Business Development Executive

Business Development Executive

Financial Services Membership Body

Hybrid Working 2.5 Days City of London Offices, 2.5 Days Home

Basic Salary £35,000 with excellent benefits including Private Healthcare, Dental and Optical Insurance, Group Pension Scheme, Group Income Protection, Group Life Assurance, 25 days holidays, Professional Development and Perkbox

Permanent Role, Full Time

Excellent writing abilities, a writer, written communication skills for commercial, sales purposes specifically - emails, proposals, reports, pitches, presentations, letters etc

Our client a leading, reputable, and well-regarded Financial Services Membership Body is currently recruiting a Business Development Executive.

If you are a membership professional and an effective writer with experience of recruitment, retention, renewals, engagement, development, journeys, member value propositions, member benefits working in a trade association, professional body, not for profit, membership body, charity, subscription, financial services or similar we would love to hear from you.

The Role of Business Development Executive

Responsible for researching and qualifying new business leads (targets) to approach about membership.

Agree which targets to prioritise with the Commercial Director and Account Manager (Business Development).

Preparation of focused letters and/or email approaches for the Commercial Director and other sales leads to send, using a variety of appropriate formats and styles.

Follow up written approaches via the telephone to persuasively secure sales meetings for the Commercial Director and other sales leads with C-suite individuals.

Research corporate websites, social media and industry websites to prepare sales meeting briefings/proposals as required for target meetings and any subsequent follow up.

Work collaboratively with other colleagues to achieve overall team sales approaches and meeting targets.

Maintain and drive effective use of CRM data.

Any other ad-hoc duties that maybe required.

Person Specification

Some experience in business development and lead generation is essential.

Assisting with the management of a sales pipeline, preferably from having worked or currently working in a membership organisation.

Desire to move into a sales lead role in the future.

Experience of working with CRM systems is essential.

Highly organised, self-starter, confident in dealing with very senior stakeholders.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Excellent attention to detail.

Ability to summarise information and actions from group meetings.

Good Microsoft skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, CRM).

Pro-active approach and uses own initiative.

Ability to prioritise and maintain a calm demeanour.

Professional/financial services experience (desirable but not essential).

Higher education such as A Levels and/or relevant experience.

To apply to this role please send your CV

Due to the volume of applications, we are only able to contact successful applicants. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days please deem your application as unsuccessful on this occasion.

Membership Bespoke is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role. Membership Bespoke positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Membership Bespoke is the most experienced membership-focused recruitment firm in the UK, with 10+ years of experience delivering tailored permanent, temporary, interim, and Executive Search recruitment solutions to Trade Associations, Regulatory Bodies, Political Parties, and Professional Bodies.