Cantonese speaking Business Manager - Corporate Real Estate

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The Skills You'll Need: Fluent Cantonese and English. Experience in credit analysis and preparing credit proposal in UK corporate banking / real estate finance business

Your New Salary: up to £70k depending on experience + bonus

Job Status: Permanent. Hybrid working (4 days in the office)

Business Manager - Summary:

• To monitor designated business portfolio.
• To cultivate new business (both primary and secondary deals).
• To prepare credit proposals and periodic credit review reports.
• To liaise with Risk Management Department during pre-approval stage on credit risk related matters.
• To work closely with Loan Support & Services Department during post-approval stage on loan documentation matters.
• To work closely with KYC team and Business Distribution and Service Department to onboard new borrowing customers.
• To develop business relationship with existing and prospective counterparties with a view to cultivating future business and promote the Bank’s reputation.
• To supervise and provide coaching for subordinates through on the job training.
• To develop strategies, tactics & action plans so as to achieve key performance targets.
• To manage and participate in inter-department projects in relation to digital transformation.

Business Manager - What You'll be Doing:

Customer/Counterparties

• To develop new business opportunity and contacts.
• To build and maintain close business relationships with customers and counterparties to ensure compliance with the 'know your customer’ requirement.
• To submit credit facility proposal in a timely manner to achieve completion timeline.
• To lead and execute transaction with good planning and time management skills and co—ordinate between internal and external stakeholders to bring the deals to completion. .
• To establish good working relationship with other counterparties / intermediaries, e.g. brokers, solicitors, accountants, valuers and overseas colleagues etc.
• To prepare regular credit reviews on customer accounts.
• To keep abreast with the current banking regulation, the Bank’s lending policy and latest market condition.

Process

• To work smart so as to improve quality and efficiency.
• To monitor and control designated account’s irregular performance in accordance to the bank’s guidelines.
• To perform tasks in a timely manner as directed by the Management.
• To provide support and cover for other teammates when they are off.

People

• To maximize team/bank performance.
• To set challenging performance and development objectives for all reporting staff.
• To identify training needs to reporting staff and provide regular feedback and coaching to ensure that their maximum potential is achieved.
• To ensure own personal development objectives are achieved.
• To manage resource to most effectively / efficiently achieve departmental and bank objectives.
• To ensure team works compliantly to bank/legal/regulatory standards and requirements.
• To work closely with other sections of BDD to achieve bank objectives.
• To perform any task as directed by the Management.
• To be leader and role model.

Compliance & Risk Management

• To comply with all applicable regulations, rules, codes, guidelines and standards set by regulators and the Bank, and carry out duties with high integrity.
• To adhere to risk control guidelines, procedures and measures to identify, assess, report, mitigate and monitor the risks involved in the day-to-day work.
• To adhere to the firm's processes and policies in relation to Consumer Duty and Treat Customers Fairly ("TCF") obligations and act to deliver good outcomes for customers.

Business Manager - The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

Essential skills:

• Fluency in spoken and written Cantonese and English
• Hands on experience in UK corporate banking / real estate finance business.
• Credit experience, documentation experience in proposing and negotiating both internally and externally credit and covenant structures and loan documentation.
• University graduate in Economics, Business, Real Estate, Finance, Legal or related disciplines.
• Competency in financial analysis and credit structuring, understanding and applying credit policy, and credit monitoring and risk administration practices.
• Experience in people’s management.
• Comprehensive written and verbal communication skills (English and Chinese - Cantonese).
• Proficient with MS Word and Excel.

Desirable skills:

• Proficient in Moody’s Analytics, S&P Capital IQ and/or Bloomberg an advantage.
• Knowledge in property valuation and syndication loans an advantage.
• Deep understanding of general banking law and regulation, deposit, loan and other financial products.
• Good knowledge of UK banking practice and relevant regulation.

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