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Job Reference Number: CUR0056

Lending Business Development Manager

Gloucestershire – remote + regional travel between Gloucester, Swindon, and Bristol

37.5 hours per week, full-time, permanent

£43,500 + 5% employer contribution pension + 25 days annual leave entitlement rising to 28 after length of service + paid mileage

This is an excellent and unique opportunity for a motivated and driven Lending Business Development Manager to join a rapidly growing/well established finance organisation and head up business development within the Gloucestershire region.

Our client is an ethical finance institution, whose goal is to grow local SMEs by providing ethical & responsible financial services. Established for almost 25 years, they serve local businesses across the West Country, with the patch for the successful applicant would be covering the area between Swindon, Cheltenham, Gloucester, and Bristol (however not including Bristol itself).

They’re looking for a Lending Business Development Manager with experience selling financial services (for instance in a banking setting) to be responsible for the above-mentioned region. This role will involve remote and field-based relationship management & business development, attending networking & business events, and guiding loan applicants through the application and onboarding process. The successful candidate would also have opportunities to progress within the organisation, and with no two days being the same, this is an opportunity not to miss!

The ideal candidate would be somebody with relationship management and/or business development experience and who comes from a banking/financial services background, understands the market, and already has contacts in the area. If this sounds like you and you’re ready for your next career move, read on to find out more…

The role

Day-to-day responsibilities

* Regularly attend networking events and business seminars to create new opportunities

* Attending meetings with prospective business clients to sell financial services

* Be solely responsible for own sales patch and intuitively and independently work to bring on new clients

* Guide new clients through the application and onboarding process

Why would you want this role?

* The exciting blend of relationship management, business development, networking, and client onboarding/support

* No two days the same in this highly varied role

* Work independently and manage own workload

* Help local businesses to grow and achieve their goals

* Be out and about meeting people

The Person

Essential

* Financial services/lending/banking background

* Relationship management and/or business development experience

* Familiar with the above-mentioned area

* Already have contacts/leads within the above-mentioned area who they can reach out and promote & sell services to

* Own vehicle and ability to travel around the above-mentioned area

Desirable

* Business development/sales experience within a financial services setting

Nice-to-have

* Not-for-profit experience

If you think you could be the right fit for this Lending Business Development Manager role, please submit your application now. Candidates will be reviewed and submitted as-and-when they apply, so don’t delay in applying!

PLEASE NOTE: The services of CU Recruitment Ltd are that of an Employment Agency. CU Recruitment Ltd regrets to inform you that our client will ONLY accept applications from candidates who have a valid legal permit or right to work in the United Kingdom. Potential candidates who do not have this right or permit or are pending an application to obtain this right or permit should not apply