End Date
Thursday 13 April 2023
Salary Range
£0 - £0
Agile Working Options
Hybrid Working
Job Description Summary
The Markets team within Specialist Client Solutions are welcoming all suitable applications for an exciting opportunity working with an ambitious, diverse and proven team of regulated sales colleagues covering c3000 SME and MC clients.
The successful candidate will join a team that predominantly delivers the sales, execution and facilitation of financial markets transactions for all new and existing customers helping them manage their currency, commodity and interest rate risk. We work with decision makers across the country to develop risk management strategies and deploy a variety of products that can remove market risks from clients balance sheets as well as suit their particular market views.
The market-facing and multi-faceted nature of this role requires a focused, results-orientated individual who is keen to learn about financial markets. The successful candidate should be excited by a customer facing role and is willing, with our full support, to sit the FCA exams required to be able to execute trades and converse with clients independently. Your desire to learn will be matched by a willingness to teach from everyone in the team.
We are a close-knit group that puts a huge emphasis on development regardless of grade. We encourage our teams to learn about other product areas to drive a holistic servicing strategy for our customers, enabling us to refer any needs they have to other product partners.
The team works with partners across the Group to give our clients the best service possible. We all share a passion for developing our digital proposition in a competitive marketplace and harnessing technology to improve the client and colleague experience. As such we are at the forefront of an investment program within BCB to build innovative digital solutions to compliment the expertise on the desk. Along with the rest of BCB, we play a key role in Helping Britain Prosper.
Job Description
Key role accountabilities:
You will support senior colleagues within Treasury Services Sales in the day to day running of the business.
You will initially focus on passing the required regulatory exams that will allow you to speak to clients independently and positively impact team performance
You will need to take a keen interest in the political and economic events that impact markets and build the confidence to produce market commentary and present this in an accessible format and style for a broad range of internationally trading clients.
You will learn to interpret a huge amount of global market data, investment trends and policy developments and be able to articulate these in a way that allows customers to understand the impacts to their business.
The person we’re looking for
Will be motivated and enthusiastic with a passion for learning about market drivers, our suite of hedging solutions, how we can tailor them to an individual view or need and looking to develop customer-facing sales skills. All financial markets have been impacted by the events of the last few years and we are looking for a colleague to share our passion for understanding how changes impact customers and what we can do to support them. Your background could be in a number of different areas, and we encourage this in our team.
Essential Skills
Strong organisational skills
A track record of excellence in the Commercial Bank
Primary focus on passing any exams required for the role (please ask if you have any questions about these)
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team
Strong communication and presentation skills,
A problem solver who is able to handle a range of tasks and priorities
A desire to learn about markets and how they impact our customers
What can we offer you in return
Whatever your aspiration, you can also expect excellent benefits, personal development and a career that’s enriching and full of opportunity. You will also be part of a team that has some of the highest engagement scores in the division and who are genuinely fun to work with. Are you interested in joining us? Apply today, 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.
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'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.