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Business Development Officer
Fairway Full Time Professional Southlake, Southlake, TX, US
3 days ago Requisition ID: 1667
Job Function
Leads the deposit acquisition efforts in assigned markets with a focus on lead generation and prospect management. Researches client businesses and provides prospective customers/clients with Bank services offered. Works with clients to create solutions for their needs through the consultative sales process.
Job Responsibilities
- Proactively identifies and engages with potential deposit customers through networking, community involvement, and referrals.
- Builds and maintains strong relationships with existing clients, fostering trust and long-term partnerships.
- Collaborates with sales and leadership to secure, retain, and grow deposit accounts.
- Promotes the bank’s financial products and services, focusing on solutions that meet customer needs.
- Collaborates with management on sales goals, planning, and forecasting as needed.
- Provides exceptional customer service, acting as a trusted advisor to clients and helping them navigate their financial decisions.
- Answers potential client questions and follow-up call questions.
- Creates and maintains a list/database of prospect clients.
- Collaborates with the management to develop and execute business development strategies aimed at achieving branch and bank-wide deposit goals.
- Makes cold/warm calls and multiple outbound calls to potential clients as necessary.
- Understands client needs and offers solutions and support through a consultative process.
- Closes sales and works with client through the closing process as applicable.
- Ensures that own work is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and guidelines.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
Education and Related Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in business development, sales, or deposit origination in the banking or financial services industry required.
- 5+ years of cash management, sales and relationship management experience required.
Skills and Abilities
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate effectively and project a professional image when giving and taking information in writing, in person and over the phone.
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively lead and work with individuals and groups at all organization levels; ability to work independently and as part of a team; ability to instruct and train others.
- Knowledge and understanding of banking rules, regulations and laws and all policies and procedures pertaining to them.
- Ability to take initiative and prioritize tasks; good time-management, organizational, multitasking, problem-prevention and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to handle confidential and proprietary information
- Ability to identify, analyze and solve complex issues quickly with logic and reasoning.
- Exhibit a professional, business like appearance and demeanor.
- Strong experience with lead generation and prospect management in a financial institution
- Comfortable making cold calls and talking to new people
- Superior ability to call, connect and interact with potential customers
- Possesses an energetic, outgoing, and friendly demeanor
- Self-motivated and self-directed
- In-depth understanding of company services and its position in the industry
- Able to work accurately under stress and pressure to meet competing deadlines
- Excellent analytical and time-management skills
- Knowledge of sales process from initiation to close
Working Conditions and/or Physical Requirements
- Ability to work under stress and meet deadlines.
- Ability to operate a keyboard if required performing the essential job functions.
- Ability to read and interpret a document.
- Ability to travel if required to perform the essential job functions.
- Ability to lift/move/carry approximately 20 pounds if required to perform the essential job functions. If the employee is unable to lift/move/carry this weight and can be accommodated without causing the department an “undue hardship” then the employee must be accommodated; hence, omitting lifting as a physical requirement.