Senior Asset Finance Specialist

Tide; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

At Tide, we are building a finance platform designed to save small businesses time and money. We provide our members with business accounts and related banking services, but also a comprehensive set of connected administrative solutions from invoicing to accounting.

Launched in 2017, Tide is now used by over 1 million small businesses across the world and is available to UK, Indian and German SMEs. Headquartered in central London, with offices in Sofia, Hyderabad, Delhi, Berlin and Belgrade, Tide employs over 2000 employees.

Tide is rapidly growing, expanding into new markets and always looking for passionate and driven people. Join us in our mission to empower small businesses and help them save time and money.

ABOUT THE TEAM:

Funding Options joined the Tide family in early 2023 to lead their Partner Credit Services offering. Through their panel of 100 leading lender partners, Funding Options supports UK SMEs to get the right finance in place so they can trade, plan and grow with confidence. Through their multi award-winning platform, Funding Cloud, they can effectively match customers to the right lender and finance product that best suits their needs in minutes with funding decisions in as little as 20 seconds, giving every customer a 5 Star experience whether successful or not, through our sheer professionalism and outstanding standard of customer service.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

We are looking for a Senior Asset Finance Specialist (Asset Finance Broker) to join our Sales Team and help as many customers as possible access the right finance, through effective conversations - taking the time to understand about the businesses you engage with (how they work, growth plans, challenges, their experience of finance so far) and understanding customers’ finance needs and effectively matching them to the best product and lender that meets their need, giving every customer a 5 Star experience whether successful or not, through our sheer professionalism and mind-blowing standard of customer service.

As this is a position within our sales team, we are looking for somebody with a demonstrable track record of sales success who will be able to hit the ground running.

Some of the things you’ll be doing:

1. Meeting (or ideally exceeding) sales targets
2. Contacting, engaging, and managing our Small Business customers through their application process
3. Building and nurturing working relationships with our commercial lending partners
4. Becoming confident in articulating the Funding Options by Tide proposition and service
5. Building on your extensive knowledge of asset finance, and gaining an in-depth understanding of the wide variety of lenders and products in the market
6. Confidently articulating the different finance options available to customers across multiple business finance product classes
7. Maintaining accurate, up-to-date information on any prospects that you speak with (in Salesforce)
8. Monitoring and identifying trends whilst adding new or enhanced customer profile information into Salesforce
9. Keeping up to date on industry trends, market & competition.
10. Actively sharing stories and successes to the wider organisation through relevant comms channels.

What makes you a great fit:

1. Ideally you will already be working in Asset Finance either at a brokerage or lender
2. You will be able to demonstrate a track record of successfully meeting and exceeding revenue based targets
3. You’ll have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
4. You will be able to demonstrate a results-oriented work ethic with impeccable attention to detail, determination and drive
5. You’ll be obsessive about delivering the highest level of customer service
6. You will be extremely well organised and analytical and work well under pressure
7. You can troubleshoot issues quickly and effectively
8. You will be able to engage and quickly establish strong working relationships
9. You’re a self-starter who doesn’t wait for instruction, and who works backwards from targets to ensure effective execution.

WHAT YOU'LL GET IN RETURN:

Make work, work for you! We are embracing new ways of working and support flexible working arrangements. With our Working Out of Office (WOO) policy our colleagues can work remotely from home or anywhere in their home country. Additionally, you can work from a different country for up to 90 days a year. Plus, you’ll get:

1. Vitality Health Insurance, with a proactive focus on mental and physical wellbeing
2. 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
3. 25 days holiday with the ability to buy extra days
4. We invest in your development with a £1,000 professional L&D budget per year
5. Access to ‘salary sacrifice’ benefits such as Cycle to Work scheme and pension contribution
6. Spacious brand new office in Liverpool street with an all-day snacks bar
7. Enhanced family-friendly leave
8. 24 hours paid volunteering time off per year
9. Flexible working options
10. Sabbatical leave
11. Share options

Tidean Ways of Working

At Tide, we’re Member First and Data Driven, but above all, we’re One Team. Our Working Out of Office (WOO) policy allows you to work from anywhere in the world for up to 90 days a year. We are remote first, but when you do want to meet new people, collaborate with your team or simply hang out with your colleagues, our offices are always available and equipped to the highest standard. We offer flexible working hours and trust our employees to do their work well, at times that suit them and their team.

TIDE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE

At Tide, we believe that we can only succeed if we let our differences enrich our culture. Our Tideans come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels. We consider everyone irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity or differently-abled status. We celebrate diversity in our workforce as a cornerstone of our success. Our commitment to a broad spectrum of ideas and backgrounds is what enables us to build products that resonate with our members’ diverse needs and lives.

We are One Team and foster a transparent and inclusive environment, where everyone’s voice is heard.