Personal Banking Consultant | S1 P2 | Santander Direct | Belfast | Internal Mobility

Personal Banking Consultant | S1 P2 | Santander Direct | Belfast | Internal MobilityCountry: United Kingdom

IT STARTS HERE

Santander (www.santander.com) is evolving from a global, high-impact brand into a technology-driven organisation, and our people are at the heart of this journey. Together, we are driving a customer-centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible.

This is more than a strategic shift. It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.

Our mission is to contribute to help more people and businesses prosper. We embrace a robust risk culture and all our professionals at all levels are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.

Retail & Commercial Banking is a global business integrating all our retail and commercial banking activities to better serve our customers, improve efficiency and drive value creation.

THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE

Santander is looking for a Personal Banking Consultant to join our Santander Direct Team

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Come join our Santander Direct team where you’ll be more than just the friendly face and voice of Santander.

You’ll be growing customer loyalty by completing applications and fulfilling product requests for our Retail, Private and Select customers. This entails delivering a non-advised service to our customers, helping them to make an informed decision around their Unsecured Lending, Banking, Credit Cards and Savings needs, whilst ensuring adherence to treating customers fairly and risk & control guidelines.

You'll put our customers at the heart of everything you do; expertly matching each customer's needs to products and services that are right for them. The ability to build sustainable relationships with our customers will be essential in making that happen.

We’re shaping the way we work through innovation, cutting-edge technology, collaboration and the freedom to explore new ideas. To succeed in this role, you will be responsible for:

• Acting as the first point of contact for customers over the phone
• Assisting with day-to-day transactions, queries, whilst educating our customers on digital transformation and promoting the benefits of using digital platforms and tools
• Ensuring contact details are up to date using Customer Data Enrichment
• Helping to keep our customers and the bank safe
• Building meaningful relationships with our customers and finding solutions, through positive and tailored conversations with customers
• Developing your knowledge of services and products to help our customers
• Identifying new ways to improve the customer experience

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

Our people are our greatest strength. Every individual contributes unique perspectives that make us greater as a team and as an organisation. We’re enabling teams to go beyond by valuing who they are and empowering what they bring.

The following requirements represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Passionate about delivering outstanding customer service either from a face to face or a telephony background with a financial services background (required)
• The ability to listen and communicate effectively with customers to truly understand their needs (required)
• Excellent communication Skills – clear, confident, and professional phone manner. (required)
• A real desire to go above-and-beyond for customers – (required)
• Effective team working skills with a flexible, can-do approach to work -
• Ability to follow process but also think on your feet (required)
• Openness to a broad range of activities even if outside of standard expectations – (preferred)

WE VALUE YOUR IMPACT

At Santander, your contribution matters. We recognise the difference you make every day, and we make sure you feel valued, supported and rewarded in return.
Here, recognition goes beyond pay. It’s about the pride you feel in your work, the impact you have on customers and communities, and the opportunities you have to grow and thrive — personally and professionally.

Salary Range:

£25,158.00 - £33,544.00 per annum (depending on experience)

This salary range represents the expected remuneration for the role. Annual salary is based on a standard 35-hour working week. Actual salary offered will depend on skills, experience, qualifications and location.

• Competitive rewards that reflect the real impact you make and the value you bring.
• Wellbeing that goes beyond work — we work with a range of wellbeing partners across our 4 pillars of wellbeing (physical, mental, social and financial) to give you access to a suite of apps, discounted gym and fitness access, weekly online classes, flexible healthcare and mental health support.
• Support for every life stage — from menopause and pregnancy to parenthood and beyond, with enhanced family leave, childcare options and tailored wellbeing support.
• Time to give back through volunteering opportunities that let you make a difference in the communities we serve.
• Global growth opportunities to shape your career, learn new skills and explore what’s possible across our international network.

Ready to be recognised? It starts with you.

LOCAL COMPLIANCE

At Santander, we’re proud to be an inclusive organisation that provides equal opportunities for everyone — regardless of age, gender, disability, civil status, race, religion or sexual orientation.

We’re committed to creating a recruitment experience that’s accessible, fair and welcoming for all candidates.

We want our people to thrive — at work and at home — while delivering the best outcomes for our customers and supporting each other to grow.

To make this possible, our roles are site-based with a hybrid working pattern, where colleagues are expected to attend the office at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

When applying, please consider the travel distance, time and cost to your chosen office location(s).

We welcome applications on the understanding that, should you be offered this role, there may be no relocation package available. Santander will pay the employer mandatory government fees that are required to pay in connection with visa sponsorship. You may be liable for your own personal employee immigration and relocation costs.( Only applicable for roles that are eligible for sponsorship)

WHAT TO DO NEXT

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

For further Guidance please visit Internal Mobility - Candidate Guidance.

If you want to know more about the opportunity:

Please contact: Christopher Quinn - Christopher.Quinn@santander.co.uk

The Santander Way

Santander is evolving from a global, high-impact brand into a technology-driven organization, and our people are at the heart of this journey. Together, we are driving a customer-centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible.

This is more than a strategic shift. It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.

Our mission is to contribute to help more people and businesses prosper. We embrace a strong risk culture and all our professionals at all levels are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.

Ready to make it happen?

It starts with you. It starts here.