Regional Sales Director

at  Close Brothers Group

OVERALL SUMMARY

At Close Brothers we look to recruit individuals from all different backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We celebrate diversity, promote inclusivity and are open to discuss flexible work options to help you balance your work and home life.
Join the Close Brothers Invoice Finance (CBIF) Sales Team where you will promote our services and products directly to end users and third parties; achieving the set sales target whilst always maintaining the reputation of the business.
Focusing on a territory in the North-West (flexible), the ideal candidate will be based locally and have experience travelling regionally to meet customers.
To be successful in the role, You will have relevant experience selling Invoice Finance facilities up to £3m, you will need to be highly motivated and target driven. You’ll have a proven track record of building rapport with both customers and internal stakeholders as well as achieving (or ideally exceeding) sales targets.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF:

• You have proven sales experience within the Invoice finance industry
• You are highly motivated and target driven.
• You have a good understanding of the brand, the products and professional sales techniques.
• You possess strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to build relationships across the business as well as with external clients and prospects.
• You have strong numeric, organisational and credit analysis skills, and an ability to write concise and articulate credit proposals.
  We are an inclusive organisation and committed to ensuring our recruitment process is as accessible as possible to everyone. We will make adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format or would like to discuss the recruitment process with us, please email us at recruit.ssc@closebrothers.com or request a call back.

ABOUT US

At Close Brothers we support employees to balance their work life priorities and in this role you will be able to enjoy a mixture of hybrid working.
Close Brothers is a leading UK merchant banking group providing lending, deposit taking, wealth management services and securities trading. At Close Brothers we provide financial support and advice to small businesses and individuals in the UK. Our purpose is to help the people and businesses of Britain thrive over the long term.
To find out more about Close Brothers, please visit our careers page: https://www.closebrothers.com/careers

• Build and maintain ongoing professional relationships with third party introducers.
• Attend business development events and social functions to the benefit of the Close Brothers Invoice Finance.
• Manage the workflow of approved new business files to the point where first payment is made.
• Maintain a strong relationship with the New Business Support Team.
• Comply with money laundering regulations relating to the acquisition of New Business.
• Provide support to national marketing campaigns.
• Issue quotations in line with company requirements.
• Create new business proposals and present them to the appropriate level for signatory sign off.
• Work with internal stakeholders particularly our Credit team regarding quotes for Non-Recourse business.