Associate Director

Business Unit: Financial Risk Solutions, Group Business Banking
Salary Range: £38,400 to £48,000 per annum DOE + red-hot benefits
Location: UK Hybrid – Mix of Glasgow office (hub) and home working
Contract Type: Permanent (full time)

Be the voice we need. Live a life more Virgin.

Our Team

Financial Risk Solutions are an integral cog in the life of our business customers trading cycle. We help customers transact foreign exchange, manage their price risk when borrowing money and help them when they need to deposit large sums of money. Our skillset is also required when personal customers need to move money internationally and/or between their currency accounts.

What you’ll be doing

• Assisting our Corporate & SME customers to manage their price risk.
• Transacting fixed rate loans with our business customers.
• Managing rolling credit facilities for our larger trading businesses.
• Providing money market deposits.
• Processing foreign exchange with our internal departments.
• Liaising with our business customers to help them convert currencies.
• Keeping close to the foreign exchange and money markets.

We need you to have

• A passion for delivering outstanding customer service.

• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with mathematics.
• Strong verbal and written communication capabilities.
• Capacity to cope with complex situations, tight deadlines and to have a flexible approach to challenges and problem solving.
• Commitment to consistently provide high standards of work with outstanding accuracy and attention to detail.
• Be a strong team player

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• A relevant degree which incorporated mathematics and/or economics & finance.
• Knowledge & interest of the UK and global economies.
• A track record of having worked and succeeded in a comparable environment.

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​. 
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt. 
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness. 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with.  We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer obsessed and work tirelessly to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ Our customer centric culture means that we're able to do banking differently and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.  

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.