Business Development Executive
Leeds
Overview
To work as part of our existing Working Capital sales team to pro-actively support and assist Regional Directors with the conversion of new business opportunities. We expect you to demonstrate our core values of Decency, Enterprise and Brilliance at all times. You will be responsible for ensuring that excellent customer service is given to all prospects, introducers, internal and external customers.
Key responsibilities
- Act as a support to the Regional Directors and shadow them on meetings whenever necessary.
- Oversee the process of structuring and submitting New Business Reports and the subsequent discussions with internal underwriters.
- Overall pipeline and CRM management.
- Assist in the writing of New Business Reports for submission to underwriters.
- Work with Operations, Securities and Underwriting to assist the progression of deals through to pay-out
- Develop knowledge and understanding of the asset based finance industry including Ultimate Finance Group products and services, competitors, introducers, risks, industry sectors and markets.
- At all times to represent the company professionally and to maintain our high standards in all respects.
- Attend and actively contribute to the Sales Meetings.
- Manage leads from designated brokers and internal sources, including qualification of the opportunity and managing the expectation of the brokers and the prospective client.
- To assist and support the team as and when required.
- Ongoing compliance with internal procedures.
Characteristics & Behaviours
- Strong communicator
- Ability to problem solve
- Self-motivated
- Team player
- Committed & confident
- Adaptable
- Values driven
- Organised
- Customer focussed & people centric
- Proactive
- Approachable
Key skills and knowledge
- Ability to demonstrate relationship building skills
- Basic commercial awareness and basic technical knowledge of funding
- Basic planning and delivery skills
- Financially literate
- Ability to engage and influence internal stakeholders
- Good time management
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