Relationship Manager – Agriculture

Location: Chester, Stafford, or Stoke-on-Trent, UK. Hybrid working requires at least one day per week or 20% of working time at an office site.

Company

hirify.global is a UK banking organisation supporting businesses, customers, colleagues, and communities while investing in finance, technology, and workplace transformation.

What you will do

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 110 agricultural-sector client groups, typically with turnovers between £500k and £20m, across Cheshire and the North West.
• Provide high-quality client service, act as a trusted advisor, and add value at every interaction.
• Promote the bank through local-market knowledge and relationships with professional contacts and key influencers.
• Provide tailored term-lending and working-capital funding solutions.
• Build relationships with Group Partner companies to bring relevant products and services to clients.
• Manage portfolio risk and compliance while supporting growth, income, balance sheet, market share, and clients’ transition to net zero.

Requirements

• Strong commercial or relationship-management experience with substantial lending capability.
• Ability to assess corporate-client credit risk and apply strong analytical skills to shape deals and win new business.
• Extensive connections within local professional networks and the ability to use them for business development.
• Highly proficient at building and maintaining productive relationships with external professionals.
• Ability to win significant volumes of higher-value new client relationships.
• Specialist knowledge of credit and the agricultural sector, together with the ability to use available digital tools to deliver excellent client experiences and manage associated risks.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with flexibility in office attendance, location, and working patterns where reasonable adjustments are required.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, learning, development, and workplace accessibility.
• Pension contribution of up to 15%, annual performance-related bonus, and share schemes including free shares.
• Flexible lifestyle benefits, including discounted shopping.
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, wellbeing initiatives, and generous parental leave policies.

Hiring process

• Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process.
• Applicants meeting the minimum criteria who have a disability, long-term health condition, or are neurodivergent may receive a guaranteed interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.