Business Development Sales Support | London, UK

Royal Bank of Canada; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Bank of Canada is seeking a Business Development Sales Support professional in London for a 12-month FTC. The role involves managing relationships with Advisers, coordinating meetings, and supporting sales activities to enhance growth in the Intermediary market. Candidates should have sales experience and strong communication skills, with knowledge of regulatory issues being a plus.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Opportunities for development and coaching

Qualifications

• Proven experience within a sales team and knowledge of the Adviser market.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Understanding of compliance and risk.

Responsibilities

• Manage inbound and outbound calls and emails for Advisers.
• Liaise between BDMs, Advisers, and Investment Managers.
• Coordinate meetings and ensure documentation is prepared.

Skills

Customer Service Management

Interpersonal Relationship Management

Sales Support

Teamwork

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Outlook

Job description

Business Development Sales Support

Royal Bank of Canada London, United Kingdom

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team in any of our offices as Business Development Sales Support on a 12 month FTC basis.

This role will be to provide proactive relationship management and assistance to Head of Nationals & Networks and Key Account Managers, to enhance our growth within the Intermediary market.

What will you do?

• Proactively make inbound and outbound calls, send emails and manage outbound campaigns and appropriate inbound enquiries from Advisers on a National level.
• Ensure all key Adviser data and activity is captured and updated on our internal systems.
• Act as liaison between BDMs, Advisers and Investment Managers.
• Attend and schedule Adviser meetings with Head of Nats/Nets, Key Account Manager & BDMs, ensuring all required documentation is prepared in advance.
• Provide the Head of Nationals & Networks & Key Account Manager National firm contact data for onwards distribution.
• Undertake regular strategy meetings with Head of Nationals & Networks and Key Account Manager, to plan, discuss and organise activities.
• Internal liaison with Compliance to ensure that presentations are completed and available when required.
• Liaise with marketing and the Intermediary Event Coordinator for national & Network events.
• Co-ordinate the distribution of regular communications to BDMs & Advisers.
• Ad-hoc project work driven by business requirements.
• Follow-up of new business calls and literature requests to generate leads for the Sales Team and help better understand our client base.
• Identify new sales opportunities and pass these through to the Sales team.
• Support all new National IFA relationships and assist with account opening and ongoing servicing.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Proven experience of working within a sales team and good working knowledge of the Adviser market.
• Knowledge of current key regulatory and financial issues.
• A general understanding of compliance and risk.
• Excellent written and oral communicative skills.
• Strong knowledge of MS Word/Excel/Outlook.

Nice-to-have

• Experience using Financial Clarity and FE Analytics (or equivalent)
• Good knowledge of RBC BD investment propositions.

What is in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best - progressive thinking to keep growing and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.
• Opportunities to work with the best in the field.
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• Flexible working options fully supported.

Agency Notice

RBC Group does not accept agency resumés. Please do not forward resumés to our employees, nor any other company location. RBC Group only pay fees to agencies where they have entered into a prior agreement to do so and in any event do not pay fees related to unsolicited resumés. Please contact the Recruitment function for additional details.

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Job Skills
Customer Service Management, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Office Tools, Product Knowledge, Product Services, Sales, Sales Activities, Sales Support, Sales Systems, Teamwork

Additional Job Details

Address:

12 SMITHFIELD STREET:LONDON

City:

London

Country:

United Kingdom

Work hours/week:

35

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-05-20

Application Deadline:

2025-06-03
Note : Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

I nclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

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