This is a key role for the business, with responsibility not only for mitigating any potential losses from individual exposures, but also for ensuring that the relevant infrastructure is in place for REF to manage its non-performing portfolio effectively in the future.
- Develop and implement a robust governance framework for managing distressed/non-performing exposures, encompassing, where relevant: Policies, Procedures (including any relevant templates), Terms of Reference for any new/amended committees and all relevant reporting requirements;
- Own the debt recovery process for all defaulted cases, and manage the relationships with all key internal and external stakeholders, including clients, guarantors, industry professionals, and risk committee;
- Assume primary responsibility for the hands-on management of specific high-risk cases, as decided by Credit Committee, with the primary goal of assisting clients to return to a “performing” status;
- Working with peers within REF to develop a practical operating platform to enable efficient management of all impaired cases, including all information storage requirements in a compliant manner;
- Provide ongoing recommendations to credit committee and other key stakeholders in order to mitigate/minimise an potential losses arising from assigned portfolio;
- Provide ongoing recommendations in respect of appropriate impairment requirements under IFRS 9.
- Develop, implement and maintain a panel of professionals required to support distressed debt activities, within the REF Panel Committee;
- Keep up-to-date on all relevant legal and regulatory developments, and provide guidance to other REF team members where needed.
Everyone is different. Everyone is valued
As part of our vision to become the most trusted specialist lender in the UK, we’ve been helping customers and businesses fulfil their ambitions since 1952. In that time, we’ve learned that we’re more than the sum of our parts. We’re a strong Group because of our people and our strengths; specialist, expert, ambitious and also diverse. All of our people are different and this is something we celebrate.
Every one of our employees brings unique talent, ability and perspective to their role.
That’s why Secure Trust Bank Group nurtures differences. We understand that we perform better because we’re not cast from the same mould. We actively embrace and support diversity, work with leading industry bodies and promote initiatives that reinforce our philosophy of giving you the freedom to be who you are.
We’re an award-winning bank providing savings accounts andlending servicesto over one million customers. We’re Secure Trust Bank Group. We embrace difference.