20th June, 2025
Citrus Recruit are excited to be recruiting for a Business Development Manager for a Financial Services company who are a lending specialist.
Working within your postcode territory, you will be prospecting new and existing businesses to grow your loan book.
You will be joining at an exciting time as they have growth plans for both revenue and people over the next 3 years.
As they grow, there will be career development opportunities and an opportunity to have an impact in a growing business.
The successful candidate will have experience in a Business Development role within a Financial Services company.
This is a remote role, where you must live in the patch you will be working. This patch is Chelmsford/ Colchester.
Responsibilities & day to day duties
As a Business Development Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Building and maintaining new and existing relationships with new clients but also with introducers such as brokers and accountants.
- 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. As a Business Development Manager, we are looking for the following skills and experience:
- Experience in a Business Development role within Financial Services.
- Proven track record in winning new business in a B2B environment.
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal as well as numeracy skills.
- Driven to succeed and exceed sales targets
- Good listening skills, understand how and when to action information, and how and when to delegate to the appropriate person
Benefits - Salary of up to £46,000
- Uncapped commission structure
- 23 days holiday + BH (closed over Christmas)
- Option to buy additional holiday
- Pay mileage at 45p a mile
- Death in service policy
- Discount packages
- Save as you earn scheme – Nest pension or company savings scheme
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