Director, Housing (National Housebuilder Portfolio)

We're seeking a high performing and bold customer focused Director to lead the team responsible for relationships with the UK's largest housebuilders. This is a high-profile role that combines relationship management with strategic leadership in support of Lloyds Banking Group's ('LBG') ambitions for the sector. At LBG, we want to use our capabilities, scale and relationships to shape a housing market that works for everyone, whether they rent or own. The House Builder portfolio is at the heart of the Bank's strategic focus on the sector, a main plank of the new Government's activities and undeniably an area of national need. Couple this with the requirement to decarbonise the build operation and absorb legislative change means that the role presents an exciting challenge. Your roles and responsibilities will include:

• Relationship management and first line credit stewardship on a portfolio of clients in the housebuilding sector.
• Business development via research, due diligence and detailed Account Planning on existing clients, prospects, industry bodies and key professionals.
• Represent Lloyds Banking Group at industry events, including speaking at conferences and seminars.
• Support the delivery of LBG's strategic ambitions for the sector and our aspirations for Net Zero Transition.
• Convening of LBG businesses, including Halifax, Birmingham Midshires, Lloyds Living and Housing Growth Partnership to bring the 'whole bank' to clients.
• Work alongside our Debt Solutions, Lending Execution, Credit Risk and Portfolio Management colleagues to negotiate terms and conditions of lending facilities and banking services, obtaining approvals as appropriate.
• Collaborate with product partners to deliver appropriate products and services.
• Leadership of the 3 person team, to ensure that individual performance meets the needs of the business, alongside their career aspirations.
• Support the RE&H Leadership Team with colleague engagement, values and behaviours and delivery of financial budget.
• Supporting clients with developing ESG strategies and supporting their journey to Net Zero.
  
  Experience in a leadership role within the financial services sector, preferably in Corporate and Institutional banking.
• Ability to develop and maximise strong client relationships at C-Suite level in FTSE listed and large privately owned businesses.
• Understanding of the UK residential sector, including current market dynamics and Government ambitions.
• Analytical thinking, credit assessment expertise, alongside a proven history of developing and implementing successful business strategies.
• Excellent communication and customer management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across different teams and hierarchies.
  
  At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know. We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
• 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
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you. This role is considered Certified under the Senior Manager and Certification Regime as either requiring mandatory qualifications or being deemed as a role capable of providing 'significant harm' to customers. Due to this, successful candidates will be subject to enhanced levels of vetting, and required to complete a fitness and propriety attestation on commencement in role. Colleagues performing this role will be required to be complete a fitness and propriety attestation on an annual basis and will also be subject to additional routine criminal and credit checks As a certified colleague your details will be published on the FCA's Financial Services Register This role has been identified as a Client-dealing function under SYSC 27.8.18R as defined in the FCA Handbook The Person ("P") performs the client-dealing FCA certification function for a firm if:(1) P is carrying out any of the activities in the table in SYSC 27.8.19R; and(2) those activities will involve P dealing with:(a) a person with or for whom those activities are carried out; or(b) the property of any such person;in a manner substantially connected with the carrying on of regulated activities by the firm. If you manage certified colleagues this role will be identified as Manager of certification employees under SYSC 27.8.13R as defined in the FCA Handbook(1) The function of managing or supervising a certification employee, directly or indirectly, is an FCA-specified significant-harm function.(2) A function in (1) is not an FCA certification function for that firm if it is performed by an SMF manager of that firm.