Business Development Director

1 day ago


Reading, Reading, United Kingdom Citrus Recruit Ltd Full time

Citrus Recruit Ltd is excited to be recruiting for a Business Development Director to join a Financial Services company who are a leading lending specialist.

About the Role

You will be working alongside a growing team of Sales professionals, based all over the country, prospecting new and existing businesses to grow your loan book.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a business with growth plans for both revenue and people over the next 3 years. As we grow, there will be career development opportunities and an impact on our success.

The successful candidate will have experience in a Business Development role ideally within a Financial Services company, but we are open to any industry.

This is a remote role, where you must live in the patch you will be working.

Responsibilities & Day-to-Day Duties
  • Building and maintaining new and existing relationships with new clients but also now introducers such as brokers and accountants.
  • Achieve sales targets in line with company expectations.
  • Building and maintaining a level of new enquiries, identify and secure opportunities for new business and contacts.
  • Conduct sales meetings with prospective clients when required and complete loan templates.
  • Deliver excellent customer service to all clients, prospective clients, internal and external customers.
  • Manage sales pipeline and diarise effectively, following up with outstanding enquiries and account management as required.
Skills & Experience Required
  • Experience in a Business Development role within Financial Services or another industry.
  • Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
  • Excellent numeracy skills and confidence to work with numbers.
  • Driven to succeed and exceed sales targets.
  • Intermediate Excel knowledge, good keyboard skills and competent user of other Microsoft Office programs including Power Point.
  • Good listening skills, understand how and when to action information, and how and when to delegate to the appropriate person.
Benefits

We offer a competitive salary of £44,000 per annum, uncapped commission structure, and a range of benefits including:

  • 23 days holiday + BH (closed over Christmas).
  • Option to buy additional holiday.
  • Pay mileage at 45p a mile.
  • Death in service policy.
  • Discount packages.


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