Securities Specialist - Releases and Variations | S2 | Corporate and Commercial Banking

Country: United Kingdom

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In this critical role within the Securities department within the wider Corporate and Commercial Bank (CCB), you’ll be part of a team providing specialist operational support for collateral servicing and fulfilment activities.

The team is the primary point of contact for all security advice, issues and oversight for CCB. You’ll be recording, monitoring, managing and servicing the collateral that CCB holds to secure its lending products, in order to provide expert and dedicated support to the Bank’s customers, relationship teams, credit decisioning and reporting.

If you have an in depth understanding of corporate lending and securities, this may be the perfect opportunity to develop your career.

The difference you’ll make:

• Performing document and system-based tasks to support collateral servicing and fulfilment activities
• Handling incoming and outgoing security and finance documentation requests
• Processing security release and in-life variation updates on the Bank’s internal securities system
• Ensuring security is correctly registered at public registries and that all finance and security documents are held by the Bank
• Checking and updating systems, reviewing, approving, producing and executing security release and in-life variation documentation
• Applying specialist knowledge of commercial securities and commercial lending transactions to support all activities and interactions

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

• Proven experience in a commercial lending or securities role within a banking or property law environment
• Excellent knowledge of legal and securities documentation, processes, controls, policies, procedures and terminology

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Qualified Solicitor or Paralegal with Corporate Banking or Property experience
• Previous experience of using nCino digital banking platform
• Excellent organisational and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Well-developed investigation, analytical and problem-solving skills

What else you need to know:

This role is based in Bootle and you will be expected to spend two days per month of your time in this office

If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.

We’re happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you.

As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs.  

• £500 annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits. 
• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.
• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.
• Free access to a range of digital health services, including GP.
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more. 
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates. Including: medical insurance, dental insurance, and health assessments. 
• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing in our share plans.
• Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships.
• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.

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What to do next:

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through telephone, email, or face to face. You can contact us at [email protected] or call 0870 414 9080.