Shawbrook
Assistant Relationship Director
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Assistant Relationship Director
About Shawbrook
Shawbrook provides finance to a wide range of customer segments valuing premium experience, flexibility, and a certain quality of service—delivering sustainably. We are a purpose-led organisation focused on long-term value for all stakeholders, with a diversified lending proposition tailored to meet specific customer needs in SME, Real Estate, and Personal markets.
Our expertise spans:
- Complex structured credit facilities for growth-focused businesses
- Mortgages for professional landlords and property investors
- Simple consumer loans, delivered digitally
We finance lending through customer deposits, ensuring a premium experience, choice, and consistent value for savers. Our best-of-both-worlds model combines deep human expertise with advanced tech and data, enabling efficient scaling without compromising excellence.
We nurture an innovative, agile culture, driving high employee engagement and attracting top talent. If you thrive on challenge, collaboration, and possibility, we expect the same depth of commitment from you.
Why Shawbrook? You'll belong to a forward-thinking bank resolving complexity in a fast-paced environment, contributing to:
- A diverse culture amplifying voices of minority/groups underrepresented
- Societal and environmental impact, rewarded purposefully
- Career growth. Your best potential fuels ours.
Assistant Relationship Director – Development Finance
Department: Structured Lending
As an Assistant Relationship Director, you’ll be a critical fixture in Development Finance, partnering with senior leaders to structure innovative lending solutions while fostering industry connections and deepening expertise.Central to the role:
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- Team Collaboration: Supporting senior teams to source, assess, underwrite and finalise property development loans
- Client Engagement: Liaising with brokers, attending onsite meetings as required
- Financial Compliance: Overseeing valuations, survey reports and credit recommendations
- Operation Coordination: Coordinating with Legal/Loan Support Team to ensure seamless completion
- Data Accuracy: Maintaining pristine records and ensuring timely documentation
Key Responsibilities
- Inquiry Handling: Assist senior partners in evaluating new business requests, issuing Heads of Terms where applicable
- Proposal Development: Contribute to credit proposal creation, ensuring technical robustness
- Site Visits: Attend client/meeting site visits as requested
- Asessment Support: Collaborate with Portfolio Management team and external surveyors, validating diligence & escalating findings
- Financial Integrity: Mitigate risk through synthesised analysis of complex data, ensuring loans align with responsible lending
- Documentation: Champion data optimisation andılmışive record-keeping
Ideal Qualifications
Proven proficiency in:
- UK property development finance—>2+ years relevant market-facing experience
- Writing accurate credit papers and dynamic financial analysis
- Relationship/portfolio management, with a hands-on development finance background
- Commercial acumen and adherence to responsible loan practices
- Self-motivated, adaptable team player—able to thrive independently yet collaboratively
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Your Wellbeing
Health is a priority. Includes:
- Family support: Day-1 maternity, adoption & paternity policies with market-leading flexibility
- Mindfulness: Free Headspace and Peppy apps, guiding transitions (fertility, parenthood, menopause)
- Support anytime with Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)—covering mental/financial concerns, career/life balance
Wellness Benefits
- Cycle-to-work scheme and nationwide gym discounts
Your Lifestyle
Balance: don’t feel like there’s an iron curtain between work and life.
| Support Level | Offer |
|---|---|
| Holiday | 27+ days annual leave, with flexi-holiday – buy/sell option |
| Discounts | High-street+partnerships (shop/gym/dining) |
| Growth | 20+ years of community charity support platforms |
Your Contribution
phenomenal work deserves recognition.
- Annual discretionary bonus scheme – promote collective success
- Annual ‘Proudly Shawbrook’ award scheme to honour lead behaviour and celebrate contributions
Personal vision, growth and alignment with our purpose-driven goals paramount. If we want you here, see how to apply here.
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