Business Development Associate – Asset Finance

CBC Recruitment Solutions; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

CBC Recruitment Solutions is recruiting a Business Development Associate in Manchester to join the specialist lending team. The role supports the Business Development Directors with broker relationships and transaction execution, offering hands-on exposure to credit analysis and deal structuring on high-value assets.

Ideal candidates will be commercially minded with strong organisational skills and some asset finance experience, with a clear pathway to becoming a senior client-facing

Qualifications

• Commercial awareness and strong organisational skills.
• Some experience in asset finance or related financial services.

Responsibilities

• Support the Business Development Directors in managing broker relationships and executing transactions.
• Triaged broker proposals, prepared credit submissions, and handled the administrative and operational aspects of transactions.
• Engage with high‑value, complex deal activity within the middle-ticket market (£500k–£5M).

Job description

Our client is a well established and respected provider of asset finance solutions within the UK market.

They have a newly created role for a Business Development Associate to join their specialist lending team in Manchester – the team deal with larger, more structured and complex transactions.

You will be responsible for supporting the Business Development Directors (BDDs) in managing broker relationships and executing transactions.

This role provides a structured development pathway for individuals aspiring to become BDDs, offering hands‑on experience in credit analysis, deal structuring, and stakeholder engagement, while working on complex, high‑value transactions within the middle‑ticket market (ranging from £500k-5M).

You will work closely with BDDs to triage broker proposals, prepare credit submissions, and manage the administrative and operational aspects of transactions. The role is ideal for a commercially aware individual with strong organisational skills, a keen interest, and some experience in asset finance, and a desire to grow into a senior client-facing role.