About The Role

Let’s grow together!

A Platinum Investors in People employer and an award-winning UK bank, focused on growth. Our customers include savers and businesses across the UK and, working together, we use our specialist expertise to help them achieve their ambitions and build a sustainable future. If you’re looking for an opportunity to grow in a friendly environment, we’re looking for you!

We’re flexible, inclusive, committed to your wellbeing and passionate about you reaching your potential. Let’s grow together …

Job Purpose

The role of the Portfolio administrator is to deliver appropriate and timely support to Asset Managers, Senior Asset Managers and the Head of Asset & Portfolio Management regarding the management of all aspects of the SME Lending portfolio, supporting the need to deliver oversight on two key operational Asset Management objectives: Valuation Risk and Physical Asset Risk.

Predominantly, the role focuses on the coordination of administrative activities across the Asset Management function aiding interrogation of asset risk on the Paragon Portfolio, including Lessee auditing, asset risk assessments, data quality compliance and management of key records, contracts and procedural documentation.

Key Duties

Support Asset Managers, by providing timely and accurate information regarding onsite inspection requirements and management of feedback post-assessment

Undertake data quality compliance audits to assess the quality of asset data being recorded across the portfolio

Proactive management and renewal of key documentation across the department, ensuring compliance standards are maintained for procedures and 3rd Party contracts

Support Senior Asset Managers, by adhering to document requests in a timely and accurate manner

Liaison with key personnel across Paragon, including Asset Managers, Recoveries and Collections Agents, Sales personnel and Operational personnel

Liaison with key 3rd Parties, including Inspection Agents, Repossession Agents, Liquidators, Company Administrators, Valuation Partners and others

Any other task or objective as assigned by the Head of Asset & Portfolio Management

About You

Essential Skills:

Excellent communication, both verbal and written

Ability to problem solve

Adaptability, amiability, and ability to build strong relationships

Ability to work independently and with others in a cross-functional environment

Attention to detail

Planning and ability to self-organise

Desirable Skills:

Knowledge of audit procedures

Knowledge of assets within the specialist markets targeted by Paragon

Qualifications and Experience

It is essential that you have a minimum of 1 years experience in an asset-based industry

Even if you don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply. At Paragon, we value diversity and we’re excited to hear from passionate individuals like you! If you’re ready to contribute to the team, please apply.

Inclusion

As a Disability Confident Employer, we want to ensure that our vacancies are accessible for everyone. If you have a disability, long term health condition or are neurodiverse and need us to adjust our recruitment process please get in touch with our recruitment team.

About Us

What can we offer you?

Generous Holiday Allowance: Starting from 27 days and climbing to 30, you also get to enjoy a day off for your birthday, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve. You can also buy or sell up to a week’s leave

Share Save Scheme: Annually, you have the opportunity to buy shares in Paragon at a discounted rate

Profit Related Pay: We share some of our annual profit with our eligible employees

Pension Plan: We contribute up to 10% of your annual salary towards your pension

Family Friendly policies: We offer enhanced parental pay and paid time off for fertility treatment

Employee Discounts: Enjoy exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, shopping, motoring and more

Volunteering Day: Contribute to causes you care about with one volunteering day per year

Life Assurance and Personal Accident Cover

Be flexible

We promote flexibility around how and where we work so that you can achieve a healthier work-life balance. We operate hybrid working, splitting our week between the office and home.

Be yourself

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome diversity and care about inclusion. That’s why we want you to be your whole self at work. We believe an inclusive workplace is good for each of us, great for our customers and better for our business. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Network meets regularly to share challenges, experience, and ideas to build a more equal, diverse, and inclusive business.

Be heard

We listen to your point of view, with our People Forum and regular employee surveys making sure you can use your voice and influence our future.

Be well

We will give you access to a range of tools and resources to support your wellbeing. This will include a digital GP service via our free Employee Assistance Programme, access to our Wellbeing team to connect you with the help you need to get more out of life and our Vitality at Work programme to provide you with discounted gym membership, fitness equipment and another multitude of wellbeing services.

Be better

We want you to reach your potential and, as a Platinum Investors in People employer, we’ll encourage you to learn and develop by building a personalised development plan together with your manager.