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Wednesday 21 May 2025Salary Range
£59,850 - £66,500We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options
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JOB TITLE: Associate Director - Invoice Finance Sales
SALARY: £59,850 - £66,500
LOCATION: Manchester
HOURS: Full-Time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week or 40% of your time at our office in Manchester
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose: to help Britain prosper. Our colleagues across the Group are passionate about making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. Our Commercial Banking division supports a diverse range of business clients, from small enterprises to multinational corporations. Many of these clients are household names driving UK growth, and we've pledged to help the UK economy recover by supporting British industry.
Invoice Finance is a crucial part of the cashflow solution for many trading businesses and is a growing product both within Lloyds Banking Group and the UK generally. This makes it an exciting area to develop a career within the wider Group. We have an opportunity to join the North West & Midlands Sales Team as one of our Associate Directors, specifically covering our West Coast Region, which spans from Cumbria down to North Wales. This role is perfect for a proven sales performer who wishes to work in a successful part of the Group and can nurture and build relationships with internal and external partners.
Identify and deliver high-quality new business opportunities within the professional marketplace.
Collaborate with colleagues to deliver a range of Invoice Finance products to new and existing bank clients.
Self-generate leads and educate the external community about our Invoice Finance and wider SME banking offerings.
Visit prospects face-to-face to sell our services and negotiate pricing and terms.
Write structured proposals for sanctioning and onboard new clients.
Work closely with Client Managers to ensure smooth client relationship management post-deal.
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.
Knowledge and understanding of Invoice Finance.
Experience in client face-to-face sales negotiations.
Proficiency in the credit and underwriting process and fluency in financial analysis.
Outstanding business development skills with the ability to manage stakeholders and maximise business opportunities.
A genuine interest in and understanding of SME businesses and their working capital cycles.
Strong connections within the local professional community, with a proven track record of using these connections for business development.
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’re committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.
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.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria through our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. We also provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. If you need an adjustment, just let us know!
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
Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more!
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.
We're changing financial services, and we want you to join us.
We're the UK's largest financial services group, with our 25 million customers and a history stretching back more than 300 years.
We pride ourselves on creating a great environment for colleagues to work in, one which is inclusive and driven by our values. This is critical to our business success as we know that colleagues who can show up to work as themselves are those that bring their best.
We're an inclusive and open organisation with a scale that creates a vast range of roles and opportunities. We offer a plenty of options for continual personal growth and you'll be part of a culture which embraces diversity of talent, creativity, skills and thinking among our teams.
Workplace Initiatives
Opportunities for people returning from a career break |
Yes our Returner opportunities offer a career path to candidates with a 18 month year break in their career’ with ‘Yes, our Returner opportunities are aimed at candidates who have had a 18 month or more career break |
Leadership development programmes? |
Yes |
Mentoring programmes? |
Yes |
Coaching programmes? |
Yes |
Employee-led diversity networks? |
Yes |
Internal women’s networking groups? |
Yes |
Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? |
Yes |
No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: |
20 weeks based on full pay + 19 weeks at the current statutory maternity pay rate |
Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: |
No qualifying service period |
No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: |
6 weeks |
Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: |
No qualifying service period |
Gender pay gap reporting information (insert year) (UK): 2022 |
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Average pay gap: |
30.5% |
Median pay gap: |
33.6% |
Average bonus gap: |
62.5% |
Median bonus gap: |
69.5% |
Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? |
Yes |
Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? |
Yes |
Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? |
Yes |
Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? |
Yes |
Flexible Working Policy
We take pride in being a leader in flexibility and offer a wide array of flexible working options for different circumstances. How you work and the options available will depend on the role you're in, but we aim to offer the flexibility needed by everyone.
For many of our office-based roles, we work in hybrid ways, which involves spending at least two days per week or 40% of their time at one of our office sites. Dependent on your role, other flexible options may be available, such as part-time or compressed hours, complete home-working or job share. ‘Find out how flexible working can work for you’.
Flexible Working Policy
We take pride in being a leader in flexibility and offer a wide array of flexible working options for different circumstances. How you work and the options available will depend on the role you're in, but we aim to offer the flexibility needed by everyone.
For many of our office-based roles, we work in hybrid ways, which involves spending at least two days per week or 40% of their time at one of our office sites. Dependent on your role, other flexible options may be available, such as part-time or compressed hours, complete home-working or job share. ‘Find out how flexible working can work for you’.
Returner opportunities
Returning to work after time away can be challenging. That’s why we offer Returner opportunities that are designed to assist people returning to work after a career break of 18 months or more and our roles are permanent from the day one. Whether you’ve been away from work due to parenthood, illness, or even travel, we’re looking forward to hearing from you as we continue to grow!
What can you expect?
Coming back into the world of work after a career break can be really daunting – and we therefore know how important flexibility is. We’re very aware that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t always doable, so will happily have the discussion about different working patterns with you.
These roles have been created with your career break in mind, making sure we are there to support you in your transition back to work. You will be brought in on a permanent contract and given meaningful work from day one. Plus, you’ll be paired with a buddy or mentor from your team to help guide you along the way. You’ll also benefit from being part of the wider Returners Community and have the chance to create a personal development plan that works for you.
Who are we looking for?
While banking or professional services experience is desirable, especially for some roles, we care more about the transferable skills you can bring to our business.
Testimonials
I had a good network of colleagues already working for Lloyds Banking Group, who were all very passionate about their roles - so it felt the right choice for me and gave me the courage to apply for a Business Analyst role through the Returners. It was a seamless recruitment experience and I was offered a role in the work I wanted to do.
Olufunke Oladinni, Business Analyst
I love being a Project Manager, and I can’t recommend the Lloyds Banking Group Returners enough. It’ll springboard your career, giving you the best opportunity to relaunch yourself and maximise your full potential.
Justin Pierce, Project Manager