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SME Area Director (Midlands & East)

Birmingham💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead the SME Trading Sectors Team for the Midlands & East region, building networks to support the bank's customer base and mentoring the team to deliver business goals.

Role type

Senior leadership SME Area Director

Builds

Client portfolios and local business plans for SMEs in the Midlands & East

Domain

Banking / SME Finance

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

SME or commercial banking leadership, managing mature client books, leading Relationship Director and Manager teams, senior client relationship management, credit and risk oversight, regulated environment governance

Preferred skills

Strategic planning, income generation, balance sheet performance management, influencing at senior leader level

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Contribute to strategic leadership and planning of the SME sector; motivate, develop, and appraise team members; develop team capability and support local business plans; oversee client proposals and solution implementation; evaluate team performance against objectives; interact with complex clients at MD/FD/Board levels; promote the bank's image in the local marketplace

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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