Associate- UK Banks, Building Societies, Irish Banks & South African Banks

Associate – UK Banks, Building Societies, Irish Banks & South Africa Banks

Location: London
Hours: Full time
Working Pattern: Hybrid — at least two days per week (or 40% of your time) at one of our office sites. Workplace adjustments are available for colleagues with disabilities, including hybrid working expectations in line with the Flexibility Works policy.
Flexible Working Options: Job share

Overview

Join our Global Banks, Specialist Finance & Intermediaries team to support a portfolio of UK banks, building societies, Irish banks and South African banks. You will help deepen client relationships and identify opportunities for growth, working alongside relationship directors and product specialists across Transaction Banking, Liquidity, Foreign Exchange, Debt Capital Markets, Structured Solutions and Repo.

What you’ll be doing

• Build relationships with leading UK financial institutions while working across a broad range of banking products.
• Support the delivery of complex client solutions and work on strategic opportunities.
• Collaborate with colleagues across Product, Risk and Client Services to deliver outstanding client outcomes.
• Develop relationship management and commercial banking expertise in a high-profile, collaborative team.

Why join us?

We’re transforming the Group and how we shape finance for good, investing in technology, workplaces and colleagues to make the Group an excellent place for everyone, including you.

What we’re looking for?

• 1–2 years’ experience in coverage and/or products within a banking environment.
• Solid understanding of banking products and solutions, with the ability to understand client requirements and identify opportunities across Transaction Banking, Liquidity, Foreign Exchange, Debt Capital Markets, Structured Solutions or related products.
• Demonstrated relationship-building and communication skills, including experience encouraging effective connections and influencing internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience analysing financial performance, market information and client trends to support commercial decision-making, identify opportunities and deliver client solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams and business areas, balancing client needs, commercial objectives and risk considerations.
• Understanding of the regulatory environment affecting banks and financial institutions, including knowledge of risk management, governance and control frameworks within a regulated organisation.

And any experience of these would be great

• Experience using Bloomberg or similar financial market data and analytics tools.
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• A quantitative degree, such as Finance, Economics or Mathematics.

This is a place for you

We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive, learn and develop, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion for customers, colleagues and communities. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. We also provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

We offer a wide-ranging benefits package, including:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 28 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more.