Business Development Associate - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

eFinancialCareers

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Business Development Associate (Permanent - London based)

My client is a leading global Asset Manager who is looking to hire a Business Development Associate to join their fast-growing team in London.

This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to develop in their own professional development in a sales function.
In this role, you will be supporting the firm in strengthening their growing investment trends in Asia.

Responsibilities in this role will include:

Sustaining and developing new business and relationships with qualified prospective clients.
Proactively contributing to presales preparations, including reviewing presentations, analysing the market and identifying new opportunities via Financial Clarity and industry media.
Working closely with the sales team and other internal teams such as compliance, marketing, product and RFP teams.
Working with the marketing team to research and organise conferences and events for the EMEA BD team to attend/sponsor. Developing distribution lists and online marketing for campaigns.
Contributing to the written communication to and from prospects, as well as handling queries and organising calls and meetings.
Reporting activity and updates within the sales team.
Working in close collaboration with the RFP team in assisting with the RFP process and making sure material is produced correctly and in a timely manner.
Attending events in the UK and Europe (asset class specific or industry events with FSI sponsoring).
Using Salesforce: coordinating, uploading and updating prospects onto the system and ensuring data is updated on behalf of the team i.e., meeting minutes, contacts and opportunities.

To be a good fit for this role, you will ideally need:

A passion for developing a career in business development or client service.
Confidence in creating and developing excellent working relationships with potential clients and colleagues.
Ability to understand and work with numerical data.
Experience with Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.
Sound experience with Salesforce and Morningstar (desirable).
Excellent oral and written communication.