Business Development Executive

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE

Are you looking for a rewarding career in financial services within a firm that offers investment in your future and clear progression in your development?

Do you want to join an entrepreneurial firm and help The Loans Engine become the UK's largest specialist mortgage broker by 2027?

Then read on - this could just be the opportunity that you are looking for.

Our competitive benefit package includes;

• Starting basic salary of £27,000pa;
• 25 days holiday plus an extra day for every 5 years' service (max 30 days);
• Option to buy and sell holiday;
• Company contributed pension of 8%;
• Private medical health care;
• Death in service benefit;
• Working hours 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday;
• Office based role in Watford, North London.

What does the job of Business Development Executive at The Loans Engine look like?

The Loans Engine is one of the UK's leading specialist finance brokerages, based in Watford, North London. Our goal is to become the market leader in the UK by 2027. We generate most of our new business leads through mortgage intermediaries who are our partners.

Our partners expect the best and our business model is to deliver the very best service to them supported by our in house award-winning underwriting software.

Our business development executives are responsible for managing the day to day relationship needs of our partners. You will act as the go-between these partners and our mortgage advisors ensuring that each and every partner receives world class service on each new lead. Your overall goal is to ensure our partners are successful when dealing with us. If they are successful then we will be.

Our service is delivered entirely via telephone and online so to be successful you need a confident telephone manner and the ability to instil trust in the partners you work with. The more they trust us the more they will use us to our mutual advantage. So you need to be attentive, engaging and have a real passion for customer service. That way you will build loyalty and an ever broadening portfolio of happy and successful partners.

In the role ou will:

• Educate your partners on our proposition to use our service again and again;
• Provide high-quality, world class service to your partners;
• Establish rapport with your partners and build lasting relationships;
• Recommend solutions to your partners that meet their clients' needs;
• Maintain and update accurate activity and partner records;
• Meet sales targets and objectives as set by the firm;
• Comply with Financial Conduct Authority rules and regulations (this will be trained).

What's more there are plenty of opportunities for career progression as well. On making a success of this role you could consider training as a mortgage advisor or underwriter. Or become a manager. Each member of our management team started as a Trainee within the firm.

The Ideal Business Development Executive

To help you consider whether this role is right for you these are the personal attributes, skills and background that will help your application:

• Excellent communication skills;
• Strong numerical and written skills;
• The ability to explain complex information clearly and simply;
• The ability to manage workload efficiently;
• The drive & motivation to meet targets;
• Educated to at least A level or equivalent; and
• Experience of working within the financial services sector.

What are we really looking for from our Business Development Executives?

Experience tells us that people from a banking, insurance, estate agency, sales or similar background adapt most quickly to working in a specialist finance brokerage like us.

However, most of all we are looking for people with great attitudes and great values. Thirty seven years of experience tells us that we can train most people to become a business development executive but our best managers have our values in their souls and we cannot train that. Either you have it or you don't. We want to recruit business development executives with the potential to be great – you will need to share our values to do that.

If you feel you are the right candidate for this role then we would love to hear from you So if you are interested please click on APPLY as soon as possible.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £27,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance

Application question(s):

• Do you live within a 20 minute commute of Watford?

Education:

• A-Level or equivalent (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: TLE/BDE