Development Funding Relationship Manager

Company Description
We're Together. For over 50 years, we've helped thousands of people, businesses and professionals unlock their property ambitions with our common-sense approach to lending.

That means we take the time to understand our customers and find a property finance solution that works for them. Our door is always open, so we can often help when other lenders can't or won't.

Our large product suite of mortgages and secured loans gives us the flexibility to help in a wide range of specialist lending scenarios, including residential mortgages, short-term finance, buy-to-let, commercial and semi-commercial mortgages and loans, auction finance and development funding.

Based in Cheadle, Cheshire, our 750 colleagues use their expertise and industry knowledge to help our customers throughout the UK, backed by the power of a £7 billion loan book.

Job Description
As Development Funding Relationship Manager, you will be managing a portfolio of Development Funding clients. You will monitor the ongoing progress, assessment of stage drawdowns and monitoring of exit strategies for live projects, whilst acting as a Relationship Manager for existing clients. You will be developing client relationships to leverage & assess additional lending opportunities will be a fundamental part of the role, whilst working alongside the Development Funding team to provide great customer service and customer outcomes.

As a Development Funding Relationship Manager, we are looking for someone to:

• Manage a portfolio of development funding customers including regular visits and consistent contact on a rolling programme. This could include monitoring and assessing any outstanding loan terms and conditions, build programme & budget, sales and exit strategy, whilst highlighting, assessing and managing any emerging risk
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with a view to leveraging additional lending opportunities and providing an initial assessment and structuring of these
• Assess and process stage drawdowns upon receipt of the required professional certification within agreed SLA's
• Act as a high level point of contact for customers with issues or concerns and provide appropriate solution and strategy for the benefit of the business
• Actively keep up to date with market conditions - in order that strategies can be reviewed / realigned if changing market conditions dictate

Qualifications
Essential

• Experience within Property Development or Development Funding either in a Relationship Management, Underwriter or Lending Manager type role
• Technical knowledge of property development
• Ability to assess and structure a development funding proposal
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong communication skills

Additional Information
Benefits working at Together

• 26 days holiday, and a day off for your birthday (increasing with service to 30 days), plus bank holidays
• Buy & sell holidays
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Matched pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Critical illness cover
• Health cash plan
• Private medical insurance
• Free access to company holiday homes
• Travel season ticket loans
• Ride to work scheme
• Free local gym access
• Local bar / restaurant discounts

Together embraces diversity and inclusion, and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Not only do we welcome difference - we celebrate it, support it and really value our colleagues for who they are. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.

We care that you have a great experience with us at Together, if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to make your experience easier, please let us know and we'll do all we can.

Please note that all successful applicants will undergo relevant employment reference, financial and criminal record checks.

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Location: Heald Green, GB

Posted Date: 11/4/2024