Our client is recruiting for an Asset Finance Business Development Director to join a high-performing Business Banking team, that plays a key part of the cashflow solution for many trading businesses and is a growth product within the UK.

This is a new business development role for a sales professional who can develop leads and drive business performance to successfully contend in the Asset Finance market.

This is a hybrid role, to cover London and the South East.

What you'll be doing?

• Establishing new relationships for the Asset Finance business team.
• Identifying, targeting and prioritising new prospects using business research and prospecting tools.
• Making first contact with new clients to arrange meetings and explaining the value-add to clients.
• Building relationships with the clients to generate trust and develop client's interest.
• Work with the client and existing relationship teams to agree credit lines with the new clients.
• Provide full and comprehensive handover to your relationship colleagues remaining available for ongoing support if required.

What they need from you?

• Validated experience in business development working with mid or large sized corporate clients.
• Proven ability to establish and nurture strong client relationships with senior executives, supported by a vast network within the asset finance community.
• Established success in originating and growing new business within a financial institution.
• A proficiency in the credit and underwriting process and a fluency in all manner of financial documents- able to analyse, draw insights and make financial services recommendations.

What is in it for you?

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of well-being initiatives and generous parental leave policies