Investment Manager - Business/Commercial Banking - South Yorkshire
Location: South Yorkshire
Salary: Competitive
About the Investment Manager - Business/Commercial Banking - South Yorkshire role:
Our client is a growing, innovative organisation, committed to supporting SME’s.
Offering a fantastic culture, desire to lend and opportunity to make a real difference to the SME landscape this is a brilliant opportunity to utelise your skills set in a positive and impactful way.
If you are a banker with experience of lending to business, commercial or corporate customers, and are living & working in the South Yorkshire area I’d love to speak to you.
Focus of the Investment Manager - Business/Commercial Banking - South Yorkshire role:
- Through sustained and extensive business development activity, source and appraise suitable investment opportunities.
- Develop and maintain links and networks with key business introducers and intermediaries to source suitable investment opportunities.
Responsibilities of the Investment Manager - Business/Commercial Banking - South Yorkshire role:
- Through sustained and extensive business development activity, source and appraise suitable investment opportunities.
- Develop and maintain links and networks with key business introducers and intermediaries to source suitable investment opportunities.
- Maintain and develop technical and industry specific knowledge to ensure best practice and compliance in investment activity.
- Conduct thorough and robust management, financial and commercial due diligence when considering investment opportunities and assess the risks of each investment.
- Negotiate terms and conditions relating to legal documentation for the making of investments. Contribute to the investment team’s financial target, playing a key role in delivering timely and excellent customer service;
- Understand and assess underlying cashflow assumptions and comment on the risks associated with these and suggest and conduct appropriate sensitivity analysis;
- Take responsibility for the creation of covenants and the setting of limits. Liaise closely with portfolio teams as appropriate;
- Prepare sanction reports for credit sanction and present findings to Investment Committee;
- Taking responsibility for the completion of deals as deemed appropriate, ensuring that customer service standards are achieved whilst acting commercially supporting the customer through difficult situations, ensuring timely feedback to appropriate parties and signing off all Conditions Precedent have been met;
- Assess applications for funding and prepare reports recommending investment to Fund Manager, investment director or investment committee.
- Liaise closely with the portfolio team post-investment and support as required to maintain the relationship with the investee company.
- Disseminate examples of best practice for applying to the fund to key business introducers and ensure that the application process is continually refined and improved to provide the best possible client service.
Skills of the Investment Manager - Business/Commercial Banking - South Yorkshire role:
The ideal candidate will have:
- Understanding of all aspects relating to debt and mezzanine investments into SMEs or larger corporate entities.
- Understanding of investment risk appraisal, investment processes and procedures.
- Excellent commercial appreciation of business and the wider economic landscape.
- Strong communication, influencing and interpersonal skills.
- Extensive network of relevant key business introducers in the area of operation.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Confident in own decision making.
- Ability to prioritise and organise work under pressure.
- Attention to detail.
- Experience of analysing financial information.
- Accountancy or banking qualifications.
Other requirements of the Investment Manager - Business/Commercial Banking - South Yorkshire role
- Driving Licence
- IT literate to include the use of Word, Excel and Power Point
Our client offers flexible/hybrid working.
For more information about the Investment Manager - Business/Commercial Banking - South Yorkshire role or to apply send your CV now.