Senior Business Development Manager

VARGO Group; Remote; GBP 56,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading commercial finance firm is seeking a Senior Business Development Manager. The role is fully remote but requires attendance in Doncaster once a month. You will harness autonomy to develop new business opportunities, manage key clients, and collaborate with a back-office team. Candidates should have prior experience in commercial finance sales and a strong network within the debt finance space. Excellent CRM knowledge and communication skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial lending sector is essential.
• Proven sales experience in factoring, invoice discounting, asset finance, or commercial banking.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop new business opportunities.
• Work collaboratively with the back-office team for client acquisitions.
• Manage key clients and drive their growth.
• Plan sales drives and initiatives.
• Report sales activity and progress to senior management.
• Attend events and conferences for business development.

Skills

Sales experience in commercial finance

Proactive attitude

Strong knowledge of CRM systems

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Job description

Job Title: Senior Business Development Manager

Location: Fully remote, once a month in Doncaster

Type: Full-time

Salary: up to £66,000

Experience in the commercial lending sector is a prerequisite for this position.

Overview

Our client is an established commercial finance business that offers a flexible working‑capital solution. They have extensive experience within their market and service a broad range of industries and clients. They have recently developed a central system to not only give extra functionality to their clients, but to support the next phase of their business growth.

This role will suit a business development manager who enjoys lots of autonomy and a large geographical sales region to attack. Ideally you will have a network of existing brokers and introducers within the debt finance space.

Core duties will include:

• Identifying and developing new business opportunities, building relationships with introducers and key decision‑makers within the market.
• Working collaboratively with an experienced back‑office team for new client acquisitions.
• Managing key clients and driving their growth.
• Planning sales drives, initiatives, and activities supported by the senior management team (SMT).
• Reporting sales activity and progress to the SMT.
• Attending events and business conferences to develop new sales pipelines.

Required Skill Set

• Previous sales experience within commercial finance, whether factoring, invoice discounting, asset finance or commercial banking.
• Seasoned sales experience with a proactive attitude.
• Strong knowledge of CRM systems.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.