Business Development Executive

My client is a fast-growing direct-to-business lender in the UK, founded in 2020. They pride themselves on cutting the red‑tape, reducing paperwork, and eliminating the hassle of getting small businesses finance quickly.

They built a bespoke tech platform that enables easy and accurate decision making, allowing an application, approval and funding to all take place within 1‑2 days.

In this role you will focus on generating lending opportunities from the previous and current customer base of my client. Because of the excellent service provided, many SME businesses return for future funding to support their expansion plans.

Your role is to accelerate that process and ensure my client remains at the forefront of their mind. Currently a team of one, we aim to grow to three by the end of this year.

• Re‑engage with previous business customers to learn about their growth plans and build a warm pipeline of future deals
• Call existing clients whose lending may be due to close and re‑engage for new lending opportunities
• Work with SME business owners to collate loan documentation and share it with the internal team to get the lending up and running

• Build long‑standing relationships and rapport with business owners
• Be proactive, confident in pitching the product, and take initiative
• Collaborate with the current team member to learn from their experience (currently over 130% of target)

• SME lending knowledge – at least 12 months in a SME lender or broker
• Experience in sales, business development or renewals
• Proactive and entrepreneurial mindset
• Team player, eager to work in a fast‑growing organisation
• Attention to detail to work with underwriting team to close deals