New Business Sales Executive (Public Sector)

At MHR, our employees are central to our success and play a key role in helping customers achieve sustainable high performance. With a team of over 900 professionals, we work to make things flow smoothly, whether it's for large organisations or individual employees. As businesses face rapid changes in the world of work, our team is here to help them adapt and thrive. By focusing on the core needs of efficiency, productivity, growth, and impact, our employees use their expertise to deliver real solutions through our People and Finance platform. This system, which covers finance, HR, payroll, and learning, helps businesses run more smoothly and make better decisions in real time.

With over 40 years of experience behind us, MHR’s track record as a high-performance organisation is built on clear goals, a shared vision, and strong communication - all of which we pass on to our customers. MHR is more than just a place to work; it’s a platform for empowerment. Joining us means bringing innovation, technology, and teamwork seamlessly removes obstacles, enhances your skills, and allows you to focus on what’s most important to you- work that matters. With us, you’ll grow, find your flow, and make a lasting difference in your career, your team, and your impact.

As a New Business Sales professional at MHR, you’ll take ownership of creating and converting opportunities within the Payroll and HR services market. You’ll use a consultative, value-based approach to identify and shape new business prospects, particularly for solutions like People First and Managed Services. This role offers the opportunity to influence key decision-makers, build meaningful commercial relationships, and stay ahead of market trends while actively driving revenue growth.

Your Team: You’ll work as part of a driven and collaborative Sales team, supported by technical experts and wider business functions to ensure that every opportunity is professionally positioned and supported. A percentage of your time will be spent prospecting and cold calling to build your pipeline, with the rest focused on progressing opportunities, coordinating proposals, and ensuring high-quality sales documentation and presentations. You’ll also contribute market insights and competitive intelligence, helping shape our go-to-market approach.

Your Impact: Your role will be critical in expanding MHR’s customer base and positioning our solutions in a competitive, fast-evolving market across the public sector. Through effective prospecting, professional engagement, and a deep understanding of our offerings, you’ll convert leads into long-term partnerships. Your awareness of industry trends, competitor activity, and customer needs will help drive innovation and inform strategic decision-making, enhancing MHR’s reputation and commercial performance.

Benefits to support you personally and professionally: Alongside the opportunity to work with an incredible team and express your individuality, we offer a range of personalised benefits including:

• Access to over 60 internal training courses, professional qualifications, and cross-departmental mentoring and coaching programs
• 24/7 access to a GP through Help at Hand for you and your family, confidential mental health support, and paid sick leave
• Ability to purchase or sell additional holiday days beyond 25 days and bank holidays
• Enhanced Family leave
• My MHRewards offering discounts at over 900 retailers
• Monthly employee recognition program and departmental awards
• Referral bonus scheme of up to £2,000
• Employee-led social events such as running clubs, football teams, book clubs, and bake-offs
• On-site subsidised restaurants offering a variety of fresh meals daily
• Opt-in benefits schemes such as private medical insurance and dental coverage

We value the well-being, financial stability, and inclusivity of our employees, and strive to provide a supportive working environment. At MHR, we’re completely committed to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where all voices are heard, and everyone feels valued and supported. Whatever your background, abilities and experiences, if you’re excited by this role we want to hear from you. If you require assistance for an interview, please let us know and we’ll make sure your needs are met when you arrive. If we receive an exceptionally high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than originally advertised.