Business Development Manager

Meredith Brown Associates Ltd; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Meredith Brown Associates Ltd is seeking an experienced Business Development Manager / Senior Executive (5 - 7 years+) from a legal or professional services background to support the growth of the Banking & Finance service line. The role can be based in London or Jersey with hybrid working and a 50% office expectation.

You will work with the global BD lead, partners and lawyers to shape plans, manage budgets, drive client targeting, run pitches and webinars, and strengthen market presence across

Qualifications

• 5-7 years+ BD experience in a legal or professional services environment.
• Strong commercial understanding of Banking & Finance markets and clients.
• Evidence of developing and implementing commercially focused BD plans and campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Drive revenue growth for Banking & Finance BD across Jersey, Guernsey, London and Dubai offices.
• Develop and implement client-focused BD plans aligned with commercial objectives.
• Coordinate pitches, proposals and client presentations with partners and senior lawyers.
• Lead CRM usage, data quality and reporting to inform targeting and decision-making.
• Manage budgeting, ROI tracking and cross-jurisdictional BD initiatives.

Skills

BD strategy

Stakeholder engagement

Client management

Cross-border coordination

Tools

CRM systems

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Our client, a leading global Law firm with a growing global business services division, is looking for an experienced Business Development Manager / Senior Executive (5 - 7 years +) from a legal or professional services background, to support the growth and development of its Banking and Financial service line. Experience must include areas such as legal directory submissions, bank pitches, budget management, planning and stakeholder engagement. The role can be based in Jersey or London with an expectation to be in the office 50% of the time.

Role & Responsibilities:

Working closely with the global Banking and Finance BD lead, relevant partners, senior lawyers and BD and marketing colleagues, the role will help to drive revenue growth including shaping and delivering focused plans, strengthening client relationships, enhancing market profile and identifying new opportunities across these jurisdictions.

Strategy, planning and financial management

• Work with the global Banking and Finance BD lead, jurisdictional partners, senior lawyers and relevant BD colleagues to develop and implement client focused Banking and Finance BD plans for Jersey, Guernsey, London and Dubai offices.
• Support annual planning, budgeting and prioritisation for the service line in these jurisdictions, ensuring activity is aligned with commercial objectives and market opportunities.
• Proactively identify, qualify and help progress new business opportunities, including cross-practice and cross-jurisdictional initiatives with related teams across the wider group.
• Monitor delivery of agreed activity, track spend against budget and report on progress, outcomes, return on investment and lessons learned.

Effective use of data and targeting

• Develop and maintain effective target, client and intermediaries lists for the service line, helping partners and senior lawyers identify priority prospects, intermediaries, client opportunities and market gaps and use these to support focused partner outreach and trip planning
• Produce high quality distribution lists for client mailers, thought leadership campaigns, event invitations and targeted intermediary communications
• Drive effective use of the CRM system and related BD technology, ensuring opportunities, activity, referrals and client engagement are captured, consistently maintained, tracked, measured and used to inform reporting, targeting and decision-making

Events, conferences, seminars, webinars and sponsorships

• Working with the partners and the BD Service Line Lead, own the BD strategy around priority Banking & Finance conferences, sponsorships, seminars and webinars, including target audience planning, messaging, partner briefing, follow-up and ROI assessment, working closely with the central events, brand and marketing communications team.
• Work with the central events team to ensure agreed corporate hospitality events, seminars and webinars are highly targeted and delivered professionally, on budget and in tune with internal best practices.
• Proactively identify relevant industry conferences and sponsorship opportunities in key markets.

Legal directory submissions

• Take ownership for delivering high quality submissions for the Banking and Finance teams in Jersey and Guernsey for the core legal directories, making use of best practice guidance, coordinating referee lists and closely monitoring results and rankings.

Pitches, proposals and presentations

• Working with partners, proactively lead and coordinate high-quality Banking & Finance pitches, proposals, credentials, capability statements and client presentations, ensuring materials are commercially relevant, tailored to the opportunity, compelling and consistent with the firm’s brand and positioning and value proposition.

Bank panel management

• Act as the main point of contact for bank panel initiatives, coordinating questionnaire responses with internal business services teams and leading global RfP responses for bank panels.

Develop own network of peers

• Build and maintain relationships with external networks including key industry associations, intermediaries and networks relevant to banking and finance to strengthen market intelligence, enhance the profile of the Banking and Finance service line and support relationship development.

Memberships

• Optimise usage of a number of key memberships that are in place for the Banking & Finance service line – measure and report on the value of these memberships.

Background & Experience:

• Relevant qualifications and 5 - 7 years + experience in BD within a legal or professional services environment with evidence of operating credibly with senior stakeholders and delivering commercially meaningful business development outcomes.
• Strong commercial understanding of the legal / professional services market and the Banking and Finance market, including relevant clients, intermediaries, products, competitive dynamics and market trends, with the ability to translate that understanding into focused BD opportunities and partner advice.
• Evidence of developing and implementing commercially focused effective BD plans, campaigns and client targeting programmes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the confidence and judgement to build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders across different seniority levels and jurisdictions.
• Confidence in meeting and networking with clients, intermediaries and senior professionals in relevant banking and finance markets.
• A strong team player with a collaborative, intelligent, proactive, hands on and pragmatic approach – willingness to actively contribute to both strategy and delivery and share best practices.
• Strong capability in CRM systems, reporting and BD technology is required, with confidence in using data, digital tools and new technology to improve efficiency, targeting and BD effectiveness
• High proficiency in all aspects of Microsoft Office is required with openness to BD tech tools and continuous improvement, including approved AI-enabled ways of working where appropriate, and contribute to the adoption of more effective and scalable BD processes.
• This is a great opportunity to join a growing team and wider Legal and Financial Services firm, where you will make an immediate impact in this diverse role. Candidates can be based in London or Jersey, with occasional travel required, and a flexible hybrid working arrangement.

Please note that due to the high volume of applicants responding to our adverts we are regrettably not able to feedback on all applications; only successful candidates will be contacted.