Graduate Finance Broker

An incredible opportunity for a motivated, driven and commercially astute graduate to rapidly progress their career within a fast growing, meritocratic and dynamic finance firm.

As a Graduate Finance Broker, you will be contacting potential clients through outbound calls, positioning Portman Finance Group’s financial solutions in a consultative manner and passing qualified leads to our busy Sales Team.

With an annual starting salary ranging from £36,000 to £50,000 (depending on academic background and interview performance), we are looking for someone who has a natural flair to build telephone rapport alongside the ability to drive sales processes to completion and achieve key KPI targets in a highly competitive and lucrative environment.

Please do not apply if you consider yourself more of an analyst as this role will not be right for you.

Responsibilities

• Conduct outbound sales activity to establish rapport and interest with potential new clients, ultimately building a pipeline and securing new business opportunities;
• With a customer-centric approach, qualify client interest through a consultative sales process to understand their commercial standing and position Portman’s financial solutions;
• Write and prepare proposal documentation and credit applications as and when required, including working with clients to gather appropriate financial and non-financial paperwork;
• Record all sales activity in our CRM;
• Build and maintain a pipeline of live opportunities; and
• Any other appropriate job duties in line with the associated skill and experience of the post holder.

Skills & Experience Required

• Motivated and driven individuals with a passion for sales;
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely whilst building rapport and trust;
• Minimum of ABB at A Level and a 2.1 or above University Degree across any discipline;
• Resilient with the capability to work under pressure in a fast-paced meritocratic environment;
• Strong commercial acumen, with an interest in business;
• Dynamic individuals with an entrepreneurial, self-starter approach; and
• Positive and engaging telephone manner.

Personal Attributes

• Success and winning motivated. If coming third is good enough for you, please do not apply;
• Excellent written and oral communications skills;
• Ability to build strong and effective working relationships at all levels, including senior stakeholders;
• Adept at problem-solving with a can-do attitude;
• Strong organisational skills with a high attention to detail;
• Ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks at any given time; and
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as being a team player.
• Very competitive salary and incentives;
• Structured training programme;
• Rapid career progression;
• Vibrant office culture with break out lounge, bar and corporate days out;