Director - Asian Intermediaries

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OB TITLE: Director, Asian Intermediaries
LOCATION(S): London
HOURS: Full Time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, in the office.

About this opportunity

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Relationship Director to join our Institutional Coverage team based in London as a Director leading our Asian Intermediaries portfolio, reporting into the Head of Global Banks, Specialist Finance and Intermediaries.

This is a newly created growth role and you'll play a leading part in developing and driving forward the strategy of the Asian Intermediaries portfolio and working with the intermediaries team in the UK and US.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Building, leading and growing a portfolio of Asian Intermediary clients.
• Strategically engaging senior (C-suite) stakeholders within the sector to drive revenues and product penetration.
• Originating new business opportunities and ensuring the team is maximising existing client value to deepen client relationships across the portfolio.
• Developing LBG’s profile in the market to attract new business and enhance relationships with existing clients.
• Developing and reviewing business objectives and strategy for the sector to facilitate growth aligned to the Institutional Coverage and wider Corporate and Institutional Banking strategies.
• Implementing and maintaining the risk-management framework (encompassing principles, policies, methodologies, systems, internal controls, processes, procedures and people) within the sector, in line with the approved appetite for risk and regulatory guidelines.

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

We’re on an exciting journey and there couldn’t be a better time to join us. The investments we’re making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What we need from you?

• Deep knowledge of the Asian Intermediaries client base
• Credible network of C-suite client relationships including a track record of leading C-suite discussions with established financial services companies
• Experience in building and growing new client portfolios
• Strong product knowledge across our product set including Debt, Risk, and Cash propositions

About working for us

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 bonus award, subject to Group performance
• 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

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our jour

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.

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.