Head of Team - North Wales & Shires – Mid Corporate

The North Wales & Shires Mid Corporate Team comprises 10 Relationship Directors and Relationship Managers, supported by 7 Associate Bankers, with offices in Wolverhampton, Hanley, Shrewsbury and Llandudno.

The team develops and manages relationships across a broad and diverse geography spanning the Black Country, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire and North Wales. The portfolio comprises around 300 clients across a wide range of industries, predominantly owner-managed and privately owned businesses. Our focus is on deepening our existing relationships, developing new relationships and supporting clients to achieve their growth ambitions and longer-term aspirations.

The role also has an important broader leadership responsibility, leading the Corporate Bank’s face to market across North Wales & Shires. This includes building Barclays’ profile and connectivity across the region and developing strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, professional communities and centres of influence.

• Proven track record of leading a front-office coverage team, delivering results through empowering, motivating and developing others
• Strong regional network across the business and professional community, with the ability to build Barclays’ profile and connectivity across North Wales & Shires
• Experience of implementing, managing and communicating change
• Strong influencing capability and experience of managing significant internal and external stakeholder relationships
• Proven track record of delivering sustained commercial performance

• Analysis and interpretation of data, the fundamentals of how businesses operate, and people management/situational leadership
• Business planning and the role of the Performance Framework, including our commitments to the PRA on how we operate our SME business
• Corporate Banking and the role of the Mid Corporate segment within it
• Rigour, compliance and the effective management of risk and controls
• Business risk and lending
• Strategic tools and models for change development and implementation

• Drive Commercial Success / technical ability
• Self-Insight
• Stakeholder Management and Building Relationships
• Driving Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Change Management
• Leading and Developing Others

To maximise the growth and success of UK corporate banking. Working collaboratively with colleagues and specialist partners across the group. Leading a team to achieve agreed goals, maximising market opportunity and external brand plus driving income growth, market share growth, through leveraging industry expertise, focus and understanding.

• Development of strategic direction for relationship teams, including the implementation of up to date methodologies and processes.
• Management of relationship teams, including oversight of colleagues and their performance, implementation of goals and objectives, oversight of efficiency and effectiveness..
• Development and maintenance of strong relationships with the broader Barclays group to promote seamless working across all channels and segments and to support an integrated business planning process.
• Management of all risk aspects including conduct and credit risk, ensuring all team members are fully compliant to enhance great customer outcomes.
• Monitoring the financial performance of relationship teams, including revenue, profitability, and cost control.
• Conducting thorough market research to understand client needs, market trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory changes to identify growth opportunities.
• Excellent service delivery to customers, consistently meeting their ongoing needs, while operating to required levels of cost.
• Actively promote a culture of…