Account Manager

Let’s grow together! A Platinum Investors in People employer and an award-winning UK bank, focused on growth. Our customers include savers and businesses across the UK and, working together, we use our specialist expertise to help them achieve their ambitions and build a sustainable future. If you’re a skilled relationship builder, account manager or internal sales person looking for an opportunity to grow in a friendly environment, we’re looking for you!

Let’s grow together! A Platinum Investors in People employer and an award-winning UK bank, focused on growth. Our customers include savers and businesses across the UK and, working together, we use our specialist expertise to help them achieve their ambitions and build a sustainable future. If you’re a skilled relationship builder, account manager or internal sales person looking for an opportunity to grow in a friendly environment, we’re looking for you!

We’re flexible, inclusive, committed to your wellbeing and passionate about you reaching your potential. Let’s grow together …

• Generate new business and develop existing relationships in your designated Professions sectors, promoting the provision of loans predominantly through tele
  -sales activity supported by in person networking and external event connections.
• Maintain accurate customer contact records on CRM whilst maintaining targeted call volumes. There will be a strong focus on opening doors and generating new business which will be account managed thereafter.
• Preparing applications for credit to underwriters gathering information from public records and data provided by clients. Work closely with sales support functions and the sales team.
• Develop personal knowledge and industry awareness from completion of specific training or attendance of industry events.
• Periodically, you will join networking events and conferences that will require attendance over night or at different locations from your daily office.
• You will maintain and grow a personal brand within the professions sector via social media.
• Assist in the development and execution of marketing activity, mail shots and calling campaigns

• A strong, results‑driven mindset with a clear focus on hitting and exceeding targets
• Proven ability to build and maintain long‑term, mutually beneficial introducer relationships
• A genuine drive to stand out, take ownership, and outperform expectations
• Solid understanding of an introducer‑led or intermediary sales environment
• Knowledge of credit and underwriting principles (desirable, but not essential)

Further information on the role can be found in the Purpose and Performance Profile (PPP), which is downloadable on this page.

Please note, applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We do not offer visa sponsorship.

This is a full time (8.30am – 5pm) Monday to Friday - hybrid working based out of our Poole office. There will be a requirement to travel, attend meeting and industry events from time to time.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we want to ensure that our vacancies are accessible for everyone. If you have a disability, long term health condition or are neurodiverse and need us to adjust our recruitment process please get in touch with our recruitment team.

• Generous Holiday Allowance:
  Starting from 25 days and climbing to 30, you also get to enjoy a day off for your birthday, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve. You can also buy or sell up to a week’s leave
• Share Save Scheme:
  Annually, you have the opportunity to buy shares in Paragon at a discounted rate
• Profit Related Pay:
  We share some of our annual profit with our eligible employees
• Pension Plan:
  We contribute up to 10% of your annual salary towards your pension
• Family Friendly policies :
  We offer enhanced parental pay and paid time off for fertility treatment
• Employee Discounts:
  Enjoy exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, shopping, motoring and more
• Volunteering Day:
  Contribute to causes you care about with one volunteering day per year
• Life Assurance and Personal Accident Cover

We promote flexibility…