Account Manager

OVERALL SUMMARY

At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.

Join the Close Brothers Motor Finance Team where you will sell motor finance related product in a given geographical region. You will be expected, through a high degree of sales skills, to grow the dealer base and new business by acquisition of new motor dealers, whilst maintaining current relationships and developing them to their maximum potential.

Our ideal team member must be a self-motivated sales led individual who has excellent planning and organisational skills. You need to be a good communicator with strong influencing skills encouraging dealers to increase the penetration levels of motor finance business and be able to train and develop their sales people to increase revenue.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop Sales strategy for the territory to achieve sales targets.
• Ensure Dealer Relationships perform to a margin quality and efficiency target
• To ensure sales targets are achieved by product type within Cars, LCV & Motorcycles dealers to the set KPIs
• Lead Business Development of significant accounts across all products.
• Relationship Management to ensure retention & growth of existing accounts
• Recruit new dealers that fit the purpose and scope required by CBMF
• To identify opportunities within the market to develop our lending proposition and act as an expert on this area
• Support internal collection operations.
• Input into funding Strategy and acquisition of new funded dealers
• Develop market intelligence to inform on products, promotion and pricing decisions
• Assess, identify and mitigate risks and ensure compliance to applicable internal policies and external regulations e.g.
• FCA/Money Laundering/Data Protection
• Develop strong CBMF/ dealer relationships that ensures that our business partner / relationships deliver the correct level into the business
• Ensure that all Governance and Compliance requirements are adhered to and all reporting and reviewing activities required by the Regulatory Bodies are carried out to the standards required.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE:

• Proven account management of geographically territory.
• Proven Key Account business development capability at management Level
• Demonstrable experience of a structured sales process
• Excellent skills on Power Point – Excel – Word – Outlook required
• Valid UK driving licence – it is recommended that you have no more than 6 points

IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAVE:

• A proven track record in account management ideally within the Motor Industry
• Knowledge of regulations relating to compliance, money laundering, AML, CCD, CCA

We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at [email protected] or request a call back.

ABOUT US

At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.

Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking and securities trading. We employ approximately 3,000 people, principally in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Close Brothers Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250.

To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page: https://www.closebrothers.com/careers

To find out more about life at Close Brothers:

https://www.closebrothers.com/life-close-brothers#374017299-899295541

To find out more about our benefits:

https://www.closebrothers.com/employee-benefits

To find out more about our commitment to creating an inclusive environment:

Our Responsibility - Diversity and inclusion ¦ Close Brothers Group