property lending - structuring deals, risk analysis, supervising and improving opportunities
• In conjunction with the Senior Business Manager, deliver annual business targets for the team, in line with pricing policy & credit policy directive
• Develop, improve and maintain MI and monitoring tools to assist in the ongoing management of portfolios and ensure this is accurate / kept updated at all times
• Ensure completion of high quality credit applications and ensure acceptable credit/ compliance standards met at all times.
• Lead and maintain the lending portfolio within acceptable credit/ compliance standards, as judged by successful Group Credit Review and Audit Review ratings.

What will make you stand out?

• Proven ability to manage a portfolio of complex, high value SME and Property customers with borrowings in excess of £1m
• Proven ability to develop new business and fund complex, high value lending transactions
• Proven experience in credit management, regulatory and operational risk and consistent track record in maintaining high standards in these areas across a portfolio of complex, high value SME and Property customers
• Ability to find opportunities and engage with customers, building mutually beneficial relationships, identifying short and long term business opportunities, with proven success in developing increased market share.
• Evidence of a collaborative approach in working with other front line teams and key partners in the achievement of business strategic objectives
• Strong eye for business, achieving results safely and growing the Bank's markets share and profile in a positive manner and demonstrating broad commercial knowledge.
• Solid understanding of the NI business market and a wide network of personal contacts within the regional business

Essential Qualifications

There are no specific qualifications or minimum educational requirements needed for this role.

More about the team

Business Banking Growth NI is a key part of the NI Franchise and is responsible for profitability, growing our share of and return from the business market by providing a comprehensive range of business products and excellent customer service in businesses across NI through dedicated business banking teams.

Why work with us?

The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with an opportunity for flexible working, along with 24 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy and working parent supports.

Your wellbeing is important to us; we have an employee assistance program along with other fantastic supports. We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career!

Key Competencies

• Customer Focused - Self
• One Group, one team - Self
• Agile - Self
• Accountable - Self
• Manage Risk - Self

Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

We're on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email.

Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.