Business Development Manager

This is a hybrid role working 3 days in the office (City of London location) and 2 days working from home.

Role Purpose:

We are looking to hire an experienced Business Development Manager who can originate new to bank deposits from a range of sectors. The successful candidate will need to be relationship driven, ideally with a good introducer network and customer relationships. They must have strong business development skills and a proven track record of winning deposits.

Responsibilities:

• Understand the bank’s deposit raising strategy and proactively identify and action sales opportunities to meet growth objectives
• Manage and develop a portfolio of business introducers
• Identify and research new potential target sectors in line with the bank’s deposit raising strategy
• Be responsible for calling programmes and managing prospect lists
• Proactively manage deposit deals from application stage to completion with support from Relationship Support Manager
• Achievement of origination, growth and margin targets and adherence to bank’s standards in respect of operational and regulatory risk
• Work with Relationship Support Manager to effectively manage and develop the relationship to increase wallet share
• Build and maintain effective relationships with key external and internal business partners to maximise growth opportunities and promote UTB
• Manage own pipeline and opportunities using CRM system
• Keep track of new products on offer in the wider deposits market, as well as emerging trends
• Weekly, monthly and ad-hoc reporting of volumes and performance
• Attendance at networking events and conferences

Skills and Experience sought:

• Proven 3-5 years business development experience with a bank or non-bank provider selling deposit products/solutions
• Established customer/introducer network
• Demonstrated ability to win deposit deals of £1m+, ideally with experience in a non-rated institution
• Strong relationship management skills
• Knowledge of deposits, ideally solutions aimed at businesses/charities/credit unions
• A positive disposition and determination to succeed
• A team player

Equal Opportunities

We're an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. During the application process, you will be asked to complete an equality questionnaire on a voluntary basis and any data we collect will be treated confidentially and used for evaluation purposes. This will be for a period of 6 months or longer with your permission. This helps us understand our applicants so we can make sure we are doing everything we can to attract a diverse range of people and ensure our recruitment processes are fair and inclusive.